Susan Kegeles, PhD

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Susan Kegeles, PhD

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Susan M. Kegeles, PhD is Professor of Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine, in the Division of Prevention Science, and Co-Director of the Center for Prevention Studies (CAPS). She has an established research career conducting community-based research and has considerable experience designing and implementing HIV prevention interventions for diverse groups, including young and all-aged MSM, transgender women, and injection drug users. The majority of her research focuses on MSM, particularly young MSM, and young Black and Latino MSM. In particular, she developed an efficacious multi-level HIV prevention intervention that works at the level of the community and addresses individual, interpersonal, social, and structural issues related to HIV prevention. The intervention is called the Mpowerment Project (MP). The intervention’s efficacy was established through two randomized, controlled trials. The MP has been disseminated and implemented by over 175 community-based organizations in the US, as well as internationally in South Africa, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Canada, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong. She is now conducting research on mobilizing young MSM communities to influence MSM’s engagement in the HIV continuum of care and prevention in the U.S. South, South Africa and Peru. She has also been conducting implementation research on the MP and she and her team developed and are testing the efficacy of an intervention for community-based organizations to use in implementing the MP. Her focus on implementation science is also manifest through her work in capacity-building for organizations around the US. She is focused on disparities reduction through her work with young black MSM concerning adapting the MP so that it is culturally sensitive and with her focus on working with Black churches. Finally, she is the Director of CAPS’ postdoctoral training program (TAPS, Traineeship in AIDS Prevention Studies), and does considerable mentoring with TAPS fellows and with early career scientists. She has been directing TAPS and co-directing CAPS since 2000, and working on HIV prevention since 1984.
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  1. Mutchler MG, Wagner GJ, McDavitt B, Woldetsadik MA, Kegeles SM, El-Khoury C, Nogg KA, Klinger IA, Mokhbat J, Ballan EG. Psychometric Properties of a Scale on Judgmental Communication with Peers About Sex Among YMSM and Their Close Friends in Lebanon. AIDS Behav. 2022 Sep; 26(9):3089-3098.
  2. Arnold EA, Saberi P, Wong JO, Pollack LM, Neilands TB, Benjamin M, Lockett G, Kegeles SM. We are Family: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study of an HIV Prevention Intervention With the House Ball and Gay Family Communities. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 12 15; 88(S1):S6-S11.
  3. Siconolfi D, Storholm ED, Vincent W, Pollack L, Rebchook GM, Huebner DM, Peterson JL, Kegeles SM. Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Violence Experienced by Young Adult Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. Arch Sex Behav. 2021 11; 50(8):3621-3636.
  4. Kim HC, Pollack LM, Saberi P, Neilands TB, Arnold EA, Bright DJ, Williams RW, Kegeles SM, Tan JY. Study protocol: a pilot randomised waitlist-controlled trial of a dyadic mobile health intervention for black sexual-minority male couples with HIV in the USA. BMJ Open. 2021 09 02; 11(9):e055448.
  5. Wagner GJ, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Tebbetts S, Ballan E, Mutchler MG, Green H, Chamas S, Mokhbat J, Kegeles S. A Pilot Evaluation of "Tayf", a Cultural Adaptation of Mpowerment for Young Men who Have Sex with Men (YMSM) in Beirut, Lebanon, and Its Effects on Condomless Sex and HIV Testing. AIDS Behav. 2021 Aug 13.
  6. Ghanem CA, El Khoury C, Mutchler MG, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Kegeles S, Balan E, Mokhbat JE, Wagner GJ. Gay Community Integration as Both a Source of Risk and Resilience for HIV Prevention in Beirut. Int J Behav Med. 2020 Apr; 27(2):160-169.
  7. Johnson MO, Neilands TB, Kegeles SM, Gaffney S, Lightfoot MA. The Architecture of an Internal, Scientific, Presubmission Review Program Designed to Increase the Impact and Success of Grant Proposals and Manuscripts. Acad Med. 2020 Feb; 95(2):200-206.
  8. Maiorana A, Kegeles SM, Brown S, Williams R, Arnold EA. Substance use, intimate partner violence, history of incarceration and vulnerability to HIV among young Black men who have sex with men in a Southern US city. Cult Health Sex. 2021 01; 23(1):37-51.
  9. Storholm ED, Mutchler MG, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Balan E, Mokhbat J, Kegeles SM, Wagner GJ. Gearing up for PrEP in the Middle East and North Africa: An Initial Look at Willingness to Take PrEP among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in Beirut, Lebanon. Behav Med. 2021 Apr-Jun; 47(2):111-119.
  10. Storholm ED, Huang W, Siconolfi DE, Pollack LM, Carrico AW, Vincent W, Rebchook GM, Huebner DM, Wagner GJ, Kegeles SM. Sources of Resilience as Mediators of the Effect of Minority Stress on Stimulant Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Black Men who have Sex with Men. AIDS Behav. 2019 Dec; 23(12):3384-3395.
  11. Vincent W, Peterson JL, Huebner DM, Storholm ED, Neilands TB, Rebchook GM, Pollack L, Tan JY, Kegeles SM. Resilience and Depression in Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Social-Ecological Model. Stigma Health. 2020 Aug; 5(3):364-374.
  12. El Khoury C, Mutchler MG, Abi Ghanem C, Kegeles SM, Ballan E, Mokhbat JE, Wagner GJ. Sexual Violence in Childhood and Post-Childhood: The Experiences of Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in Beirut. J Interpers Violence. 2021 10; 36(19-20):NP11198-NP11217.
  13. Vincent W, Peterson JL, Storholm ED, Huebner DM, Neilands TB, Calabrese SK, Rebchook GM, Tan JY, Pollack L, Kegeles SM. A Person-Centered Approach to HIV-Related Protective and Risk Factors for Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and HIV Treatment as Prevention. AIDS Behav. 2019 Oct; 23(10):2803-2815.
  14. Eke AN, Johnson WD, O'Leary A, Rebchook GM, Huebner DM, Peterson JL, Kegeles SM. Effect of a Community-Level HIV Prevention Intervention on Psychosocial Determinants of HIV Risk Behaviors among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (YBMSM). AIDS Behav. 2019 Sep; 23(9):2361-2374.
  15. Wagner G, Ghosh-Dastidar B, El Khoury C, Abi Ghanem C, Mutchler MG, Balan E, Green H, Kegeles S, Mokhbat J. A Serial, Cross-Sectional Comparison of Condomless Anal Sex and HIV Testing Among Young MSM in Beirut, Lebanon. Arch Sex Behav. 2020 01; 49(1):321-330.
  16. Arnold EA, Kegeles SM, Pollack LM, Neilands TB, Cornwell SM, Stewart WR, Benjamin M, Weeks J, Lockett G, Smith CD, Operario D. A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce HIV-Related Risk in African American Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women: the Bruthas Project. Prev Sci. 2019 01; 20(1):115-125.
  17. Storholm ED, Huang W, Siconolfi DE, Pollack LM, Carrico AW, Vincent W, Rebchook GM, Huebner DM, Wagner GJ, Kegeles SM. . Sources of resilience as mediators of the effect of minority stress on stimulant use and sexual risk behavior among young Black men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior. 2019.
  18. Woolf-King SE, Conroy AA, Fritz K, Johnson MO, Hosegood V, van Rooyen H, Darbes L, McGrath N. Alcohol use and relationship quality among South African couples. Subst Use Misuse. 2019; 54(4):651-660.
  19. Tan JY, Campbell CK, Conroy AA, Tabrisky AP, Kegeles S, Dworkin SL. Couple-Level Dynamics and Multilevel Challenges Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Framework of Dyadic HIV Care. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2018 11; 32(11):459-467.
  20. Wagner GJ, Ghosh-Dastidar B, El Khoury C, Abi Ghanem C, Balan E, Kegeles S, Mutchler MG, Mokhbat J. Major Depression Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in Beirut, and Its Association with Structural and Sexual Minority-Related Stressors, and Social Support. Sex Res Social Policy. 2019 Dec; 16(4):513-520.
  21. Wagner GJ, Ghosh-Dastidar B, El Khoury C, Ghanem CA, Balan E, Kegeles SM, Mutchler MG, Mokhbat J. . Major depression among young men who have sex with men in Beirut, its association with structural- and gay-related stressors, and the mediating role of social support. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 2018.
  22. Kegeles, SM. Wendee Wechsberg(Ed.) Lives Lost, Careers Changed, and Survival 30 Years On: Narratives from HIV Pioneers. But You're Not Part of Our Community. 2018.
  23. Tan JY, Pollack L, Rebchook G, Peterson J, Huebner D, Eke A, Johnson W, Kegeles S. The Role of the Primary Romantic Relationship in HIV Care Engagement Outcomes Among Young HIV-Positive Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Behav. 2018 03; 22(3):774-790.
  24. Wagner GJ, Ghosh-Dastidar B, El Khoury C, Ghanem CA, Balan E, Kegeles SM, Mutchler MG, Mokhbat J. . Major depression among young men who have sex with men in Beirut, its association with structural- and gay-related stressors, and the mediating role of social support. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 2018.
  25. Carrico AW, Storholm ED, Flentje A, Arnold EA, Pollack LM, Neilands TB, Rebchook GM, Peterson JL, Eke A, Johnson W, Kegeles SM. Spirituality/religiosity, substance use, and HIV testing among young black men who have sex with men. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 05 01; 174:106-112.