Running for Maricopa County Special Healthcare District Board Assistant Professor at @Asu Research: #stigma #LGBTHealth #HIV
Phoenix, AZ
Joined October 2015
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Grateful to @kjzzphoenix for highlighting our work addressing HIV stigma among Latino communities in Arizona.
HIV care is also about resisting stigma, building community, and making space for honest conversations.
Read more: kjzz.org/kjzz-news/2026-09-2…
HIV has gone from a fatal diagnosis to a preventable, manageable condition, but stigma, misinformation, and barriers to PrEP still keep too many people from getting care. I spoke with Natasha Burrell at Doing Well about what needs to change. doingwellnews.substack.com/p…
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I'm honored to have the support of an organization that invests in the next generation of public servants and believes in building stronger communities through local leadership.
Thank you, @runforsomething !
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During my career, I've relied on data and collaboration to tackle difficult challenges. Those same values guide my campaign, and I'm grateful to have the support of an organization that shares them.
Thank you @314action !
New Pub Alert🚨
Our analysis of the AMIS study (2017–2021) finds lower HIV testing and PrEP use among MSM in the Mountain West vs. Pacific states, despite similar risk behaviors. Expanding access is critical to meet EHE goals. 🔗 doi.org/10.1071/SH25105 @EmoryPrism @asunursing
📢 New pub in Current Addiction Reports!
We rethink substance use through a stress response lens integrating fight, flight, freeze & fawn responses with resilience to better understand risk and adaptation.
link.springer.com/article/10…
#AddictionResearch #PublicHealth #OpenScience
Excited to serve as Special Guest Editor for a Translational Behavioral Medicine rolling call for papers on the Political & Policy Determinants of Health!
Learn more and consider submitting your work 👇
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Beyond excited to celebrate my PhD candidate’s first first-author pub! 🎉 Using qual UX data from our MyData–MyChoice study, we adapt a patient–provider comm framework by integrating PrEP navigators to strengthen sexual health communication. #ProudMentor
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Angel B Algarin PhD, MPH retweeted
"Advocacy showed me that my voice as a scientist extends far beyond my publications.”
This is exactly what SBM’s Policy Ambassador Program makes possible - empowering researchers to bring evidence directly to Congress and influence real policy decisions!
This year, we’re striving to raise $7,500 to support the next class of Policy Ambassadors, protect NIH funding, and ensure behavioral medicine has a strong voice in Washington.
If you believe in the power of science to shape healthier futures, we invite you to support the Policy Advocacy Fund today: ➡️sbm.org/donate/donate-now.ph… #BehavioralMedicine #AdvocacyInAction @PHealthAngel
Excited to be attending @ASU AI Day! Hoping to learn how AI innovations can shape how we learn, research and work. @asunursing
So excited to have my editorial published surrounding the NIH request for information on publication costs IN @statnews !
statnews.com/2025/08/18/pay-…
📢 New publication alert! Our latest study in The Florida Cohort Study shows that enacted HIV stigma can lead to sleep disturbances—through increased anxiety. 🧠💤
👉 Reducing stigma may improve mental health and sleep for people with HIV.
journals.lww.com/janac/abstr…
Too many scientific societies are staying silent while science is under political attack.
Silence isn’t neutrality—it’s complicity.
I wrote about why we need louder, braver advocacy in @sciam.
If your society isn’t speaking up, ask why. 🧵 1/5
scientificamerican.com/artic…
Have you seen a society take bold action in response to these attacks?
Shout them out. Let’s highlight the ones doing it right—and call others in to do better.
#ScienceNotSilence #ScienceAdvocacy #FundScience (5/5)