Andy Hirneisen, MA

About

Andy Hirneisen, MA is a Distinguished Extension Educator and Team Leader in Retail and Consumer Food Safety. He holds a bachelor's degree in Food Science from Penn State University and a master's degree in Management and Leadership from Liberty University. His expertise includes food safety, food quality, environmental monitoring, and home food preservation. Andy is a certified ServSafe instructor and proctor, focusing on providing food safety education to industry professionals, volunteer organizations, and individuals. Prior to his role in Extension, Andy worked for the Hershey Company as a microbiologist, where he was involved in developing environmental monitoring programs, incident troubleshooting, and supporting Hershey's global laboratory network as the manufacturing lab coordinator. He also has experience in the retail food industry and worked as a restaurant inspector. His work emphasizes food safety education, environmental monitoring, and supporting food safety practices across various sectors.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Psychology
• Family medicine
• Gerontology
• Demography

Selected publications

• The Association between Incarceration and Transactional Sex among HIV-infected Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States

  2018-08-01

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  Criminal justice practices in the USA disproportionately affect sexual and racial/ethnic minority men, who are at higher risk of incarceration. Previous research demonstrates associations between incarceration and sexual risk behaviors for men who have sex with men (MSM). However, little of this work focuses on young MSM (YMSM), particularly HIV-infected YMSM, despite nearly one-third reporting engagement in sexual risk behaviors, such as transactional sex. We therefore explored the association…

  Publisher

• Transitioning HIV-infected adolescents to adult care at 14 clinics across the United States: Using adolescent and adult providers’ insights to create multi-level solutions to address transition barriers

  2017-10-01

  article

  HIV-infected adolescents have disproportionately low rates of care retention and viral suppression. Approximately half disengage from care while transitioning to adult clinics, in part due to fragmented care systems and lack of streamlined protocols. We conducted 58 qualitative interviews with social service and health care providers across 14 Adolescent Trials Network clinics (n = 28) and 20 adult clinics that receive transitioning adolescents (n = 30) from August 2015-June 2016. We used the co…

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• 2526

  Journal of Clinical and Translational Science · 2017-09-01

  articleOpen access

  OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The goal of this study is to develop an effective and efficient STI preventive intervention among college students following the principles and phases of MOST. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION As part of the preparation phase, an explicit conceptual model, drawing heavily on theory and prior research, was used to translate the existing science into 5 candidate intervention components (ie, descriptive norms, injunctive norms, expectancies, perceived benefits of protective behavi…

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

Frequent coauthors

• Amanda E. Tanner

  University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  24 shared

• J. Dennis Fortenberry

  Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

  22 shared

• Brittany D. Chambers

  University of California, Davis

  18 shared

• Morgan M. Philbin

  University of California, San Francisco

  12 shared

• Sonia Lee

  The Francis Crick Institute

  11 shared

• Samuella Ware

  Bethany University

  10 shared

• Jorge Alonzo

  Wake Forest University

  6 shared

• Elizabeth N. Kinnard

  Boston Medical Center

  6 shared

Education

• MPH, Department of Public Health Education

  University of North Carolina at Greensboro

• BA, Department of Psychology

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• PhD, Department of Public Health Education

  University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Awards & honors

• certified ServSafe instructor and proctor

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