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BSHS Doctoral Alumni

Meet the remarkable graduates of the BSHS doctoral program.

2025

  • Guigayoma

    John Guigayoma Ph.D. ’25

    Advisors Tyler Wray, Katie Biello

    Dissertation: Addressing Key Issues In HIV Self-Testing Implementation for Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men in the Southern United States

    Current Position: Post Doc fellow, Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University

2024

  • Lodge

    William Lodge II Ph.D. ’24

    Advisors Katie Biello, Matthew Mimiaga

    Dissertation: Syndemic Barriers and Intersectionality: Understanding Multilevel Factors Impacting Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Transgender Women Living with HIV in Mumbai and New Delhi India.

    Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Cornell

  •  Montgomery

    Madeline Montgomery Ph.D. ’24

    Dissertation: Multilevel determinants of sexual and reproductive health care access among LGBTQIA+ young adults with a cervix: implications for public health and health care practice

2023

  • Surace

    Anthony Surace Ph.D. ’23

    Dissertation: It’s About Time: A Temporal Analysis of Minority Strengths/Stress Effects on Drinking Behavior Among Sexual Minorities

    Current Position: Associate Scientist, Alcohol Research Group at UC Berkeley

  • valente

    Pablo K. Valente Ph.D. ’23

    Dissertation Chair Katie Biello

    Dissertation: Daily Oral and Next Generation Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Modalities for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men: The Role of Health Services and Providers in Shaping Acceptability and Implementation

    Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut Waterbury

2022

  • Boyle

    Holly Boyle Ph.D. ’22

    Dissertation Chair Jennifer Merrill

    Dissertation: Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use among Young Adults: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Determinants, Mechanisms, and Consequences

    Current Position: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine 

  • teresadealtley

    Teresa DeAtley Ph.D. ’22

    Dissertation: Mechanisms Underlying High Rates of Tobacco-Related Disease in People with Psychiatric Disorders Who Smoke
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Utah

     

  • kira

    Kira DiClemente Ph.D. ’22

    Dissertation: Mental health experiences of women exposed to war and violence in Africa: a community-based approach
    Current Position: Research Assistant professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago

  • ashleygomez

    Ashley Gomez Ph.D. ’22

    Dissertation Chair Jennifer Nazareno

    Dissertation: “Work, Migration, Gender, and Place: Social Determinants of Latine Health in the United States”

    Current Position: Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business

2021

  • edeza

    Alberto Edeza Ph.D. ’21

    Dissertation: Sexualized substance use and HIV prevention among men who engage in transactional sex with men

    Current Position: Health Scientist at Johnson and Johnson

2020

  • Kang

    Augustine Kang Ph.D. ’20

    Dissertation Chair Patricia Risica

    Dissertation: Sleep and Physical Activity among Latinx Children: Formative Research for Obesity Prevention Intervention Development       

    Current Position: MD Candidate at Stanford University School of Medicine and Senior Research Scientist at Brown University School of Public Health

  • Lovette

    Ashleigh LoVette Ph.D. ’20

    Dissertation Chair Don Operario

    Dissertation: Resilience in the Context of HIV Risk: A Strengths-Based Perspective for HIV Prevention among South African Girls and Young Women

    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, College of Public Health, Ohio State University 

  • Adedotun Ogunbajo Ph.D.’20

    Adedotun Ogunbajo Ph.D. ’20

    Dissertation: Substance use, mental health, and other psychosocial health problems in the context of HIV sexual risk behavior among Nigerian gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
    Current Position: Director of Research at Us Helping Us, People into Living, Inc.

  • Arjee Restar Ph.D.’20

    Arjee Restar Ph.D. ’20

    Dissertation: Modeling the Socio-Ecological Factors of HIV Prevention Services among Filipinx Trans Women and Cis Men
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health

  • Sylvia Shangani Ph.D.’20

    Sylvia Shangani Ph.D. ’20

    Dissertation: Engagement in HIV Prevention and Treatment among Key Populations in Kenya
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University 

2019

  • Denlinger

    Rachel Denlinger-Apte Ph.D. ’19

    Dissertation: The Effects of Menthol Flavoring in Cigarettes on Tobacco Product Selection, Use, and Perceptions of Harm: Implications for Tobacco Regulation

    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine

  • Jessica Emerson Ph.D. ’19

    Jessica Emerson Ph.D. ’19

    Dissertation: When Outcomes Matter: A Temporal Analysis of Beliefs in the Exercise and Smoking Domains
    Current Position: Scientific Advisor at Clario (formerly ERT)

     

  • Harold Lee Ph.D. ’19

    Harold Lee Ph.D. ’19

    Dissertation: Genetic Underpinning of Physical Activity Adherence: Affective Response to Physical Activity as an Intermediate Phenotype
    Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University

     

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