Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Overview

Kristi E. Gamarel is an Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Her program of research focuses on elucidating and addressing how intersectional oppression contributes health inequities among LGBTQ+ communities. Her research is largely focused on the development of community-engaged interventions designed with, by, and for transgender and nonbinary people of color. She is a founding member of the “Love Her Collective” which a community-academic partnership with the Trans Sistas of Color Project (TSoCP) with the mission of meeting the needs of transgender women of color. The Love Her Collective's current intervention research focuses addressing social determinants of HIV, including violence, gender affirmation, economic vulnerability, and health-harming legal needs. An additional area of her research focuses on dissemination and implementation science in the context of HIV prevention interventions, including peer-delivered and digital health interventions. She has also been actively involved with the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV Interventions (ATN) since 2016, including serving as Protocol Chair. She co-created and currently directs the ATN Communication-Dissemination Hub, which is focused on expediting the gap between research, practice, and policy. Her scholarship is informed by community-based participatory research principles, and she prioritizes cultural humility in her research, teaching, and mentoring.

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