The Collaborative HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities Program
Meet the Visiting Professors
Accepted in 2007
Judith Cornelius, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina
HIV prevention among older African American women and the development
of effective methods to teach nursing students to care of HIV-infected
patients
Stacey B. Daughters, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
University of Maryland, College Park
HIV risk behavior among inner-city African American adolescents
Fred Ssewamala, PhD
Assistant Professor
Columbia University
Development and evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs in the US
and in Africa
Accepted in 2006
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, LCSW, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Columbia University
A Community Clinic Partnership Demonstrating Social Workers’ Efficacy:
A Clinic-Based Intervention
Robert Miller, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Welfare
University of Albany
Exploring Spiritual Agency as a framework for HIV prevention in African
American gay men
Leo Wilton, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Education and Human Development
Binghamton University
Body Attitudes and HIV Risk Behavior in Black Gay and Bisexual Men
Accepted in 2005
Rocio Rivadeneyra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Illinois State University
Influence of Media on Latino Adolescents' Sexual Attitudes and Behavior
Laura Romo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
University of California, Santa Barbara
Enhancing the Protective Potential of Mother-Daughter Relationships
in Latino Families
Nelson Varas Diaz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Social Work
University of Puerto Rico
AIDS Stigma among Health Professionals in Puerto Rico: Intervention
Development
Scyatta Wallace, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
The Role of Culture and Context in HIV Prevention among Black American
Youth
Accepted in 2004
Mark B. Padilla, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
Structural, cultural, and interpersonal factors in HIV transmission
among non-gay-identified Latino MSM and their partners in the urban
U.S.
Dexter Voisin, MSW
Assistant Professor
School of Social Service Administration
University of Chicago
Predictors of HIV-related behaviors among urban African American youth.
Celeste Watkins, PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty Fellow
Sociology & African-American Studies
Institute for Policy Research Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Northwestern University
The social consequences of HIV/AIDS in African American communities:
an ethnographic study.
Accepted in 2003
John J. Chin, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Office of Special Populations
The New York Academy of Medicine, New York
Asian immigrant community institutions and HIV prevention.
Sheldon D. Fields, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
University of Rochester, Rochester
Innovations in HIV prevention for a new generation of at risk young
Black men who have sex with men.
Wende E. Marshall, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anthropology & Carter G. Woodson Institute for African & African
American Studies
University of Virginia, College of Arts & Sciences, Charlottesville
Interpreting epidemic: HIV/AIDS and rural Southern Black women.
Lois M. Takahashi, PhD
Associate Professor
Urban Planning
Public Policy & Social Research
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
The geography of HIV/AIDS in Asian Pacific Islander communities: Risk
behaviors and organizational response.
Accepted in 2002
Lauren E. Durant, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Addiction Medicine
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Sciences
Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC
Development of culturally relevant behavioral interventions that target
low-income substance-dependent minority women.
Sonja Feist-Price, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
University of Kentucky, Lexington
African American men who identify as heterosexual and secretly have
sex with men: An HIV-prevention intervention.
David Malebranche, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of General Medicine
School of Medicine
Emory University, Atlanta
Manhood development and high-risk sexual behavior among Black men who
have sex with men.
Eric Whitaker, MD, MPH
Attending Physician/Assistant Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care
Cook County Hospital & Rush Medical College, Chicago
HIV and the Black Church: Facilitators and barriers to HIV prevention.
Accepted in 2001
Gauri Bhattacharya, DSW
Senior Lecturer
School of Social Work
Columbia University
Contexts of immigration and HIV risk: Asian Indians in the United States.
Sonya Arreola Grant , PhD, MPH
Principal Investigator
San Francisco Department of Public Heath
HIV Research Section
Childhood sexual abuse and risky sexual behaviors among Latino gay men.
Dorie J. Gilbert, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Austin
Young African American, HIV-affected daughters: A prospective assessment.
Don Operario, PhD
Research Specialist
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
University of California, San Francisco
Social identity, stigma, and the social context for HIV risk and protective
factors among young gay men of color.
Blanca Ortíz-Torres, PhD, JD
Associate Professor
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
Normative beliefs, social networks and health-related outcomes among
Puerto Rican HIV+ women.
Accepted in 2000
Emma J. Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
University of Central Florida
HIV-risk prevention in Southern rural African American women.
Kimberly R. Jacob Arriola, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Rollins School of Public Health
Department of Behavioral Sciences & Health Education
Emory University
HIV/AIDS and social inequality among African American women.
Lynn F. Roberts, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hunter College Urban Public Health Program
City University of New York
Awareness and experience of oppression, dating violence and HIV-risk
behavior among African American and Latino/a high school students.
Accepted in 1999
Lisa Bowleg, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Public Health
Drexel University
Gender norms and power in relationships of Black women and men.
Héctor Carrillo, DrPH
Specialist
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
University of California, San Francisco
HIV prevention among Mexican men who come to the U.S. to enact homosexual
behaviors.
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, PhD
Associate Professor of Applied Psychology and Public Policy
Department of Psychology
New York University
Social networks and their role in HIV prevention for Asian men who have
sex with men.
Accepted in 1998
George Ayala, PhD
Deputy Director
DHS Office AIDS Programs & Policy
Los Angeles
Race, class and unprotected sex among Latino gay men.
Larry Gant, CSW, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
University of Michigan
Interventions to reduce risk in African American drug users.
Jesus Ramirez-Valles, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor in Community Health Sciences
School of Public Health
University of Illinois-Chicago
Effects of volunteerism and activism on unsafe sex practices among Latino
gay men.
Deborah Ridley Brome, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Sexual self characteristics in African American adolescents.
Accepted in 1997
Faye Belgrave, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Sex and drug risk prevention interventions for African American adolescent
females.
Kurt Organista, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
University of California, Berkeley
HIV prevention in Mexican migrant workers.
Darrell Wheeler, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Hunter College School of Social Work
City University of New York
Physician-patient relationship and adherence to medication in HIV+ African
American gay men.
Maria Cecilia Zea, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
George Washington University
Disclosure of HIV status in Latino gay and bisexual men.