Manuscripts
Violence Victimization, Homelessness, and Severe Mental Illness Among People Who Use Opioids in Three U.S. Cities, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, October 2023.
Factors associated with COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and use of digital contact tracing apps among Black and Latinx MSM (BLMSM) in Los Angeles, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, August 2023.
Internalized homophobia and social well-being among Black sexual minority men living with HIV: The mediating role of LGBT community connectedness and racial, gender, and sexual identity integration, Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2023.
Opportunities to Increase Access to HIV Prevention: Evaluating the Implementation of Pharmacist-Initiated Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in California, Open Forum Infectious Disease, November 2023.
Developing technology-based interventions for infectious diseases: ethical considerations for young sexual and gender minority people, Frontiers in Reproductive Health, December 2023.
High Vaccine Confidence is Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Who Use Substances, LGBT Health, August 2023.
Prevalence of Nicotine and Tobacco Product Use by Sexual Identity, Gender Identity, and Sex Assigned at Birth Among Emerging Adult Tobacco Users in California, United States, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, July 2023.
Analysis of Smartphone Text Data Related to mpox from a U.S. Sample of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men During the 2022 Outbreak, LGBT Health, October 2023.
Impact of COVID-19 Response on the HIV Epidemic in Men Who Have Sex With Men in San Francisco County: The Importance of Rapid Return to Normalcy, J Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, April 2023.
Mpox Stigma, Online Homophobia, and the Mental Health of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, LGBT Health, June 2023.
Awareness of and Willingness to Use On-Demand HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Using a Gay Social Networking App in China, AIDS Patient Care and STDs, April 2023.
The associations between HIV stigma and mental health symptoms, life satisfaction, and quality of life among Black sexual minority men with HIV, Quality of Life Research, January 2023.
HIV Testing Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China: Implications for Promoting HIV Self-Testing Among Key Populations, AIDS Patient Care and STDs, December 2022.
Intimate Partner Violence Victimization During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among a Global Online Sample of Sexual Minority Men, Journal of Family Violence, November 2022.
Characterizing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV PrEP care: A review and synthesis of the literature, AIDS and Behavior, December 2022.
Vaccine confidence among people who use drugs: A cross-sectional survey, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, May 2022.
Are Unequal Policies in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Needed to Improve Equality? An Examination Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Los Angeles County, AIDS Patient Care and STDs, August 2022.
Acceptability of injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis among people who inject drugs in three urban U.S. settings, BMC Infectious Diseases, September 2022.
The invisibility of Black and Latina women in sexual health care: shifting from biological individualism to intersectionality, Culture, Health & Sexuality, September 2022.
Lessons for Community-Based Scale-Up of Monkeypox Vaccination From Previous Disease Outbreaks Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States, AJPH, October 2022.
Recruiting Sexual and Gender Minority United States Military Personnel for Research Via Peer Networks: Addressing the Challenges, Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health, August 2022.
Changes in high-risk sexual behavior, HIV, and other STI testing, and PrEP use during the COVID-19 pandemic in a longitudinal cohort of adolescent men who have sex with men 13 to 18 years old in the United States, AIDS and Behavior, September 2022.
Sex Worker Collectives Within the Whorearchy: Intersectional Inquiry with Sex Workers in Los Angeles, CA, Feminist Inquiry in Social Work, June 2022.
Online Partner Seeking and Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men from Small and Midsized Towns: Cross-sectional Study, JMIR Formative Research, June 2022.
Using Microsimulation Modeling to Inform EHE Implementation Strategies in Los Angeles County, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, July 2022.
Persistent disparities in COVID-19-associated impacts on HIV prevention and care among a global sample of sexual and gender minority individuals, Global Public Health, April 2022.
Differences in Sexual Behaviors, HIV Testing, and Willingness to Use PrEP between Gay and Bisexual Men Who Have Sex with Men in China, International Journal of Sexual Health, March 2022.
Technology-Based Interventions to Promote the HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Care Continuum: Protocol for a Systematic Review, JMIR Research Protocols, March 2022.
Social Determinants of Disease: HIV and COVID-19 Experiences, Current HIV/AIDS Reports, February 2022.
Structural Syndemics and Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among Black Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV, JAIDS, December 2021.
Acceptance matters: Disengagement and attrition among LGBT personnel in the U.S. military, Journal of Military, Veteran, and Family Health, September 2021.
Health Behavior Survey Among People Who Use Opioids: Protocol for Implementing Technology-Based Rapid Response Surveillance in Community Settings, JMIR Research Protocols, September 2021.
PrEP Use and Persistence Among Young Sexual Minority Men 17-24 Years Old During the COVID-19 Pandemic, AIDS & Behavior, August 2022.
“That’s kind of like the big struggle right now is can we get PrEP?”: Facilitators and Barriers to PrEP Uptake Among Active Duty Gay and Bisexual Men, Sexuality Research and Social Policy, August 2021.
Mental Health and Health Risk Behaviors of Active Duty Sexual Minority and Transgender Service Members in the United States Military, LGBT Health, March 2021.
Does Gender Role Conflict Moderate the Relationship Between Lifetime Adversity and HIV Stigma in a Community Sample of HIV-Seropositive Black Men? Men and Masculinities, 2022.
Leveraging Social Media Activity and Machine Learning for HIV and Substance Abuse Risk Assessment: Development and Validation Study, Journal of Medical Internet Research, July 2020.
PrEP Awareness, Use, Intention to Use, and Information Source Among Geosocial Networking Application Users in Mexico in 2018-2019, AIDS and Behavior, March 2021.
Network characteristics associated with HIV testing conversations among transgender women in Los Angeles County, California, AIDS and Behavior, February 2021
Transitions in hookah (water pipe) smoking by U.S. sexual minority adults between 2013 and 2015: the population assessment of tobacco and health study wave 1 and wave 2, BMC Public Health, 2021.
Identifying Missed Opportunities for Routine Vaccination among People Who Use Drugs, International Journal of Environmental Research Public Health, January 2021.
Support for Transgender Military Service from Active Duty United States Military Personnel, Sexuality Research and Social Policy, February 2020.
Economic, Mental Health, HIV Prevention and HIV Treatment Impacts of COVID-19 and the COVID-19 Response on a Global Sample of Cisgender Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, AIDS and Behavior, July 2020.
“You Don’t Want to be a Candidate for Punishment”: a Qualitative Analysis of LGBT Service Member “Outness,” Sexuality Research and Social Policy, May 2020.
Associations Between Physical Distancing and Mental Health, Sexual Health and Technology Use Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of Homosexuality, February 2021.
A Community-Developed, Web-Based Mobile App Intervention Addressing Social Work and Legal Needs of Black Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV: Protocol for a Randomized Comparison Trial, JMIR Research Protocols, 2021.
Longitudinal trends in PrEP familiarity, attitudes, use and discontinuation among a national probability sample of gay and bisexual men, 2016-2018, PLOS One, December 2020.
Mental Health, Sexual Orientation, and Perceived Social Network Support in Relation to Hazardous Alcohol Consumption Among Active Duty Military Men, American Journal of Men’s Health, November 2020.
Individual and Partnership Factors Associated with Heterosexual Anal Intercourse Among Attendees of Public Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics in Los Angeles County, Archives of Sexual Behavior, November 2020
PrEP uptake as a social movement among gay and bisexual men, Culture, Health & Sexuality, October 2020
Social networks and condomless intercourse with female partners among male sex workers in the Dominican Republic, International Journal of STD & AIDS, December 2020.
Health and Service-related Impact of Sexual and Stalking Victimization During United States Military Service on LGBT Service Members, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, October 2020.
Group Perceptions of Acceptance of Racial/Ethnic, Sexual and Gender Minorities in the United States Military, Military Behavioral Health, September 2020.
Psychological Distress, Felt Stigma, and HIV Prevention in a National Probability Sample of Sexual Minority Men, LGBT Health, June 2020
Experiences of Sexual Harassment, Stalking, and Sexual Assault During Military Service Among LGBT and Non-LGBT Service Members, Journal of Traumatic Stress, March 2020.
The Impact of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis on Sexual Communication and Sexual Behavior of Urban Gay and Bisexual Men, Archives of Sexual Behavior, October 2019.
Leveraging social networks and technology for HIV prevention and treatment with transgender women, AIDS Education and Prevention, 2020.
COVID-19 vulnerability among people who use drugs: recommendations for global public health programmes and policies, Journal of International AIDS Society, July 2020.
Current and Future PrEP Medications and Modalities: On-demand, Injectables, and Topicals, Current HIV/AIDS Reports, August 2019, 16(4).
Concomitant utilization of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY) among men who have sex with men in Los Angeles County, California, Archives of Sexual Behavior, October 2019.
What motivates gay and bisexual men to participate in PrEP-related research? The International Journal of Sexual Health.
The impact of pre-exposure prophylaxis on sexual communication and sexual behavior of urban gay and bisexual men. Special Issue on “Social and Behavioral Science with Gay and Bisexual Men in the Age of Biomedical Prevention” at the Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2019, 1-14.
Perspectives on academic mentorship from sexual and gender minority students pursuing careers in the health sciences, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2019, 89(3).
Gay and Bisexual Men’s Strategies to Maintain Daily Adherence to Their HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Medication: Results from a Qualitative Study, Prevention Science, January 2019, 20(1).
A Multilevel Analysis of Social Network Characteristics and Technology Use on HIV Risk and Protective Behaviors Among Transgender Women, AIDS & Behavior, May 2019, 23(5).
How Do Gay and Bisexual Men Make Up for Missed PrEP Doses, and What Impact Does Missing a Dose Have on Their Subsequent Sexual Behavior? AIDS Education & Prevention, August 2018, 30(4).
Acceptability of injectable and on-demand pre-Exposure prophylaxis among an online sample of young men who have sex with men in California, LGBT Health, September 2018, 5(6).
Health Disparities, Risk Behaviors and Healthcare Utilization Among Transgender Women in Los Angeles County: A Comparison from 1998-1999 to 2015-2016, AIDS & Behavior, August 2018, 22(8).
Spatial Distribution of partner-seeking men who have sex with men using geosocial networking apps: Epidemiologic study, Journal of Medical Internet Research, May 2018, 20(5).
Quadrivalent Meningococcal Vaccine Uptake Among Men Who Have Sex With Men During a Meningococcal Outbreak in Los Angeles County, California, 2016-2017, Public Health Reports, September – October 2018, 133(5).
Factors Associated with Immunization Opinion Leadership among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles, California, International Journal of Environmenal Research and Public Health, May 2018, 15(5).
Structural Inequities and Social Networks Impact Hormone Use and Misuse Among Transgender Women in Los Angeles County, Archives of Sexual Behavior, May 2018, 47(4).
Comparing Self-Reported Demographic and Sexual Behavioral Factors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Recruited Through Mechanical Turk, Qualtrics, and a HIV/STI Clinic-Based Sample: Implications for Researchers and Providers, Archives of Sexual Behavior, January 2018, 47(1).
Facilitators and Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Willingness Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Use Geosocial Networking Applications in California, AIDS Patient Care and STDs, December 2017, 31(12).
Psychological distress, health protection, and sexual practices among young men who have sex with men: Using social action theory to guide HIV prevention efforts, PloS One, 2017, 12(9).
Brief report: Motivations for HIV testing among young men who have sex with men in Los Angeles County, Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, July 2017, 16(3).
Technology Use and Preferences for Mobile Phone–Based HIV Prevention and Treatment Among Black Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Exploratory Research, Journal of Medical Internet Research, April 2017, 5(4).
Network support, technology use, depression, and ART adherence among HIV-positive MSM of color, AIDS Care, September 2017, 29(9).
Serious concerns regarding a meta-analysis of preexposure prophylaxis use and STI acquisition, AIDS (London, England), March 2017, 31(5).
Alcohol Use and HIV Risk Within Social Networks of MSM Sex Workers in the Dominican Republic, AIDS and Behavior, November 2017, 21.
Brief Report: PrEP Uptake, Adherence, and Discontinuation Among California YMSM Using Geosocial Networking Applications, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, January 2017, 74(1).
Measuring Use of Research Evidence: The Structured Interview for Evidence Use, Research on Social Work Practice, September 2016, 26(5).
A Critical Review of the Characteristics of Theater-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for Adolescents in School Settings, Health Promotion Practice, July 2016, 17(4).
Innovation and the Use of Research Evidence in Youth-Serving Systems: A Mixed-Methods Study, Child Welfare, 2015, 94(2).
Substance use homophily among geosocial networking application using gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, Archives of Sexual Behavior, October 2015, 44(7).
Network influences on the sexual risk behaviors of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men using geosocial networking applications, AIDS and Behavior, June 2015, 19.
The application of minority stress theory to marijuana use among sexual minority adolescents, Substance Use & Misuse, December 2015, 50(3).
Use of Technology to Address Substance Use in the Context of HIV: A Systematic Review, Current HIV/AIDS Reports, December 2015, 12(4).
Effects of minority stress processes on the mental health of Latino men who have sex with men and women: a qualitative study, Archives of Sexual Behavior, October 2014.
Cell phone internet access, online sexual solicitation, partner seeking, and sexual risk behavior among adolescents, Archives of Sexual Behavior, April 2014.
Online social networking, sexual risk and protective behaviors: considerations for clinicians and researchers, Current Addiction Reports, September 2014, 1(3).
Project HOPE: online social network changes in an HIV prevention randomized controlled trial for African American and Latino men who have sex with men, American Journal of Public Health, September 2014, 104(9).
A mixed methods approach to network data collection, Field Methods, October 2014, 26(3).
Incorporating guidelines for use of mobile technologies in health research and practice, International Health, June 2014, 6(2).
Venue-based network analysis to inform HIV prevention efforts among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, Prevention Science, June 2014, 15(3).
Associations between intimate partner violence and posttraumatic stress symptom severity in a multiethnic sample of men with histories of childhood sexual abuse, Violence and Victims, 2014, 29(3).
Associations of unprotected anal intercourse with Grindr-met partners among Grindr-using young men who have sex with men in Los Angeles, AIDS Care, April 2014, 26(10).
Network correlates of sexual health advice seeking and substance use among members of the Los Angeles House and Ball communities, Health Education Research, April 2014, 29(2).
Acceptability of smartphone application-based HIV prevention among young men who have sex with men, AIDS and Behavior, February 2014, 18(2).
Minority stress experiences and psychological well-being: the impact of support from and connection to social networks within the Los Angeles House and Ball communities, Prevention Science, February 2014, 15(1).
Inter-organizational collaboration in the implementation of evidence-based practices among public agencies serving abused and neglected youth, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, January 2014, 41(1).
Illicit Substance Use Among Emerging Adults in the Los Angeles House and Ball Community, Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, May 2014, 13(2).
Social work practice with LGBT seniors, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, January 2014, 57(8).
Influence network linkages across implementation strategy conditions in a randomized controlled trial of two strategies for scaling up evidence-based practices in public youth-serving systems, Implementation Science, November 2013, 8.
National study of the role of recent illicit substance use on the relationship between depressive symptoms and sexual risk behavior among child welfare-involved adolescents, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, July 2013, 74(4).
“It’s like our own little world”: resilience as a factor in participating in the ballroom community subculture, AIDS and Behavior, May 2013, 17(4).
Profile of insurance coverage in a national inpatient sample, American Journal of Public Health Research, February 2013, 1(1).
Environmental risk, social cognition, and drug use among young men who have sex with men: longitudinal effects of minority status on health processes and outcomes, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, June 2013, 127(1-3).
Women’s preferences for testing and management of sexually transmitted infections among low-income New York City family planning clients, International Journal of STD & AIDS, June 2013, 24(6).
Where are the young men in HIV prevention efforts? Comments on HIV prevention programs and research from young men who sex with men in Los Angeles county, The Journal of Primary Prevention, December 2012, 33(5-6).
HIV Prevention Service Utilization in the Los Angeles House and Ball Communities: Past Experiences and Recommendations for the Future, AIDS and Behavior, October 2012, 16(7).
The prevalence and correlates of receiving confirmatory HIV test results among newly diagnosed HIV-positive individuals at a community-based testing center, AIDS Education and Prevention, October 2012, 24(5).
Brief Reports
Addressing PrEP Disparities among Young Gay and Bisexual Men in California, California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers, September 2016.
PrEP Cost Analysis for Covered California Health Plans, California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers. November 2016.
“Why aren’t gay men getting a meningitis vaccination?” Los Angeles Blade, April 2017.
Examining PrEP Uptake among Medi-Cal Beneficiaries in California: Differences by Age, Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Geographic Region, California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers, February 2018.
HIV and Safer Drug Consumption Programs in California, California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers, April 2018.
HIV Prevention Strategies for Transmasculine People in California, California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers, April 2018.