Dr. Fisk-Hoffman Paper Title: Recommendations for the Design and Implementation of Alcohol Pharmacotherapy Trials: Perspectives of Women With HIV Participating in the WHAT-IF Study Objectives: Naltrexone for alcohol reduction has been poorly studied in women with HIV (WWH), for whom heavy alcohol use is associated with negative HIV outcomes. This…
Competing Financial Needs and HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use: A Qualitative Study Among Sexual Minority Men Dr. Bleasdale SHARC T32 Postdoctoral Trainee Dr. Jacob Bleasdale represented SHARC at the 2024 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN, where he presented a first-author oral presentation summarized below: Background: Sexual minority…
What is your educational & work background? Sylvan Contreras I graduated from UF with my bachelor’s in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology in 2023. I am in the second year of pursuing a Master’s in Public Health, concentrating on population health management. I hope to matriculate into medical school in 2026.
Visiting Scholar Bruno Diniz E Silva What research topics/interests have brought you to UF? My research background and primary interests focus on microbiology/virology, specifically in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and COVID-19. During my master’s, I developed expertise in designing and implementing strategies for effective STI…
Featured Article: Dr. Christina Parisis Our article, “Reasons for not seeking alcohol treatment among a sample of Florida adults with HIV who perceived the need for treatment,” was recently published in Addiction Science and Clinical Practice. This was a mixed-methods study that examined cross-sectional survey data from the…
What is your educational & work background? I am currently a second-year MPH student at UF with a concentration in epidemiology. I graduated in Spring 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in health science from UF in the combination BHS/MPH program. During my undergraduate career, I studied public health for…
Dr. Rebecca Fisk-Hoffman and Dr. Christina Parisi are pictured here with Dr. Cook and Nanyangwe Siuluta celebrating their graduation from their doctoral program. Dr. Parisi, who now lives in Philadelphia, will be moving on to be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Penn Center for Mental Health at the University of…
Dr. Miranda Arnold-Tolbert is a post-doctoral fellow working in the Reducing Intoxicant Involved Sexual Consequences Lab (RIISC) through SHARC’s T32 program under the mentorship of Dr. Liana Hone. She received a B.S. in Biology at Agnes Scott College, a M.S. in Integrative Biology at Kennesaw State University, and a Ph.D.
A Note From Sophie While working at SHARC, I worked as a Research Assistant on the Florida Cohort Wave 3 and Wave 4 studies, and later became the interim coordinator for the SHARC Contact Registry. However, my main responsibilities were based in the Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research…
Recently, Emmely was a co-author on a publication entitled, “Exploring the Relationship between Experience and Pain among a Population of Current Medical Cannabis Users in Florida.” A note from Emmely During my time at SHARC, I fulfilled the role of a Central Research Coordinator for a Multi-Site Clinical Trial…
