Xiaoqiang (Steven) Xu, MS, MHS
Sr. Biostatistician
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Education
MSH, Johns Hopkins University, 2013
MS, University of Louisville, Kentucky, 2006
BS, Nanjing University, 1995
Research Interests
Etiology and treatment of substance use disorders, health outcomes over time among Medicaid beneficiaries in the United States, HIV-associated clinical, social, and behavioral outcomes, comparative effectiveness research
Select Publications
Rudolph JE, Calkin K, Xu X, Wentz E, Pirsl F, Visvanathan K, Lau B, Joshu C. Comparing cancer incidence in an observational cohort of Medicaid beneficiaries with and without HIV, 2001-2015. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2024;95(1):26-34. PMID37831615.
Joshu CE, Calkins KL, Rudolph JE, Xu X, Wentz E, Coburn SB, Kaur M, Pirsl F, Moore RD, Lau B. Lower endoscopy, early-onset, and average-onset colon cancer among Medicaid beneficiaries with and without HIV. AIDS 2024;38(1):85-94. Jan 1;38(1):85-94. PMID: 37788111.
Chander G, Hutton HE, Xu X, Canan CE, Gaver J, Finkelstein J, Lesko CR, McCaul ME, Lau B. Computer delivered intervention for alcohol and sexual risk reduction among women attending an urban sexually transmitted infection clinic: A randomized controlled trial. Addict Behav Rep 2021;14:100367. PMC8664779.
Hutton HE, Cardin N, Ereme K, Chander G, Xu X, McCaul ME. Psychiatric Disorders and Substance Use Among African American Women in HIV Care. AIDS Behav 2020;24(11):3083-3092. PMID32306211.
McCaul ME, Wand GS, Kuwabara H, Dannals RF, Wong D, Xu X. The relationship of varenicline agonism of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and nicotine-induced dopamine release in nicotine dependent humans. Nicotine Tob Res 2020;22(6):892-899. PMC7529151.