- TAPS Fellow
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Gabriel Galindo has been involved with HIV prevention research for the past decade and possesses a wealth of experience working on health disparities research projects among ethnoracial and sexual minority communities. During his years as a graduate student at San Diego State University, he served as a program evaluator for a CDC funded project targeting young MSM of color. While at Columbia University he worked on a NIH-funded project geared at exploring stress and identity among ethnoracial and sexual minorities, and completed an independent qualitative investigation of HIV-stigma among a population of marginalized urban youth in New York City (NYC). Furthermore, he acted as a co-investigator for a NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene study focused on exploring mechanisms of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission among MSM. Dr. Galindo’s current work involves examining the partner management processes of Latino men who have sex with men (LMSM). Based on previous research, identified factors such as seroadaptation, sexual stereotypes, partner selection, and situational influences all contribute to sexual risk among the population. However, the process by which men organize these factors and enact behaviors has yet to be explored. Dr. Galindo is introducing the construct of “partner management,” to explain this process. Recognizing the importance of developing socioculturally appropriate interventions for LMSM, within this study, partner management is framed in the context of acculturation in order to best identify the needs of the population.
Current research
Education
• 2012, Fellow (Medicine/ AIDS Prevention Studies), University of California at San Francisco
• 2009, DrPH (Sociomedical Sciences), Columbia University in the City of New York
• 2003, MPH (Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences), San Diego State University
• 2001, BA (Comparative Ethnic Studies), University of California at Berkeley
Last modified: February 10, 2012