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Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences

HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health

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HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health

Developing HIV and STI-related research activities to understand and modify behaviors to advance health among myriad at-risk populations in resource-limited settings.

Areas of Focus

  • Uptake and adherence to antiretroviral HIV medications
  • Prevalence, incidence, and determinants of HIV and STI 
  • Characterizing social, sexual and drug networks 
  • Integrated psychosocial treatment and HIV risk reduction interventions
  • Modifying behaviors that heighten vulnerability to HIV
  • At-risk populations in resource-limited settings

HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in Rhode Island—there is both the need and opportunity to develop HIV-related research activities in Providence. Our faculty have a comprehensive HIV, STI and reproductive health research portfolio in collaboration with various domestic and international partners and funding agencies.

Current research focuses on uptake and adherence to antiretroviral medications for the prevention and treatment of HIV; documenting prevalence, incidence, and determinants (psychosocial, behavioral, biological and structural) of HIV and STI emergence and transmission in various at-risk populations; characterizing social, sexual and drug networks to better understand how connections (e.g., homophily, multiplexity), distributions (e.g., centrality, density), and segmentation (e.g., cohesion) potentiates HIV risk and infection; developing and testing integrated psychosocial treatment and HIV risk reduction interventions; development, evaluation, and implementation of interventions to modify behaviors that heighten an individual's vulnerability to becoming infected, or infecting others, with HIV; and research that advances health among myriad at-risk populations in resource-limited settings. A substantial body of research in BSS focuses on addressing alcohol, drug, and tobacco use in HIV prevention and care.

Current studies in this topic are being conducted across several continents, including Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Europe.

Faculty

  • Madina Agénor

    Madina Agénor

    Associate Professor, Director of Ph.D. Admissions
    Madina_Agenor@brown.edu
  • Karen L Andes

    Karen Andes

    Associate Professor
    karen_andes@brown.edu
  • Katie Biello

    Katie Biello

    Professor, Chair of the Department of Epidemiology
    Katie_Biello@brown.edu
  • Patricia Cioe

    Patricia Cioe

    Associate Professor
    Patricia_Cioe@brown.edu
  • M Doshi

    Monika Doshi

    Assistant Professor
    monika_doshi@brown.edu
  • Abigail Harrison

    Abigail Harrison

    Associate Professor
    Abigail_Harrison@brown.edu
  • Jaclyn White Hughto

    Jackie White Hughto

    Associate Professor
    jaclyn_hughto@brown.edu
  • Christopher Kahler, PhD

    Christopher Kahler

    Professor, Director of CAAS
    christopher_kahler@brown.edu
  • Aditya Khanna

    Aditya Khanna

    Associate Professor
    Aditya_Khanna@brown.edu
  • monnig

    Mollie Monnig

    Assistant Professor
    Mollie_Monnig@brown.edu
  • Amy Nunn

    Amy Nunn

    Professor, Executive Director, RI Public Health Institute
    Amy_Nunn@brown.edu
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    Jennifer Pellowski

    Associate Professor
    Jennifer_Pellowski@brown.edu
  • Shufang Sun

    Shufang Sun

    Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the Mindfulness Center
    Shufang_Sun@brown.edu
  • Tyler Wray

    Tyler Wray

    Associate Professor
    Tyler_Wray@brown.edu
  •  David Zelaya

    David Zelaya

    Assistant Professor
    david_zelaya@brown.edu

Affiliated Research Centers and Labs

Alcohol Research Center on HIV (ARCH)

A multidisciplinary program project grant focused on reducing the impact of alcohol on the breadth and depth of the HIV epidemic.
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Brown University AIDS Program (BRUNAP)

A regionally and nationally recognized program of excellence that provides continuing education credits for training and education of clinicians in HIV treatment and prevention.
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January 16, 2023 News from SPH

HIV in Houston: A Study on the Potential Impact of Medicaid Expansion and ART/PrEP

HIV rates in Houston, Texas could decrease significantly with the expansion of Medicaid and increased use of preventive and antiviral medications, according to a new study.

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