Associate Professor

601 Elmwood Ave., BOX SON, Rochester, NY, 14642

Email: James_McMahon@urmc.rochester.edu

Consultations to Universities, Health, and Science Agencies: 1991 - 1996. Statistical Consultant/SAS Coordinator. Academic Computing Services CUNY (Academic Computing). New York, NY, US.

Lectureships & Visiting Professorships: 1989 - 1997. Adjunct Lecturer. Department of Anthropology, Hunter College (Human Biology and Variation; Human Evolution). New York, NY, US.

Lectureships & Visiting Professorships: 1990 - 1996. Adjunct Leturer. Department of Biology Hunter College (Biology). New York, NY, US.

Lectureships & Visiting Professorships: 1992 - 1995. Adjunct Lecturer. Lehman College (Anthropology). New York, NY, US.

Professional Experience: 2007 - Current. Assistant Professor. University of Rochester School of Nursing. Rochester, NY, US.

Professional Experience: 2004 - 2007. Senior Research Scientist. National Development & Research Institutes. New York, NY, US.

Professional Experience: 2001 - 2004. Research Scientist. National Development & Research Institutes. New York, NY, US.

Professional Experience: 1999 - 2001. Project Director. National Development & Research Institutes. New York, NY, US.

Professional Experience: 1997 - 1999. Principal Research Associate. National Development & Research Institutes. New York, NY, US.

Professional Experience: 1995 - 1997. Research Assistant. Hunter College (Hard Tissue Research). New York, NY, US.

Professional Experience: 1989 - 1990. Research Assistant. CCNY Medical School, City College. New York, NY, US.

Self-Management of Urine Flow in Long-term Urinary Catheter Users.. 4/2009 - Current. NIH-National Institute of Nursing Research.

HIV Risk Behavior of Adult Minority Heterosexual Men in New York City . 8/2009 - Current. NIH-National Instititue of Child Health and Human Development.

Diffusion of HIV-1 among Drug Using Men in SE Asia. 4/2008 - Current. NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Barriers to Treatment-Based HIV Prevention for IDU Couples. 8/2007 - Current. NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Couples HIV Intervention Randomized Controlled Trail. 9/2003 - 6/2008. NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Hepatitis C Virus Intranasal Transmission: Pilot Study. 4/2005 - 9/2007. NIH- National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Women Drug Users, Their Male Partners, and HIV Risk. 12/1999 - 11/2003. NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Women Drug Users, AIDS & Social Context. 1997 - 1999. NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse .

McMahon, J.M., Morrow, K.M., Weeks, M., Morrison-Beedy, D., Coyle, A.. (2011). Potential impact of vaginal microbicides on HIV risk among women with primary heterosexual partners. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 22 (1), 9-16.

Wilde, M. H., Getliffe, K., Brasch, J., McMahon, J., Anson, E., & Tu, X.. (2010). A new urinary catheter-related quality of life instrument for adults..

Wilde, M. H., Brasch, J., Getliffe, K., Brown, K.A., McMahon, J., Smith, J. A., Anson, E., Tang, W., & Tu, X.. (2010). Study on the use of long-term urinary catheters in community dwelling individuals. Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing., 37 (3), 301-310.

Aaron, S., McMahon, J. M., Milano, D. M., Torres, L., Clatts, M., Tortu, S., Mildvan, D., & Simn, M.. (2008). Intrasnasal trasmission of hepatitis C virus: Virological and clinical evidence. Clinical Infestious Diseases, 47, 931-934.

Bromage, T. G., McMahon, J. M., Thackeray, J. F., Kullmer, O., Hogg, R., Rosenberger, A. L., Schrenk, F., & Enlow, D. H. . (2008). Craniofacial architectural constraints and thier importance for reconstructing the early Homo skull KNM-ER 1470. The Journal of Child Pediatric Dentistry , 33 (1), 43-54.

Schiavenato, M., Byers, J.F., Scovanner, P., McMahon, J. M., Xia, Y., Lu, N., & He, H.. (2008). Neonatal pain facial expression: evaluating the Primal Face of Pain. Pain, 138 (2), 460-471.

McMahon, J.M., Pouget, E.R. Tortu, S.. (2007). Individual and couple-level risk factors for hepatitis C infection among heterosexual drug-users: a multilevel dyadic analysis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 159, 1572-1582.

Cleland, C.M., Deren, S. Fuller, C.M., Blaney, S., McMahon, J.M., Tortus, S., Des Jarlais, D., Valhov, D.. (2006). Syringe disposal among injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx during the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Domstration Program. Health Education and Behavior, 34 (2), 390-403.

Flom, P., McMahon, J.M., Pouget, E.R.. (2006). Using PROC NLMIXED and PROC GLIMMIX to analyze dyadic data with binary outcomes. Northeast SAS Users Group (NESUG) Proceedings. SAS Inc.: Cary, NC..

McMahon, J.M., Tortu, S., Rodrigues, W., Hamid, R.. (2006). Couples HIV Counseling and Testing. A Manual for an Enhanced HIV-CT Intervention for Substance-Using Heterosexual Couples. Evaluation Version.

McMahon, J.M., Tortu, S. Rodriguez, W., Hamid, R.. (2006). Women's Relationship-Focused HIV Counseling and Testing. A Manual for an Enhanced HIV-CT Intervention for Substance-Using Women. Evaluation Version..

McMahon, J.M., Pouget, E.R., Tortu, S.. (2006). A Guide for multilevel modeling of dyadic data with binary outcomes using SAS PROC NLMIXED. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 50 (12), 3663-36680.

McMahon, J.M. Tortu, S., Pouget, E.R., Hamid, R., Neaigus, A.. (2006). Contextual determinants of condom use among female sex exchangers in East Harlem, NYC: An Event Analysis. AIDS & Behavior, 10 (6), 731-741.

Pouget, E.R., Deren, S., Fuller C., Blaney, S., McMahon, J.M., Kang, S-Y., Tortu, S., Andi, J.F. Des Jarlais, D., & Vlahov, D.. (2005). Receptive syringe sharing among injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx during the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 39 (4), 471-477.

McMahon, J.M., Simm, M., Milano, D., & Clattsm M.. (2004). Detection of Hepatitis C Virus in the Nasal Secretions of an Intranasal drug-user. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 3 (1), 6.

Tortu, S., McMahon, J.M., Pouget, E.R., & Hamid, R.. (2004). Sharing of noninjection drug-use implements as a risk factor for hepatitis C. . Substance Use and Misuse, 39 (2), 211-224.

McMahon, J.M. and Tortu, S.. (2003). Evaluation of HIV intervention scenarios targeted to drug-using women from East Harlem: a mathematical modeling approach. Strategies to Improve the Replicability, Sustainability and Durability of HIV Prevention Interventions for Drug- Users. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 51-62.

McMahon, J.M., Tortu, S.. (2003). A potential hidden source of hepatitis C infection among noninjecting drug users. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 35 (4), 455-460.

McMahon, J.M.,Toru, S., Torres, L, Pouget, E. R., & Hamid, R.. (2003). Recruitment of heterosexual couples in public health research: a study protocol. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 3 (24), 1-12.

Deren, S.M., Fuller, C., Pouget, E. R., Blaney, S., Tortu, S., Kang, S-Y., McMahon, J.M., Andia, J.F., Des Jarlais, D.C., Johnson, B., Rosenblum, A. & Vlahov, D.. (2003). Impact of expanding syringe access in New York on sources of syringes for injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx, NYC, USA. International Journal of Drug Policy., 14, 373-379.

Tortu, S., McMahon, J.M., Hamid, R., and Neaigus, A.. (2003). Women's drug injection practices in East Harlem: an event analysis in a high risk community . AIDS & Behavior, 7 (3), 317-328.

Tortu, S., Neaigus, A., McMahon, J.M. and Hagan, D.. (2001). Hepatitis C among non-injecting drug users: a report. Substance Use and Misuse, 36 (4), 523-534.

Tortu, S., McMahon, J.M., Hamid, R. and Neaigus, A.. (2000). Drug using women's sexual risk: an event analysis. AIDS & Behavior, 4 (4), 329 -340.

McMahon, J.M., Boyde, A., Bromage, T.G. (1995). Pattern of collagen fiber orientation in the ovine calcaneal shaft and its relation to locomotor-induced strain. Anatomical Record, 242 (2), 147-148.

A multilevel dyadic modeling technique to assess risk factors for hepatitis C infection among heterosexual couples.
New Methods for the Analysis of Family and Dyadic Processess Conference, New Methods for the Analysis of Family and Dyadic Processes

Low income, minority women drug users: intimate relationships and risk for HIV.
133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, American Public Health Association

Women's HIV risk from intimate male partners: a global perspective. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Public Health Library Seminar Series.
Public Health Libray Seminar Series, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Intimate partner violence and HIV risk among drug using women in East Harlem.
Third International Conference on Urban Health, International Conference on Urban Health

Increased sexual risk behavior and high HIV seroincidence among drug-using low-income women with primay heterosexual partners.
XV International AIDS Conference, International AIDS Conference

HIV-infected,low income drug users: relationship dynamics, sexual risk, and quality of life.
XV International AIDS Conference, XV International AIDS Conference

The impact of relationship dynamics on women's HIV risk and prevention. Center for Drug Use and HIV Research.
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research

Social and drug-use indicators and consistent condom use with sex exchange partners among women in East Harlem, New York.
66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, College on Problems of Drug Dependence

Estimated impact of sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus on HCV epidemiology based on mathematical modeling of drug-using women's disease risk.
National STD Prevention Conference, National STD Prevention Conference

"She said, he said": Drug-using women's preceived versus actual HIV risk from primary male partners.
131st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, American Public Health Association

Impact of the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program on receptive syringe sharing among injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx.
National HIV Program Conference, National HIV Program

Hepatitis C Infection among "never injectors":possible route of transmission.
Conference, Health Services Research Among Hard-to-Reach Populations

Relationship dynamics and disease risk among drug-using women and their primary male sex partners in New York City.
XIV International AIDS Conference, XIV International AIDS

Evaluation of HIV intervention scenarios targeted to drug-using women from East Harlem: a Monte Carlo simulation approach.National Institute on Drug Abuse Conference on Strategies to Imporve the Replicability, Sustainability, and Durability of HIV Prevention Interventions for Drug-Users.
National Institiute on Drug Abuse Conference , National Institute on Drug Abuse Conference

Women drug injectors and the social ecology of HIV risk.
American Psychological Association, American Psychological Assoication

The dynamics of disease risk in drug-using women's primary sexual relationships.
63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence., The College on Problems of Drug Dependence

Contextual factors and women's injection risk in East Harlem, NY: an event analysis.
XIII International AIDS Conference, AIDS Conference

Drug-using women's HIV sexual risk behavior within main partner relationships.
128th Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association, American Public Health Association

The Social Ecology of exchangeing sex for drugs or money in East Harlem, NYC: An event analysis focused on women drug users.
AIDS Impact Conference, AIDS Impact Conference

A Profile of drug-using women living with HIV/AIDS in East Harlem, NY: demographics, social support, and health practices.
AIDS Impact Conference, AIDS Impact Conference

Predictors of Hepatitiis C among drug using women in East Harlem, NYC:.
61st Annual Scientific Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence., College on Problems of Drug Dependence

Sexual risk behavior and condom use among women at high risk for HIV infection.
126th Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association

Contraceptive Practices among women at high risk for HIV infection.
126th Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association

The social ecology of drug using women's sexual risk in East Harlem, NYC: an event analysis.
AIDS Conference, XII International AIDS Conference

Beliefs about condoms and condom use among drug users.
60th Annual Scientific Meeting, College on Problems of Drug Dependence

Outstanding Faculty Colleague.
University of Rochester School of Nursing, 2008

American Association of Public Health