Cedric Bien-Gund, MD MSCE

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3400 Spruce Street
3 Silverstein Ste E
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3 Silverstein Ste E
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA
Wesleyan University , 2008.
MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2014.
MSCE
University of Pennsylvania, 2021.
Permanent linkBA
Wesleyan University , 2008.
MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2014.
MSCE
University of Pennsylvania, 2021.
Selected Publications
Bien-Gund CH, Morales K, Williams J, Hernandez B, Ptak B, Brady K, Gross R.: HIV Prevention Continuum Outcomes Following Implementation of a Municipal HIV Self-Testing Program. AIDS Behav Aug 2025.Bien-Gund CH, Sweeney A, Ptak B, Jeon M, Koren D, Williams J, Brady KA, Bauermeister J, Wood SM.: Implementation Determinants of HIV Testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Community Pharmacies in Philadelphia, PA. AIDS Patient Care STDS Aug 2025.
Bien-Gund CH, Stephens-Shields AJ, Acri T, Dugosh K, Gross R.: Provision of COVID-19 Self-Test Kits to Patients for Distribution to Social Contacts: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 8: e2513708, Jun 2025.
Bien-Gund, Cedric H., Sarbaugh, Molly, Perrine, Lily, Dugosh, Karen, Gross, Robert, Fishman, Jessica: Salient beliefs related to secondary distribution of COVID-19 self-test kits within social networks. Frontiers in Public Health 12(1): 1337745, Feb 2024.
Baik, Y., Bien-Gund, C.H., Bisson, G.P., Gross, R., Fishman, J.: Do some prefer to pay? Identifying bias against free COVID-19 tests. Public Health Pract (Oxf) 7(1): 100483, Feb 2024.
Fishman J, Bien-Gund CH, Bisson GP, Baik Y: COVID-19 Self-Testing Preferences Linked to Political Perspectives: Social Determinants in the U.S. Pandemic. Am J Prev Med 64(3): 438-440, Mar 2023.
Bien-Gund CH, Shaw PA, Agnew-Brune C, Baugher A, Brady KA, Gross R; NHBS Study Group.: HIV Self-testing and Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in 23 US Cities, 2017. JAMA Netw Open 5: e2247540, Dec 2022.
Bien-Gund, C.H., Bilker, W., Schnoll, R.A., Tyndale, R.F., Ho, J.I., Bremner, R., Ashare, R.L., Gross, R.: Nicotine metabolism ratio increases in HIV-positive smokers on effective antiretroviral therapy: a cohort study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 89(4): 428-432, April 2022.
Bien-Gund, C.H., Shah, J., Ho, J.I., Stephens-Shields, A., Shea, K., Fishman, J., Thirumurthy, H., Acri, T., Dugosh, K., Gross, R.: The COVID-19 Self-Testing through Rapid Network Distribution (C-STRAND) trial: A randomized controlled trial to increase COVID-19 testing in underserved populations. Contemp Clin Trials 110(1): 106585, Oct 2021.
Bien-Gund, C.H., Ho, J.I., Bair, E.F., Marcus, N., Choi, R.J., Szep, Z., Althoff, A., Momplaisir, F.M., Thirumurthy, H.: Brief Report: Financial Incentives and Real-Time Adherence Monitoring to Promote Daily Adherence to HIV Treatment and Viral Suppression Among People Living With HIV: A Pilot Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 87(1): 688-692, May 2021.