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PhD Student Christina Parisi Successfully Defends Dissertation

Examining Late HIV Diagnosis in Florida: A Mixed-MethoDs Assessment of the Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Mechanisms Christina Parisi, MPH, successfully defended her dissertation this week on the topic of, “Examining Late HIV Diagnosis in Florida: a Mixed-Methods Assessment of the Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Mechanisms.” Join us in congratulating Christina on her…

Post-Doc Fellow Spotlight: Jacob Bleasdale, PhD

Recent accomplishments: Dr. Bleasdale has recently seen two papers published as first author through his participation in the T32 program. The first paper, entitled, “Perspectives on Injectable HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Providers in the United States,” was published in the AIDS Patient Care and STDs…

Student Spotlight: Abby Masterson

Abby Masteron Recent Accomplishments: Abby Masterson is a current PhD student with SHARC, and she primarily works with Dr. Liana Hone and her research concerning reducing intoxicant induced sexual consequences. Recently, Abby assisted Dr. Hone in starting an alcohol administration study and ran their first participant. Abby also recently…

Publication Update: Elena Kalina

Title: A Test of the Self-Medication Hypothesis Using a Latent Measurement Model: Are Stress and Impaired Control over Alcohol Mediating Mechanisms of Parenting Styles on Heavy Episodic Drinking and Alcohol-Related Problems among University Students? Journal: Behavioral Sciences Journal Abstract: The self-medication hypothesis (SMH) suggests that individuals consume alcohol to alleviate…

PHD Student Rebecca Fisk-Hoffman Successfully Defends Dissertation

Long-acting antiretroviral therapy for hiv treatment: implementation, interest, and preferences for future options Rebecca Fisk-Hoffman, MPH, successfully defended her dissertation this week at the Clinical and Translational Research Building. Rebecca also recently had an article published entitled, “Perspectives Among Health Care Providers and People with HIV on the Implementation of…

Publication Update: Dr. Caroline Deaterly

Title: Associations of Intimate Partner Violence and Drug Use on Viral Suppression Among Women Living With HIV in South Florida: A Secondary Analysis Journal: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Suboptimal viral suppression is associated with worse outcomes and increased HIV transmission among women with HIV (WWH).

SHARC Welcomes Lauren Nave

Lauren attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for undergrad, where she received her B.S. in Neurobiology. She then went on to receive her Master’s of Public Health degree with a concentration in Epidemiology from the University of Florida.Lauren has joined SHARC as a SMILE study coordinator.Research experience:…

SHARC Welcomes Abby Gracy

SHARC WELCOMES ABBY GRACY! Abby graduated from UF in May of 2022 with her Bachelor’s degree in Health Science. She will be working at SHARC as study recruiter on the Florida Cohort Project and with the Marijuana Consortium. Abby started at SHARC on May 16th, if you see her…

Christina Parisi Awarded F31 Grant!

Christina’s study aims to describe the population diagnosed with HIV at a late stage of infection as well as the incidence of late diagnosis, examine longitudinal outcomes (viral load and CD4 count) following a late diagnosis, and explore mechanisms of late diagnosis, missed opportunities for HIV…

CPR Conference: a message from Dr. Cook

What an amazing conference we had in Gainesville last week! The Florida Community Providers Researchers (CPR) for HIV Conference, co-sponsored by SHARC and the Florida Consortium for AIDS Research, had over 120 people registered and the main conference room was packed. There were over 30 posters, including three best abstracts whose presenters also gave oral presentations…