John A. Schneider
· Professor of Medicine Professor of Public Health SciencesUniversity of Chicago · Infectious Diseases
Active 1966–2025
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About
Dr. John A. Schneider is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago, with a focus on network epidemiology and infectious diseases. He serves as the Director of the University of Chicago Center for HIV Elimination and his NIH and CDC funded research concentrates on social network interventions aimed at disease elimination in vulnerable populations within resource-restricted settings. His work involves implementing network interventions and computational modeling to prevent new HIV transmission events, particularly among young Black men who have sex with men and transgender women. Dr. Schneider specializes in HIV prevention and has extensive clinical experience in providing high-quality care in resource-limited environments, including his current clinic at Howard Brown Health on Chicago's South Side and previous work in Southern India. His academic background includes an MD and MPH from Tufts University, a BA from the University of California Berkeley, and training at the University of Chicago and Tufts University. He has received multiple awards for his leadership and contributions to diversity and research excellence.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Sociology
- Psychiatry
- Political Science
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Environmental health
- Family medicine
- Gender studies
- Public relations
Selected publications
COVID‐19 During the Opioid Epidemic – Exacerbation of Stigma and Vulnerabilities
The Journal of Rural Health · 2020 · 119 citations
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event in modern American history. It has the potential to impact nearly every American community significantly regardless of its size. As of this writing (1 PM CST; 31 March 2020), the United States has had 174,467 confirmed cases and 3,461 deaths associated with COVID-19.1 A majority of the states are in some form of “lockdown” to increase social isolation in order to flatten the infection curve and forestall health care system breakdown. Although rural…
Social Science & Medicine · 2020 · 119 citations
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2022 · 83 citations
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the opioid overdose crisis in the US. Rural communities have been disproportionately affected by opioid use and people who use drugs in these settings may be acutely vulnerable to pandemic-related disruptions due to high rates of poverty, social isolation, and pervasive resource limitations. METHODS: We performed a mixed-methods study to assess the impact of the pandemic in a convenience sample of people who use drugs in rural Illinois. We conducted…
Substance Use & Misuse · 2021 · 64 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingOur data provide guidance to policymakers concerning individuals with certain characteristics to target for public education efforts to reduce stigma and draw more support for public heath interventions for OUD. Our data also suggest that the content of this education should include improving understanding of OUD as a medical condition.
Culture Health & Sexuality · 2020 · 64 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingPre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective yet under-utilised method for preventing HIV transmission in high-risk groups. Despite ongoing social marketing to increase PrEP awareness, few studies have evaluated public responses. This paper contextualises negative responses to Chicago's PrEP4Love campaign. In February 2016, a sex-positive ad campaign called PrEP4Love was launched online and throughout public spaces in Chicago. A gender and sexuality inclusive campaign, PrEP4Love is intended t…
Recent grants
HIV intervention models for criminal justice involved substance-using Black MSM
NIH · $3.6M · 2015–2022
Third Coast HIV-Related Cardiovascular and Sleep Disorders K12 Career Development Program
NIH · $317k · 2018–2023
PrEP Intervention Models for Young Black MSM: A Place-based Affiliation Network Approach
NIH · $160k · 2021–2024
Frequent coauthors
- 98 shared
Kayo Fujimoto
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- 96 shared
Aditya Khanna
Brown University
- 86 shared
Britt Skaathun
University of California, San Diego
- 70 shared
Anna Hotton
University of Chicago
- 66 shared
Lisa M. Kuhns
Northwestern University
- 65 shared
Bruce G. Taylor
National Opinion Research Center
- 63 shared
Samuel R. Friedman
New York University
- 62 shared
Dustin T. Duncan
Columbia University
Labs
Education
- 1996
B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies (Public Health, Anthropology and Demography)
University of California
- 2001
M.D.
Tufts University
- 2001
Other
Tufts University
- 2006
M.D., Infectious Diseases
University of Illinois/University of Chicago
- 2004
M.D., Internal Medicine
University of Chicago
Awards & honors
- Senior Faculty Scholar Bucksbaum Institute (2016)
- Distinguished Leader in Diversity and Inclusion Award Univer…
- Diversity Award University of Chicago (2015)
- Leif B. Sorenson Faculty Research Award University of Chicag…
- Lancet International Fellowship The Lancet (2006)
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