Anastasia Meylakhs
- Senior Lecturer:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management / Department of Management
- Doctoral Student:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies / Department of Sociology
- Anastasia Meylakhs has been at HSE University since 2017.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
MA degree in Sociology (validated by University of Helsinki), Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, the European University at St.Petersburg
University degree in Russian Studies (with honors), Faculty of Russian Language and Literature, Samara State University
Postgraduate Studies
2nd year of study
Approved topic of thesis: Russian Cryptomarketplace: It’s Structure, Stability, and Coordination
Academic Supervisor: Krupets, Yana
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
E. Pak, Male and Female Health-related Lifestyles in Russia. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2020
A. Shcherbakova , Blood Donation in Russia: the Self and the Body in the Donation Practices. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2020
D. Datciuk, Myocardial Infarction and Behavioral Patterns in Relation to Health: Economic Context. St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2019
E. Morozova, Myocardial Infarction and Behavioral Patterns in Relation to Health: Economic Context. St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2019
A. Davitadze, Testing the Russian Labour Market for Heterocentrism in Hiring: Evidence from a Correspondence Study. St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2019
Courses (2020/2021)
- Research Seminar "Business Research Methods" (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2019/2020)
- Methodology and Methods for Sociological Research (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Business Research Methods" (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Courses (2018/2019)
Publications13
- Article Aasland A., Kropp S., Meylakhs A. Between Collaboration and Subordination: State and Non-state Actors in Russian Anti-drug Policy // Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 2020. Vol. 31. P. 422-436. doi
- Article Яковлев А., Келли Д., Дьячков А., Мусатов В., Амирханян Ю., Кузнецова А., Пирогов Д., Мейлахс А. Ю., Нечаев В. Особенности употребления алкоголя и стратегии его снижения среди ВИЧ-инфицированных пациентов, находящихся на амбулаторном и стационарном лечении // Тихоокеанский медицинский журнал. 2020. Т. 3. С. 34-38. doi
- Article Александрова Е. А., Хабибуллина А. Р., Аистов А. В., Гарипова Ф. Г., Герри К. Дж., Давитадзе А. П., Заздравных Е. А., Кислицын Д. В., Кузнецова М. Ю., Купера А. В., Мейлахс А. Ю., Мейлахс П. А., Родионова Т. И., Тараскина Е. В., Щапов Д. С. Российские популяционные показатели качества жизни, связанного со здоровьем, рассчитанные с использованием опросника EQ-5D-3L // Сибирский научный медицинский журнал. 2020. Т. 40. № 3. С. 99-107. doi
- Article Meylakhs P., Friedman S. R., Meylakhs A., Mateu-Gelabert P., Ompad D. C., Alisa A., Dmitrieva A. A New Generation of Drug Users in St. Petersburg, Russia? HIV, HCV, and Overdose Risks in a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of Young Hard Drug Users // AIDS and Behavior. 2019. Vol. 23. No. 12. P. 3350-3365. doi
- Article Mateu-Gelabert P., Guarino H., Quinn K., Meylakhs P., Campos S., Meylakhs A., Berbesi D., Toro-Tobón D., Goodbody E., Ompad D. C., Friedman S. R. Young Drug Users: a Vulnerable Population and an Underutilized Resource in HIV/HCV Prevention. // Current HIV/AIDS Reports. 2018. Vol. 15. No. 4. P. 324-335. doi
- Chapter Aasland A., Meylakhs A. Adjusting the Scope of Interaction Between State and Civil Society: HIV Prevention Among Drug Users., in: Governance in Russian Regions: A Policy Comparison.. Netherlands : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. doi Ch. 3. P. 43 -71. doi
- Chapter Мейлахс А. Ю., Осланд О., Алиева А. В., Александрова Е. А., Мейлахс П. А. «Национальная антинаркотическая политика и ее региональные вариации: «межведомственное взаимодействие», здоровье и непредвиденные результаты в сфере реабилитации ЛУН» // В кн.: Сборник материалов Региональной научной конференции «Реабилитация потребителей наркотиков: между религией и наукой». СПб. : Издательство "Перо", 2017. Гл. 1. С. 10-17.
- Chapter Алиева А. В., Мейлахс А. Ю., Александрова Е. А., Мейлахс П. А., Годлевская М., Медведева Я. Лечение как приговор: реабилитация и здоровье ЛУН, имеющих опыт судимости. // В кн.: Сборник материалов Региональной научной конференции «Реабилитация потребителей наркотиков: между религией и наукой». СПб. : Издательство "Перо", 2017. Гл. 3. С. 127-136.
- Article Kuznetsova A., Meylakhs A., Amirkhanian Y., Kelly J., Yakovlev A., Musatov V., Amirkhanian A. Barriers and Facilitators of HIV Care Engagement: Results of a Qualitative Study in St. Petersburg, Russia. // AIDS and Behavior. 2016. Vol. 10. No. 20. P. 2433-2443. doi
- Article Amirkhanian Y., Kelly J., Takacs J., McAuliffe T., Kuznetsova A., Toth T., Mocsonaki L., DiFranceisco W., Meylakhs A. Effects of a social network HIV/STD prevention intervention for MSM in Russia and Hungary: a randomized controlled trial. // AIDS. 2015. Vol. 29. No. 5. P. 583-593. doi
- Article Meylakhs P., Friedman S. R., Mateu-Gelabert P., Sandoval M., Meylakhs A. Taking care of themselves: how long-term injection drug users avoid HIV and Hepatitis C // Sociology of Health and Illness. 2015. Vol. 37. No. 4. P. 626-641. doi
- Article Kelly J., Amirkhanian Y., Yakovlev A., Musatov V., Meylakhs A, Kuznetsova A., Chaika N. Stigma reduces and social support increases engagement in medical care among persons with HIV infection in St. Petersburg, Russia. // Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2014. Vol. 2. No. 17. P. 19618-19618. doi
- Article Amirkhanian Y., Kelly J., Kuznetsova A., Meylakhs A, Yakovlev A., Musatov V., Chaika N. Using social network methods to reach out-of-care or ART-nonadherent HIV+ injection drug users in Russia: addressing a gap in the treatment cascade. // Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2014. Vol. 17. No. 4 doi
Projects
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2020 - 2021 |
Expanding access to ART in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus through community monitoring systems (UK, EJ Foundation) – study partner, researcher |
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2020 - 2021 |
Stigma Index 2.0 (GNP+) – study partner and researcher |
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2020 - 2021 |
Long-term outcomes of COVID-2019 in Russian Federation – internet based study (CHEMP HSE SPb; study's measures, questionnaire and field-work related consultations and processing) |
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2020 - 2022 |
3S: self-diagnosing, self-treatment and self-enhancing practices among Internet-user populations in Russia (Initiative project, CMR-group) |
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2019 - 2020 |
Health related quality of life among urban population of St. Petersburg (CHEMP HSE SPb; study's measures, questionnaire and field-work related consultations and processing) |
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2019 |
Russian-Language Segment of the Illicit Crypto-marcketplace: Researching the Structure, Market Stability Mechanisms and Coordination, and Customer Risks (RFBR 19-011-00944 – project investigator and researcher) |
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2018 |
Russian-language darknet research initiative project (CHEMP HSE SPb) |
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2018 - 2020 |
Health-Related Quality of Life: Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of SF–36 and EQ–5D in Patients with CVD (CHEMP HSE SPb and Kirov S.M. Military Medical Academy Hospital – scientific advisor) |
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2018 - 2020 |
HIVST among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in Russia (HSE, Phoenix+) |
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2014 – 2019 |
Increasing Social Support to Improve HIV Care Engagement and Adherence (Medical College of Wisconsin, NIMH) |
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2017 |
Отношение пациентов к оказанию медицинской помощи и проведению терапевтических процедур после постановки диагноза «инфаркт миокарда» в г. Санкт-Петербург, Россия (НИУ ВШЭ, CHEMP). |
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2017 |
Выстраивание диалога и партнерства с представителями правоохранительных органов для улучшения защиты прав человека и профилактики ВИЧ-инфекции (г. Санкт-Петербург и Ленинградская Область). (НП Е.В.А., EHRN) |
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2016-17 |
HIV, HCV, STI, OD and other risks associated with hard drug use among young drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia |
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2013-17 |
Social network intervention to engage out-of-care PLH into treatment (Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR), Medical College of Wisconsin). |
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2015-16 |
Expanding employment opportunities for women from particularly vulnerable groups who are subject to stigmatization in Russia and other BRICS countries (OXFAM, НП Е.В.А.) |
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2013-15 |
Network Governance: A tool for Understanding Russian policy-making? (NIBR, Norway). |
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2014 |
Staying Safe in St. Petersburg: how long-term IDUs avoid HIV infection - A Pilot Study (NDRI, USA). |
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2012-14 |
Social Network Intervention to engage out-of-care PLH into treatment network leader training phase / Pilot Trial (Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR), Medical College of Wisconsin) - project assistance, network analysis. |
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2012-13 |
Prevention of HIV infection in high-risk social networks of African American MSM (NIMH, Medical College of Wisconsin) - project assistance, network analysis. |
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2010-12 |
Randomized trial of quality of life improvement among PLH (Fostering an AIDS research and training infrastructure in Russia) (NIMH, ICART, Medical College of Wisconsin) – research assistant. |
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2009-10 |
«Адвокация доступности и качества услуг здравоохранения в сфере диагностики и лечения зависимости от наркотиков /ВИЧ/СПИДа/ вирусных гепатитов/ туберкулеза с использованием МиО со стороны сообщества пациентов «Симона+». |
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2008-11 |
Safe practices in the personal networks of the long injecting IDU (ICART, Medical College of Wisconsin) |
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2007 |
«Женщины, употребление наркотиков и снижение вреда в Грузии, России и Украине (на примере Санкт-Петербурга) (IHRD) |
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2006-07 |
Права ВИЧ-инфицированных наркозависимых на антиретровирусную терапию: поиск возможностей для компромисса, (Фонд Форда). |
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2005 |
Sexual and fertile practices in Russia: freedom and responsibility (St.Petersburg, Beginning of the 21st Century) – collective project (Gender Program of European University at St.Petersburg, Ford Foundation) |
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2005 |
Transformation of Rural Areas in European Post-Socialist Countries (Aleksanteri Institute/Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies) |
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2004-05 |
Авторский проект «Репродуктивные практики в современных православных семьях» в рамках исследовательского проекта «Новый быт: новый русский средний класс и его стратегии» (ЕУ СПб, Университет г. Хельсинки) |
Employment history
2008 - 2017. Botkin Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Interdisciplinary Center for AIDS Research and Training (ICART), St. Petersburg, Russia (http://www.icartonline.ru).
2005 - 2017. The Centre for Independent Social Research (CISR) (https://cisr.ru).
Presenting a review of the book chapter about the interaction between the state and civil society in HIV prevention among drug users
The study 'Adjusting the Scope of Interaction Between State and Civil Society: HIV Prevention Among Drug Users.' had been conducted by a CHEMP Junior Research Fellow, Anastasia Meilakhs, and her foreign colleague, Aadne Aasland.
Congratulations to our colleagues on the publication in a quarterly peer-reviewed medical review journal ‘Current HIV/AIDS Reports’ (Q1)
In collaboration with foreign colleagues, Peter Meylakhs and Anastasia Meylakhs have presented the results of the study 'Young Drug Users: a Vulnerable Population and an Underutilized Resource in HIV/HCV Prevention'.