Adam Leonard

PNP MSN MPH

Pediatric nurse practitioner
Iced coffee lover and aspiring dog owner

About me

Adam Leonard is a nurse practitioner who cares for adolescents and young adults. He has particular interests in reproductive and sexual health, substance use and mental health care.

Leonard's research focuses on prevention and care services for youths in the areas of substance use, HIV infection and hepatitis C infection.

Leonard earned his master's degree in nursing from UCSF. He has a master of public health degree from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is a member of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.

Education

University of Minnesota, MPH, 2010

UCSF, MS, Nursing, 2014

I enjoy working with young people and their families as a partner in their health, through the years of development and into adulthood.

Where I see patients (3)

Selected research

The syndemic effects of adverse mental health conditions and polysubstance use on being at risk of clinical depression among marginally housed and homeless transitional age youth living in San Francisco, California.
PloS one
March 2022
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Comparing substance use and mental health among sexual and gender minority and heterosexual cisgender youth experiencing homelessness.
PloS one
March 2021
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Trauma, substance use, and mental health symptoms in transitional age youth experiencing homelessness.
Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)
March 2020
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