1 is a national public health clinical psychologist for the HIV, Hepatitis and Public Health Pathogens Programs in the VHA Office of Public Health, a staff psychologist at the San Francisco VAMC, and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco. is a national public health infectious disease officer for the HIV, Hepatitis, and Public Health Pathogens Program in the VHA Office of Public Health and a staff physician at the Portland VAMC, and is an assistant professor at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland.
Increasing access to mental health and substance use services, particularly through integrated care models, as well as addressing issues of HIV-related stigma, may positively impact engagement in HIV clinical care.