research

Integrating HPV vaccination into HIV prevention

This research has a simple hypothesis: Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) can increase uptake and reach of HPV vaccination by integrating and promoting HPV vaccination into ongoing HIV preventive care (e.g., PrEP care). My prior work in this area suggest that this isn’t routinely happening. This is research I presented during the 15th AACR Conference on The […]

Symptoms and consequences of anodyspareunia in gay and bisexual men treated for prostate cancer

This is a study that I will present at the 2022 International Academy of Sex Research annual scientific conference. Introduction: Sexual dysfunction is a common adverse outcome of prostate cancer (PCa) treatment. In prostate cancer research, sexual dysfunction is based on heteronormative assumptions of sex (e.g., erections firm enough for vaginal intercourse); therefore, current evidence […]

Anal Cancer Awareness

Today is anal cancer awareness day. I was scheduled to present my latest research about anal cancer awareness at the International Papillomavirus Conference this week. Obviously that has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The abstract of the study is posted below. Some key points: Anal cancer cases increased 2.7% each year between 2001 […]