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  • Amanda L. Willig, PhD, RD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine. She received an undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and minor in Business Administration from Louisiana Tech University. She then completed her dietetic internship and MS in Nutrition at Virginia Tech University. Dr. Willig earned her PhD in Nutrition Sciences with training in Biostatistics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her current research focuses on nutrition and physical activity to prevent health disparities in adults with HIV.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

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    2023 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the risk for myocardial infarction by type in people with HIV..  AIDS.  37:745-752. 2023
    2023 Validity Properties of a Self-reported Modified Frailty Phenotype Among People With HIV in Clinical Care in the United States.  Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.  34:158-170. 2023
    2023 Vaporized Nicotine (E-Cigarette) and Tobacco Smoking among People with HIV: Use Patterns and Associations with Depression and Panic Symptoms 2023
    2023 The changing prevalence of anemia and risk factors in people with HIV in North America who have initiated ART, 2007-2017.  AIDS.  37:287-298. 2023
    2023 Associations between alcohol and cigarette use and type 1 and 2 myocardial infarction among people with HIV.  HIV Medicine.  2023
    2022 Associations between drug and alcohol use, smoking, and frailty among people with HIV across the United States in the current era of antiretroviral treatment.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence.  240. 2022
    2022 Tobacco smoking and binge alcohol use are associated with incident venous thromboembolism in an HIV cohort.  HIV Medicine.  23:1051-1060. 2022
    2022 Trends in diabetes incidence and associated risk factors among people with HIV in the current treatment era.  AIDS.  36:1811-1818. 2022
    2022 Risk Factors for Incident Hypertension Within 1 Year of Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy Among People with HIV.  AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.  38:735-742. 2022
    2022 Factors Associated with Severity of COVID-19 Disease in a Multicenter Cohort of People with HIV in the United States, March-December 2020 2022
    2022 Racial and ethnic disparities in coronavirus disease 2019 disease incidence independent of comorbidities, among people with HIV in the United States.  AIDS.  36:1095-1103. 2022
    2022 Risk factors for atrial fibrillation in a multicenter United States clinical cohort of people with HIV infection.  AIDS.  36:903-905. 2022
    2022 Weight gain post-ART in HIV+ Latinos/as differs in the USA, Haiti, and Latin America.  The Lancet Regional Health. Americas.  8. 2022
    2022 The Association Between Objectively-Measured Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning in Middle-Aged and Older People Living with HIV.  AIDS and Behavior.  2022
    2021 Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 disease incidence independent of comorbidities, among people with HIV in the US. 2021
    2021 Correction to: Genetic architecture of cardiometabolic risks in people living with HIV (BMC Medicine, (2020), 18, 1, (288), 10.1186/s12916-020-01762-z).  BMC Medicine.  19. 2021
    2021 Factors associated with severity of COVID-19 disease in a multicenter cohort of people with HIV in the United States, March-December 2020. 2021
    2021 Disability-inclusive diabetes self-management telehealth program: Protocol for a pilot and feasibility study.  JMIR Research Protocols.  10. 2021
    2021 Telehealth behavioral intervention for diabetes management in adults with physical disabilities: Intervention fidelity protocol for a randomized controlled trial.  JMIR Research Protocols.  10. 2021
    2021 Changes in lipidomic profile by anti-retroviral treatment regimen: An ACTG 5257 ancillary study.  Medicine.  100:E26588. 2021
    2021 Disability-Inclusive Diabetes Self-management Telehealth Program: Protocol for a Pilot and Feasibility Study (Preprint) 2021
    2021 Telehealth Behavioral Intervention for Diabetes Management in Adults With Physical Disabilities: Intervention Fidelity Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint) 2021
    2021 Types of Stroke among People Living with HIV in the United States 2021
    2021 Brief Report: Weight Gain Following ART Initiation in ART-Naïve People Living With HIV in the Current Treatment Era 2021
    2021 Brief Report: Differences in Types of Myocardial Infarctions Among People Aging With HIV 2021
    2020 Genetic architecture of cardiometabolic risks in people living with HIV.  BMC Medicine.  18. 2020
    2020 Patient-centered outcomes and key study procedure finalization in the pilot feasibility gout randomized trial: Comparative feasibility study in GOUt, CHerry extract versus diet modification (Mini-GOUCH) 2020
    2020 A Randomized Internet-Based Pilot Feasibility and Planning Study of Cherry Extract and Diet Modification in Gout 2020
    2020 A Randomized Internet-Based Pilot Feasibility and Planning Study of Cherry Extract and Diet Modification in Gout. 2020
    2020 Cognitive Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Neurocognitive Impairment in Adults Aging With HIV: A Pilot Study.  Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.  31:312-324. 2020
    2020 The PROSPER-HIV Study: A Research Protocol to Examine Relationships Among Physical Activity, Diet Intake, and Symptoms in Adults Living With HIV.  Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.  31:346-352. 2020
    2020 Turning Chutes into Ladders for Women Faculty: A Review and Roadmap for Equity in Academia.  Journal of Women's Health.  29:721-733. 2020
    2020 Weight gain among treatment-naïve persons with HIV starting integrase inhibitors compared to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors or protease inhibitors in a large observational cohort in the United States and Canada.  Journal of the International AIDS Society.  23. 2020
    2020 Physical activity trends and metabolic health outcomes in people living with HIV in the US, 2008–2015.  Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases.  63:170-177. 2020
    2020 Assessment of an adolescent-girl-focused nutritional educational intervention within a girls' empowerment programme: A cluster randomised evaluation in Zambia.  Public Health Nutrition.  2020
    2020 Obesity Affects the Association of Bioelectrical Impedance Phase Angle With Mortality in People Living With HIV.  Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.  31:51-59. 2020
    2019 Cognitive Reserve over the Lifespan: Neurocognitive Implications for Aging with HIV.  Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.  30:E109-E121. 2019
    2019 Associations of food insecurity and psychosocial measures with diet quality in adults aging with HIV 2019
    2019 Physical Activity Intensity is Associated with Symptom Distress in the CNICS Cohort.  AIDS and Behavior.  23:627-635. 2019
    2019 Cognitive reserve over the lifespan: Neurocognitive implications for aging with HIV..  Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.  2019
    2019 Physical functioning among patients aging with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Versus HIV uninfected: Feasibility of using the short physical performance battery in clinical care of people living with HIV aged 50 or older.  Open Forum Infectious Diseases.  6. 2019
    2018 Practice Paper of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Nutrition Intervention and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.  Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.  118:486-498. 2018
    2018 Racial disparities in the prevalence and control of hypertension among a cohort of HIV-infected patients in the southeastern United States.  PLoS One.  13. 2018
    2018 The ketogenic diet as a non-pharmacological treatment for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: A descriptive analysis..  Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.  3. 2018
    2017 Monocyte bioenergetic function is associated with body composition in virologically suppressed HIV-infected women.  Redox Biology.  12:648-656. 2017
    2017 Associations between At-Risk Alcohol Use, Substance Use, and Smoking with Lipohypertrophy and Lipoatrophy among Patients Living with HIV.  AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.  33:534-545. 2017
    2017 Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Affect Metabolic Changes Seen with ART Initiation.  Open Forum Infectious Diseases.  4. 2017
    2016 Higher time-updated body mass index: Association with improved CD4+ cell recovery on HIV treatment 2016
    2016 Metabolic Complications and Glucose Metabolism in HIV Infection: A Review of the Evidence.  Current HIV/AIDS Reports.  13:289-296. 2016
    2016 Challenges to Healthy Eating Practices: A Qualitative Study of Non-Hispanic Black Men Living With Diabetes 2016
    2016 The Silent Epidemic - Frailty and Aging with HIV. 2016
    2015 Diabetes Connect: African American Women’s Perceptions of the Community Health Worker Model for Diabetes Care.  Journal of Community Health.  40:905-911. 2015
    2015 Body mass index and early CD4 T-cell recovery among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in North America, 1998-2010.  HIV Medicine.  16:572-577. 2015
    2015 Obesity is Associated with Race/Sex Disparities in Diabetes and Hypertension Prevalence, but Not Cardiovascular Disease, among HIV-Infected Adults.  AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.  31:898-904. 2015
    2015 Physical Activity Patterns of Latina Immigrants Living in Alabama.  Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.  2:365-372. 2015
    2015 Development of a theory-based, peer support intervention to promote weight loss among Latina immigrants.  BMC Obesity.  2. 2015
    2015 Diabetes Connect: African American Men's Preferences for a Community-based Diabetes Management Program 2015
    2014 Metabolic consequences of HIV: Pathogenic insights.  Current HIV/AIDS Reports.  11:35-44. 2014
    2014 Home-schooled children are thinner, leaner, and report better diets relative to traditionally schooled children.  Obesity.  22:497-503. 2014
    2014 Body mass index, depression, and condom use among HIV-infected men who have sex with men: A longitudinal moderation analysis 2014
    2014 Intuitive eating practices among African-American women living with type 2 diabetes: A qualitative study.  Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.  114:889-896. 2014
    2012 Multimorbidity patterns in HIV-infected patients: The role of obesity in chronic disease clustering 2012
    2012 HIV infection and obesity: Where did all the wasting go?.  Antiviral Therapy.  17:1281-1289. 2012
    2012 Genetic admixture, social-behavioural factors and body composition are associated with blood pressure differently by racial-ethnic group among children.  Journal of Human Hypertension.  26:98-107. 2012
    2012 Parental feeding practices and socioeconomic status are associated with child adiposity in a multi-ethnic sample of children.  Appetite.  58:347-353. 2012
    2011 Body fat and racial genetic admixture are associated with aerobic fitness levels in a multiethnic pediatric population.  Obesity.  19:2222-2227. 2011
    2011 Birth weight is associated with body composition in a multiethnic pediatric cohort 2011
    2011 African genetic admixture is associated with body composition and fat distribution in a cross-sectional study of children.  International Journal of Obesity.  35:60-65. 2011
    2010 Associations among calcium intake, resting energy expenditure, and body fat in a multiethnic sample of children.  Journal of Pediatrics.  157:473-478. 2010
    2010 Adjusting adiposity and body weight measurements for height alters the relationship with blood pressure in children.  American Journal of Hypertension.  23:904-910. 2010
    2010 Cost ramifications of increased reporting of detectable plasma HIV-1 RNA levels by the roche COBAS ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Version 1.0 viral load test 2010
    2010 The Role of European Genetic Admixture in the Etiology of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome in Children: Are the Effects Mediated by Fat Accumulation?.  Journal of Pediatrics.  157. 2010
    2009 Uncoupling protein 2 Ala55Val polymorphism is associated with a higher acute insulin response to glucose 2009
    2009 Physical fitness, activity, and insulin dynamics in early pubertal children.  Pediatric Exercise Science.  21:63-76. 2009
    2006 Nutritional, health and behavioral factors are associated with body composition in elderly Puerto Rican women.  International Journal of Body Composition Research.  4:185-189. 2006
    2006 Genetic admixture is associated with visceral adipose tissue in Puerto Rican women.  International Journal of Body Composition Research.  4:137-143. 2006

    Research Overview

  • Dr. Willig's research goal is to reduce health disparities using nutrition and physical fitness to prevent/treat chronic disease. Her current work focuses on improving the quality of life for persons living with HIV who experience increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases.

    • Principal Investigator On

    Investigator On

  • A Multi-Component Non-Pharmacological Intervention to Improve Cognitive Outcomes in Hematologic Cancer Survivors  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • AI4CHRON - An Accessible and Inclusive Artificial Intelligence Assisted Chronic Disease Self-Management Telehealth Platform  awarded by Administration for Community Living/DHHS
  • AIDS and Aging Research Platform (AARP)  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
  • AIDS and Aging Research Platform (AARP)  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
  • CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS)  awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Center to Reduce Disparities in Chronic Diseases  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Center to Reduce Disparities in Chronic Diseases - Freedom Plus  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Center to Reduce Disparities in Chronic Diseases - HIV Pilot Extension  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Field Initiated Projects Program (Development)  awarded by Administration for Community Living/DHHS
  • Gamified Optimized Diabetes-Management with AI Powered Rural Telehealth (GODART)  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Multidisciplinary Interventional Treatment of Neurocognitive Impairment in Long COVID  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION
  • Ryan White Part C Outpatient EIS Program  awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
  • UAB Center for AIDS Research  awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Diabetes Research Center  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Diabetes Research Center - Interventions and Translation Core  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS

    • Teaching Overview

  • Dr. Willig's education mission is to increase the nutrition and health behavior knowledge and of healthcare providers. She has led local, national, and international courses and lectures to promote nutritional health literacy among students and practitioners.

    • Teaching Activities

    Education And Training

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine - Infectious Diseases, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2010
  • Master of Science in Nutrition Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2004
  • Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics/Human Nutritional Services, Louisiana Tech University 2000

    • Full Name

  • Amanda Willig