Robert Gross, MD, MSCE
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Department: Medicine
Contact information
804 Blockley Hall
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215-898-2437
Fax: 215-573-5315
Fax: 215-573-5315
Publications
Education:
BA (Italian)
Cornell University , 1986.
MD
Cornell University, 1991.
MSCE (Pharmacoepidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
BA (Italian)
Cornell University , 1986.
MD
Cornell University, 1991.
MSCE (Pharmacoepidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
Links
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Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics faculty webpage.
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Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics faculty webpage.
Selected Publications
Greene B, Schnoll R, Gross R, Ashare R: Examining the role of Alternative Reinforcers and Smoking Cessation Outcomes among People with and without HIV who Smoke. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 2025 (in press).Loabile B, Bilker WB, Khunou K, Ngwako N, Tsima B, Brooks M, Moloi T, Morroni C, Gross R: Association of HIV Status with Infections Complicating Abortion in Botswana. AIDS 2025 (in press).
Mantshonyane L, Jarvis J, Loabile B, Mokete M, Monnaatlala R, Mmolai GM, Mosomodi A, Gross R : “Test & Treat” for HIV Had Little Effect on Outcomes but Missed Clinic Visits Threaten Success of Botswana’s National ART Program AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2025 (in press).
Sanchez AL, Mills C, Coley D, Hoskins K, Momplaisir F, Gross R, Brady KA, Beidas RS: Systemic Inequities, Dignity, and Trust in the Context of HIV Care: A Qualitative Analysis. International Journal for Equity in Health 24: 123, 2025.
Bien-Gund C, Stephens-Shields A, Han X, Dugosh K, Gross R: Effect of Providing Multiple COVID-19 Self-Test Kits to Patients for Distribution to Social Contacts. JAMA Network Open 2025.
Wood SM, Bauermeister J, Fiks AG, Phillips AW, Richardson HM, Garcia SM, Maleki P, Beidas RS, Young JF, Gross R, Dowshen NL: Adolescent preferences for a pediatric primary care-based sexually transmitted infection and HIV prevention intervention. Journal of Adolescent Health 74(6): 1231-1238, June 2024.
Li P, Prajapati G, Geng Z, Ladage VP, Arduino JM, Watson DL, Gross R, Doshi JA.: Antiretroviral Treatment Gaps and Adherence among People With HIV in the U.S. Medicare Program AIDS and Behavior 28(3): 1002-1014, March 2024.
Bien-Gund CH, Sarbaugh M, Perrine L, Dugosh K, Gross R, Fishman J: Salient beliefs related to secondary distribution of COVID-19 self-test kits within social networks. Frontiers in Public Health-Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Prevention 27(12): 1337745, February 2024.
Medaglio D, Bilker WB, Han X, Merlin JS, Plankey M, Martin J, Crane HM, Hojat LS, Bamford L, Schnoll R, Tyndale RF, *Ashare RL, *Gross R (*equal work by authors): Nicotine Metabolite Ratio Decreases after Switching off Efavirenz-based Therapy in People with HIV who Smoke. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 115(1): 80-85, Jan 2024.
Giron LB, Liu Q, Adeniji OS, Yin X, Kannan T, Ding J, Lu DY, Langan S, Zhang J, Azevedo JLLC, Li SH, Shalygin S, Azadi P, Hanna DB, Ofotokun I, Lazar J, Fischl MA, Haberlen S, Macatangay B, Adimora AA, Jamieson BD, Rinaldo C, Merenstein D, Roan NR, Kutsch O, Gange S, Wolinsky S, Witt M, Post WS, Kossenkov A, Landay A, Frank I, Tien PC, Gross R, Brown TT, Abdel-Mohsen M: Immunoglobulin G N-glycan Markers of Accelerated Biological Aging During Chronic HIV Infection. Nature Communications 15, 2024.