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2026/2025 Publications and Abstracts 

 

• Tess Olsson, Corey DeStefano, Paul Buensuceso, MD, Diana Finkel, DO, North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Rutgers University, Gilead Sciences.  Hidden in plain sight: Hepatic steatosis among a sample of clinically engaged transgender and gender diverse people in Newark, NJ, APHA 2026 Annual Meeting and Expo,San Antonio, TX November 1-4, 2026  

• PAST TREATMENT, PRESENT CURE: COMPARABLE HEPATITIS C OUTCOMES IN A COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM, 14th Internation Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, INHSU 2026, October 6-9, 2026 Prague, Czech Republic  

• Slim J1,2,3, Leyden K3, Rosmarin-DeStefano C3, Duprey S3, Martinez D3, Raymond A3, Al-Qerem M2 1 New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, NY USA 2 St. Michaels Medical Center, Newark, NJ USA 3 North Jersey Community Research Initiative, NJCRI, Newark, NJ USA

• SUSTAINED VIROLOGIC RESPONSE FOLLOWING SHORT EXPOSURE TO GLECAPREVIR/PIBRENTASVIR: A REAL-WORLD CASE SERIES, 14th Internation Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, INHSU 2026, October 6-9, 2026 Prague, Czech Republic 

• Slim J1,2,3, Leyden K3, Rosmarin-DeStefano C3, Duprey S3, Martinez D3, Raymond A3, Al-Qerem M2 1 New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, NY USA 2 St. Michaels Medical Center, Newark, NJ USA 3 North Jersey Community Research Initiative, NJCRI, Newark, NJ USA

• Murad Qirem¹, Alondra Lerebours-Onate¹, Shahd Yaghi¹, Mohammad Abushanab¹, Kevin Leyden², Corey DeStefano², Jihad Slim¹ ¹ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY² North Jersey Community Research Initiative, Newark, NJ, Clinical and Metabolic Characteristics Associated with Hepatic Steatosis in People Living with HIV and Elevated Body Mass Index, International Association of Provider of AIDS Care, June 22-24, 2026, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

• Murad Qirem¹, Alondra Lerebours-Onate¹, Shahd Yaghi¹, Mohammad Abushanab¹, Kevin Leyden², Corey DeStefano², Jihad Slim¹ ¹ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY² North Jersey Community Research Initiative, Newark, NJ, Predictors of Liver Fibrosis in People Living with HIV, International Association of Provider of AIDS Care, June 22-24, 2026, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

• Murad Qirem¹, Alondra Lerebours-Onate¹, Shahd Yaghi¹, Mohammad Abushanab¹, Kevin Leyden², Corey DeStefano², Jihad Slim¹ ¹ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY² North Jersey Community Research Initiative, Newark, NJ, Visceral Adiposity Index as a Predictor of MASLD in People With HIV:A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study, International Association of Provider of AIDS Care, June 22-24, 2026, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• Murad Qirem¹, Alondra Lerebours-Onate¹, Shahd Yaghi¹, Mohammad Abushanab¹, Kevin Leyden², Corey DeStefano², Jihad Slim¹ ¹ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY² North Jersey Community Research Initiative, Newark, NJ, Predictors of Hepatic Steatosis in Lean People Living with HIV: A Descriptive Analysis, International Association of Provider of AIDS Care, June 22-24, 2026, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• Jihad Slim, Murad Qerem, Shahd, Yaghi, Kevin Leyden, Corey Destefano, Sheena Duprey New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY² North Jersey Community Research Initiative, Newark, NJ, Sustained Virologic Response Rates Following Incomplete Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C: A Real-World Study, EASL Congress 2026 May 27- May 30, 2026 Barcelona, Spain. 

• Jihad Slim, MD,Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Kevin Leyden, Emily Levaggi, Sheena Duprey, Juan Torres, Anthony Raymond, Factors Influencing SCR rates in a Mobile Van Care Model of Hepatitis C Treatment, North Jersey Community Research Initiative, Newark, NJ, St Michaels Medical Center, newark, NJ, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. World Hepatitis Summit, 2026 4/28/2026-4/30/2026, Bangkok Thailand.

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Christian Mendez-Baez, Diana Finkel, DO, Sonia Vera, Angelica Andujar, LPN, Flavia Escalante, Keven Tirado, Karina Landaverde, Maurcio Caro, Tess Olsson, Simmi Dutra. North Jersey Community Research Initiative NJCRI, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Enhancing healthcare engagement among transgender and gender diverse people through a community empowerment program, American Public Health Association Conference (APHA), Washington, DC November 2-5, 2025

• Olsson, Tess, Homelessness and housing insecurity among women of trans experience and transfeminine people in Newark, NJ. American Public Health Association Conference (APHA), Washington, DC November 2-5, 2025

• Marya Gwadz , Leo Wilton, Charles M. Cleland , Samantha Serrano , Dawa Sherpa , Maria Fernanda Zaldivar , Robin Freeman , Stephanie Campos , Nisha Beharie , Corey Rosmarin-DeStefano , Prema Filippone and Michelle R. Munson, Wilton et al, Social processes and engagement along the HIV care continuum: a mixed methods exploratory study with diverse African American/Black and Latine emerging adults living with HIV. Int J Equity Health 24, 295 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02662-5 (2025)  

• Slim J, Rosmarin- DeStefano C, Tempalski B, Duprey, S, Leyden, K, Levaggi, E, Torres, J, Raymond, A, Gray, J North Jersey Research Initiative (NJCRI) Low Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance Among Cirrhotic Patients in a Mobile and Telehealth HCV Elimination Program. ID Week, Atlanta, GA October 19-22, 2025. 

• Slim J, Rosmarin- DeStefano C, Tempalski B, Duprey, S, Leyden, K, Levaggi, E, Torres, J, Raymond, A, Gray, J North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) Hepatitis C Patient Characteristics Across Urban, Suburban, Rural Areas: Insights from a New Jersey Mobile Clinic- Based Study, 13th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users Cape Town, South Africa October 14-17, 2025. 

• Slim J, Rosmarin- DeStefano C, Tempalski B, Duprey, S, Leyden, K, Levaggi, E, Torres, J, Raymond, A, Gray, J North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) SVR Rates Among Hepatitis C Clients: Comparing Inpatient and Outpatient in a mobile Clinic in New Jersey, 13th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, Cape Town, South Africa October 14-17, 2025. 

• Tess Olsson, North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) Stigma, Discrimination, and Health Care Avoidance Among Women of Trans Experience and Transfeminine People in Newark, NJ, GLMA Conference Minneapolis, MN, October 9-11, 2025.

• Tess Olsson Corey Rosmarin DeStefano, Diana Finkel, DO, Simran Dutta, Flavia Escalante, Freya Diosa- Cox, Imani Hayes For Us with Us: Enhancing PrEP and HIV Care Uptake by Engaging TGD Community in Care by TGD Staff which will be presented at the National Trans Health Summit on 5/31/25 in San Francisco, CA

• Tess Olsson Corey Rosmarin DeStefano, Diana Finkel, DO, Simran Dutta, Flavia Escalante, Freya Diosa- Cox, Imani Hayes Food Insecurity in Transgender and Gender Diverse Communities: Insights from Newark, NJ which will be presented at the National Trans Health Summit on 5/31/25 in San Francisco, CA

• A mixed methods descriptive study of a diverse cohort of African American/Black and Latine young and emerging adults living with HIV: Sociodemographic, background, and contextual factors. Marya Gwadz , Leo Wilton, Charles M. Cleland , Samantha Serrano , Dawa Sherpa , Maria Fernanda Zaldivar , Robin Freeman , Stephanie Campos , Nisha Beharie , Corey Rosmarin-DeStefano , Prema Filippone and Michelle R. Munson. Gwadz et al. BMC Public Health (2025) 25:620 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21869-3   

• Tess Olsson Corey Rosmarin DeStefano, Diana Finkel, DO, Simran Dutta, Flavia Escalante, Freya Diosa- Cox, Imani Hayes For Us with Us: Enhancing PrEP and HIV Care Uptake by Engaging TGD Community in Care by TGD Staff which will be presented at the National Trans Health Summit on 5/31/25 in San Francisco, CA

• Tess Olsson Corey Rosmarin DeStefano, Diana Finkel, DO, Simran Dutta, Flavia Escalante, Freya Diosa- Cox, Imani Hayes Food Insecurity in Transgender and Gender Diverse Communities: Insights from Newark, NJ which will be presented at the National Trans Health Summit on 5/31/25 in San Francisco, CA 

• A mixed methods descriptive study of a diverse cohort of African American/Black and Latine young and emerging adults living with HIV: Sociodemographic, background, and contextual factors. Marya Gwadz , Leo Wilton, Charles M. Cleland , Samantha Serrano , Dawa Sherpa , Maria Fernanda Zaldivar , Robin Freeman , Stephanie Campos , Nisha Beharie , Corey Rosmarin-DeStefano , Prema Filippone and Michelle R. Munson. Gwadz et al. BMC Public Health (2025) 25:620 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21869-3 

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2023/2024 Publications and Abstracts 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Diana Finkel, DO, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres, CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ. Understanding Hepatitis C Reinfection and Factors Associated with HCV Infection in New Jersey, USA. Global Hepatitis Summit April 25-28, 2023, Paris France. 

• Joachim D. Sackey, Mina Ghbrial, Corey Rosmarin-DeStefano, Mishal Khan, Syd Rosen, Juan Torres, Diana Finkel. Food Insecurity, Community Belongingness and Social Support among Adult Transgender Individuals in Newark, New Jersey. American Society for Nutrition, July 22-25, 2023, Boston, MA 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres, CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez, Armanious, D, Armanious A, Olsson, T, MPH. North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ. Impact of an Innovative Community Based Contracted Pharmacy on HCV Elimination in New Jersey, ID Week, October 11-14, 2023 Boston, MA. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Diana Finkel, DO, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres, CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ. Understanding Hepatitis C Reinfection and Factors Associated with HCV Infection in New Jersey, USA. INSHU Conference October 16-20, 2023, Geneva Switzerland. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres, CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez, Armanious, D, Armanious A, Olsson, T, MPH. North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ. Impact of an Innovative Community Based Contracted Pharmacy on HCV Elimination in New Jersey, INSHU Conference October 16-20, 2023, Geneva Switzerland. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres, CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez, Armanious, D, Armanious A, Olsson, T, MPH. North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ. Impact of an Innovative Community Based Contracted Pharmacy on HCV Elimination in New Jersey, American Public Health Association Conference, November 12-15, 2023 Atlanta, GA. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, Pushing back the Fear: An Innovative Mobile Community Based Approach to a Statewide HCV Elimination Initiative in Vulnerable Populations, International Viral Hepatitis Elimination Project (IVHEM 2023) Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 1-3, 2023. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ Real World Experience with Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir (G/P) and Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir (S/V) in New Jersey, USA World Hepatitis Summit Lisbon, Portugal April 9-1, 2024 

• Christian Mendez Baez, MD, Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Kevin Leyden, RN, Diana Finkel, DO, Sonia Vera. Increasing Access to Hepatitis C Care in Latinx Who Inject Drugs. National Latinx Conference on HIV, Hepatitis and STIs San Jose, TX May 2-4, 2024.  

• Wang P, Wogayehu A, Bolden B, Ibrahim AR, Raymond HF. Assessing Consistency of Respondent-driven Sampling Estimators by Using Repeated Surveys among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in New Jersey. AIDS Behav. 2024. Epub. 

• Corey Rosmarin DeStefano, Ronald Poblete, MD, Danilo Gamino, Clinical Performance Evaluation of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based cobas CT/NG/MG Test for Use on the cobas liat System in a Clinical Laboratory Setting and Point-of-Care (POC) Location ADLM Conference July 28 - August 4, 2024, Chicago, Illinois 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Christian Mendez-Baez, Diana Finkel, DO, Marc Picard, MD, Tess Olsson, MPH, Sonia Vera, Angelica Andujar, LPN, Flavia Escalante, Keven Tirado, Karina Landaverde, Maurcio Caro, Gabriel Aquino North Jersey Community Research Initiative NJCRI, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Community Based Food Pantry Serves as an Entry Point for HIV Care and Treatment for Migrants in Newark, NJ. National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment, Washington, DC August 20-23, 2024. 

• Slim J, Rosmarin- DeStefano C, Tempalski B, Duprey, S, Leyden, K, Levaggi, E, Torres, J, North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) The availability of a portable "fibroscan" in a mobile unit for hepatitis C treatment improves quality of care. International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, Athens Greece, October 8-11, 2024. 

• Jihad Slim, Maria Akiki, Barbara Tempalski, Corey Rosmarin-DeStefano, Kevin Leyden, Juan Torres, Sheena Duprey, Emily Levaggi, North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI). Prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis A in people with chronic active Hepatitis C in NJ. ID Week, Los Angeles, CA October 16-19, 2024. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Christian Mendez-Baez, Diana Finkel, DO, Marc Picard, MD, Sonia Vera, Angelica Andujar, LPN, Flavia Escalante, Keven Tirado, Karina Landaverde, Maurcio Caro, Gabriel Aquino North Jersey Community Research Initiative NJCRI, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Food Pantry in a trusted community Setting serves as an Entry Point for HIV Prevention and Treatment in the Migrant population in Newark, NJ. American Public Health Association (APHA) October 27-30, 2024 Minneapolis, MN. 

• 2023/2024 Publications and Abstracts 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres, CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez, Armanious, D, Armanious A, Olsson, T, MPH. North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ. Impact of an Innovative Community Based Contracted Pharmacy on HCV Elimination in New Jersey, ID Week, October 11-14, 2023 Boston, MA. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Diana Finkel, DO, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres, CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ. Understanding Hepatitis C Reinfection and Factors Associated with HCV Infection in New Jersey, USA. INSHU Conference October 16-20, 2023, Geneva Switzerland. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres, CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez, Armanious, D, Armanious A, Olsson, T, MPH. North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ. Impact of an Innovative Community Based Contracted Pharmacy on HCV Elimination in New Jersey, INSHU Conference October 16-20, 2023, Geneva Switzerland. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres, CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez, Armanious, D, Armanious A, Olsson, T, MPH. North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ. Impact of an Innovative Community Based Contracted Pharmacy on HCV Elimination in New Jersey, American Public Health Association Conference, November 12-15, 2023 Atlanta, GA. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, Pushing back the Fear: An Innovative Mobile Community Based Approach to a Statewide HCV Elimination Initiative in Vulnerable Populations, International Viral Hepatitis Elimination Project (IVHEM 2023) Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 1-3, 2023. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Jihad Slim, MD, Barbara Tempalski, PhD, Kevin Leyden, RN, Emily Levaggi CPT, Juan Torres CMA, Sheena Duprey, LPN, Evelyn Chavez North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), Newark, NJ Real World Experience with Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir (G/P) and Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir (S/V) in New Jersey, USA World Hepatitis Summit Lisbon, Portugal April 9-1, 2024

• Christian Mendez Baez, MD, Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Kevin Leyden, RN, Diana Finkel, DO, Sonia Vera. Increasing Access to Hepatitis C Care in Latinx Who Inject Drugs. National Latinx Conference on HIV, Hepatitis and STIs San Jose, TX May 2-4, 2024.  

• Wang P, Wogayehu A, Bolden B, Ibrahim AR, Raymond HF. Assessing Consistency of Respondent-driven Sampling Estimators by Using Repeated Surveys among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in New Jersey. AIDS Behav. 2024. Epub. 

• Corey Rosmarin DeStefano, Ronald Poblete, MD, Danilo Gamino, Clinical Performance Evaluation of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based cobas CT/NG/MG Test for Use on the cobas liat System in a Clinical Laboratory Setting and Point-of-Care (POC) Location ADLM Conference July 28 - August 4, 2024, Chicago, Illinois 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Christian Mendez-Baez, Diana Finkel, DO, Marc Picard, MD, Tess Olsson, MPH, Sonia Vera, Angelica Andujar, LPN, Flavia Escalante, Keven Tirado, Karina Landaverde, Maurcio Caro, Gabriel Aquino North Jersey Community Research Initiative NJCRI, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Community Based Food Pantry Serves as an Entry Point for HIV Care and Treatment for Migrants in Newark, NJ. National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment, Washington, DC August 20-23, 2024. 

• Slim J, Rosmarin- DeStefano C, Tempalski B, Duprey, S, Leyden, K, Levaggi, E, Torres, J, North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) The availability of a portable "fibroscan" in a mobile unit for hepatitis C treatment improves quality of care. International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, Athens Greece, October 8-11, 2024. 

• Jihad Slim, Maria Akiki, Barbara Tempalski, Corey Rosmarin-DeStefano, Kevin Leyden, Juan Torres, Sheena Duprey, Emily Levaggi, North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI). Prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis A in people with chronic active Hepatitis C in NJ. ID Week, Los Angeles, CA October 16-19, 2024. 

• Corey Rosmarin- DeStefano, Christian Mendez-Baez, Diana Finkel, DO, Marc Picard, MD, Sonia Vera, Angelica Andujar, LPN, Flavia Escalante, Keven Tirado, Karina Landaverde, Maurcio Caro, Gabriel Aquino North Jersey Community Research Initiative NJCRI, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Food Pantry in a trusted community Setting serves as an Entry Point for HIV Prevention and Treatment in the Migrant population in Newark, NJ. American Public Health Association (APHA) October 27-30, 2024 Minneapolis, MN.