Sophia Zamudio-Haas, DrPH, MSc

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Sophia Zamudio-Haas, DrPH, MSc

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Sophia Zamudio-Haas, Research Associate at the Division of Prevention Science and the Institute for Global Health Science at UCSF, is a social scientist with expertise in qualitative and community-based methods. Her research in applied public health bridges health systems quality and access to HIV services for most affected populations. With a focus on generating innovations and adapting care programs to better meet the needs of marginalized groups, her work aims to close HIV health disparities. She has led research and programs in over 10 country contexts, primarily in Latin America and Africa. Currently, Dr. Zamudio-Haas leads a HIV/TB optimal performance through improved quality PEPFAR-funded project in South Africa. She also collaborates on several studies focused on improving uptake of HIV prevention and care services for transgender women in the US and Brazil.

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  1. Sevelius JM, Castro DA, Warri V, Moreta Avila L, Chakravarty D, Zamudio-Haas S, Kramer K, Monico Klein K, Zack B. Adapting and Implementing an Evidence-Based Reentry Intervention for Incarcerated Transgender Women: Lessons Learned. J Correct Health Care. 2023 Jan 02.
  2. Bindman J, Ngo A, Zamudio-Haas S, Sevelius J. Health Care Experiences of Patients with Nonbinary Gender Identities. Transgend Health. 2022 Oct; 7(5):423-429.
  3. Sievwright KM, Stangl AL, Nyblade L, Lippman SA, Logie CH, Veras MASM, Zamudio-Haas S, Poteat T, Rao D, Pachankis JE, Kumi Smith M, Weiser SD, Brooks RA, Sevelius JM. An Expanded Definition of Intersectional Stigma for Public Health Research and Praxis. Am J Public Health. 2022 06; 112(S4):S356-S361.
  4. Maiorana A, Zamudio-Haas S, Santiago-Rodríguez EI, Sauceda JA, Rodríguez-Díaz CE, Brooks RA, Myers JJ. HIV Disclosure Practices to Family among Mexican and Puerto Rican Sexual Minority Men with HIV in the Continental USA: Intersections of Sexual Orientation and HIV Stigma. J Homosex. 2022 Feb 28; 1-25.
  5. Miller LE, Zamudio-Haas S, Otieno B, Amboka S, Odeny D, Agot I, Kadede K, Odhiambo H, Auerswald C, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Truong HM. "We Don't Fear HIV. We Just Fear Walking around Pregnant.": A Qualitative Analysis of Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy Stigma in Informal Settlements in Kisumu, Kenya. Stud Fam Plann. 2021 12; 52(4):557-570.
  6. Zamudio-Haas S, Auerswald C, Miller L, Amboka S, Agot I, Kadede K, Otieno B, Odhiambo H, Odeny D, Onyango J, Bukusi EA, Truong HM. Seeking a "Sponyo": Insights Into Motivations and Risks Around Intergenerational Transactional Sex Among Adolescent Boys and Girls in Kenya. J Adolesc Health. 2021 05; 68(5):930-936.
  7. Auerbach, J., Moran, L., Watson, C., Weber, S., Keatley, J., Sevelius, J.. We Are All Women: Barriers and facilitators to inclusion of transgender women in HIV treatment and support services designed for cisgender women. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2020.
  8. Maiorana A, Zamudio-Haas S, Sauceda J, Rodriguez-Díaz CE, Brooks RA, Santiago-Rodríguez E, Myers JJ. "Holidays Come, Sundays Come. It is Very Sad to be Alone": Transnational Practices and the Importance of Family for Mexican and Puerto Rican Latinxs Living with HIV in the Continental U.S. J Immigr Minor Health. 2020 Jun 04.
  9. Sauceda JA, Brooks RA, Xavier J, Maiorana A, Georgetti Gomez L, Zamudio-Haas S, Rodriguez-Diaz CE, Cajina A, Myers J. From Theory to Application: A Description of Transnationalism in Culturally-Appropriate HIV Interventions of Outreach, Access, and Retention Among Latino/a Populations. J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Apr; 21(2):332-345.
  10. Zamudio-Haas S, Koester KA, Maiorana A, Fuller SM, Steward WT, Gruber D, Hauge JC, Parnell HE, Quinlivan EB, Myers JJ. "Closing the Loop" Developing State-Level Data Sharing Interventions to Promote Optimum Outcomes Along the HIV Continuum of Care. AIDS Behav. 2019 Jan; 23(Suppl 1):70-77.
  11. Fuller SM, Koester KA, Maiorana A, Steward WT, Broaddus MR, Lass K, Zamudio-Haas S, Quinlivan EB, Myers JJ. "I don't have to do this all by myself": Systems Navigation to Ensure Continuity of HIV Care for Persons Leaving Prison. AIDS Behav. 2019 Jan; 23(Suppl 1):14-24.
  12. Zamudio-Haas S, Maiorana A, Gomez LG, Myers J. "No Estas Solo": Navigation Programs Support Engagement in HIV Care for Mexicans and Puerto Ricans Living in the Continental U.S. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2019; 30(2):866-887.
  13. Swigart TM, Bonvecchio A, Th?odore FL, Zamudio-Haas S, Villanueva-Borbolla MA, Thrasher JF. Breastfeeding practices, beliefs, and social norms in low-resource communities in Mexico: Insights for how to improve future promotion strategies. PLoS One. 2017; 12(7):e0180185.
  14. Hochgesang M, Zamudio-Haas S, Moran L, Nhampossa L, Packel L, Leslie H, Richards J, Shade SB. Scaling-up health information systems to improve HIV treatment: An assessment of initial patient monitoring systems in Mozambique. Int J Med Inform. 2017 Jan; 97:322-330.
  15. Zamudio-Haas S, Mahenge B, Saleem H, Mbwambo J, Lambdin BH. Generating trust: Programmatic strategies to reach women who inject drugs with harm reduction services in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Int J Drug Policy. 2016 Apr; 30:43-51.
  16. Khamarko K, Kang Dufour MS, Bodach S, Myers JJ. Impact of AIDS Education and Training Centers on the US HIV Medical Workforce. Am J Public Health. 2016 Dec; 106(12):2190-2193.
  17. Bruce RD, Lambdin B, Chang O, Masao F, Mbwambo J, Mteza I, Nyandindi C, Zamudio-Haas S, Buma D, Dunbar MS, Kilonzo G. Lessons from Tanzania on the integration of HIV and tuberculosis treatments into methadone assisted treatment. Int J Drug Policy. 2014 Jan; 25(1):22-5.
  18. Lambdin BH, Bruce RD, Chang O, Nyandindi C, Sabuni N, Zamudio-Haas S, McCurdy S, Masao F, Ivo Y, Msami A, Ubuguy O, Mbwambo J. Identifying programmatic gaps: inequities in harm reduction service utilization among male and female drug users in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS One. 2013; 8(6):e67062.
  19. Zamudio-Haas S, Mudekunye-Mahaka I, Lambdin BH, Dunbar MS. If, when and how to tell: a qualitative study of HIV disclosure among young women in Zimbabwe. Reprod Health Matters. 2012 Dec; 20(39 Suppl):18-26.