Expertise
Specific Research Areas of Interest
- Adherence to antiretroviral therapy for HIV treatment
- Primary and secondary behavioral HIV prevention interventions for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM): domestic and global work
- Antiretroviral therapy for prevention: Treatment as Prevention and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) studies – domestic and international.
- Work with other illnesses and mentee work.
Currently, my funded work includes a preliminary study involving treating syndemics (intertwined psychosocial problems such as depression, childhood sexual abuse, substance use, interpersonal violence) in HIV-infected individuals with uncontrolled virus, a study on HIV prevention in men who have sex with men in two sites in India, and an effectiveness study on treating depression and improving adherence in HIV-infected individuals in South Africa who have failed first line antiretroviral therapy. Anticipated future studies, based on prior collaborative pilot work, involve pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence in high risk MSM, interventions to reduce crystal meth and increase safer sex (condoms or PrEP) in MSM who use crystal meth, and additional studies addressing syndemics in individuals with HIV and uncontrolled virus.