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Lisa M. Kuhns is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their primary research spans across multiple fields, predominantly Medicine, Health Professions, and Psychology. Within these domains, Kuhns has specialized in subfields including Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Epidemiology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The core topics of Kuhns's research focus on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Sex work and related issues, and Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology.

Frequently collaborating with other authors, Kuhns has coauthored works with Robert Garofalo, Rebecca Schnall, Babafemi Taiwo, Amy K. Johnson, and Asa Radix.

Kuhns's work has appeared in various publication venues, with notable contributions to:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • JAMA Network Open
  • BMC Public Health

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Kuhns include:

  • Systematic Review of mHealth Interventions for Adolescent and Young Adult HIV Prevention and the Adolescent HIV Continuum of Care in Low to Middle Income Countries (2022, AIDS and Behavior)
  • Efficacy of MyPEEPS Mobile, an HIV Prevention Intervention Using Mobile Technology, on Reducing Sexual Risk Among Same-Sex Attracted Adolescent Males (2022, JAMA Network Open)
  • A randomized controlled efficacy trial of an mHealth HIV prevention intervention for sexual minority young men: MyPEEPS mobile study protocol (2020, BMC Public Health)
  • A Mobile Sexual Health App on Empowerment, Education, and Prevention for Young Adult Men (MyPEEPS Mobile): Acceptability and Usability Evaluation (2020, JMIR Formative Research)
  • Evaluation of the iCARE Nigeria Pilot Intervention Using Social Media and Peer Navigation to Promote HIV Testing and Linkage to Care Among High-Risk Young Men (2022, JAMA Network Open)

Best Publications

  • Syndemic Theory and HIV-Related Risk Among Young Transgender Women: The Role of Multiple, Co-Occurring Health Problems and Social Marginalization

    Julia M. Brennan;Lisa M. Kuhns;Amy K. Johnson;Marvin Belzer

  • Improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy for youth living with HIV/AIDS: a pilot study using personalized, interactive, daily text message reminders

    Nadia Dowshen;Lisa M Kuhns;Amy Johnson;Brian James Holoyda

  • Text Messaging and Mobile Phone Apps as Interventions to Improve Adherence in Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review.

    Sherif M Badawy;Sherif M Badawy;Leonardo Barrera;Mohamad G Sinno;Saara Kaviany

  • Texting and Mobile Phone App Interventions for Improving Adherence to Preventive Behavior in Adolescents: A Systematic Review.

    Sherif M Badawy;Lisa M Kuhns

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Personalized Text Message Reminders to Promote Medication Adherence Among HIV-Positive Adolescents and Young Adults.

    Robert Garofalo;Robert Garofalo;Lisa M. Kuhns;Lisa M. Kuhns;Anna L. Hotton;Amy Johnson;Amy Johnson

  • Psychiatric Diagnoses and Comorbidities in a Diverse, Multicity Cohort of Young Transgender Women: Baseline Findings From Project LifeSkills

    Sari L. Reisner;Katie B. Biello;Jaclyn M White Hughto;Lisa M. Kuhns

  • Use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men is Associated with Race, Sexual Risk Behavior and Peer Network Size

    Lisa M. Kuhns;Lisa M. Kuhns;Anna L. Hotton;John Schneider;Robert Garofalo;Robert Garofalo

  • Substance use as a mediator of the relationship between life stress and sexual risk among young transgender women.

    Anna L. Hotton;Robert Garofalo;Lisa M Kuhns;Amy Kristen Johnson

  • Social integration and health: community involvement, stigmatized identities, and sexual risk in Latino sexual minorities.

    Jesus Ramirez-Valles;Lisa M. Kuhns;Richard T. Campbell;Rafael M. Diaz

  • Incidence of HIV Infection and Sexually Transmitted Infections and Related Risk Factors Among Very Young Men Who Have Sex With Men.

    Robert Garofalo;Anna L. Hotton;Lisa M. Kuhns;Beau Gratzer

  • Tailored text messaging intervention for HIV adherence: a proof-of-concept study.

    Megan A. Lewis;Jennifer D. Uhrig;Carla M. Bann;Jennie L. Harris

  • Economic Evaluation of Text-Messaging and Smartphone-Based Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence in Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review

    Sherif M Badawy;Lisa M Kuhns

  • Correlates of PrEP Indication in a Multi-Site Cohort of Young HIV-Uninfected Transgender Women

    Lisa M. Kuhns;Lisa M. Kuhns;Sari L. Reisner;Sari L. Reisner;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Travis Gayles;Travis Gayles

  • The Role of Geographic and Network Factors in Racial Disparities in HIV Among Young Men Who have Sex with Men: An Egocentric Network Study

    Brian Mustanski;Michelle Birkett;Lisa M. Kuhns;Lisa M. Kuhns;Carl A. Latkin

  • The impact of role models on health outcomes for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth

    Jason D P Bird;Lisa M. Kuhns;Robert Garofalo;Robert Garofalo

  • An Index of Multiple Psychosocial, Syndemic Conditions Is Associated with Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among HIV-Positive Youth.

    Lisa M. Kuhns;Anna L. Hotton;Rob Garofalo;Abigail L. Muldoon

  • Life skills: evaluation of a theory-driven behavioral HIV prevention intervention for young transgender women.

    Robert Garofalo;Robert Garofalo;Amy K. Johnson;Amy K. Johnson;Lisa M. Kuhns;Christopher Cotten;Christopher Cotten

  • Feasibility of Interactive Text message Response (ITR) as a Novel, Real-Time Measure of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV+ Youth

    Nadia Dowshen;Nadia Dowshen;Lisa M. Kuhns;Lisa M. Kuhns;Camdin Gray;Susan Lee

  • A multisite, longitudinal study of risk factors for incarceration and impact on mental health and substance use among young transgender women in the USA.

    Jaclyn M White Hughto;Jaclyn M White Hughto;Sari L Reisner;Sari L Reisner;Sari L Reisner;Trace S Kershaw;Fredrick L Altice

  • Results from a community-based smoking cessation treatment program for LGBT smokers

    Alicia K. Matthews;Chien Ching Li;Chien Ching Li;Lisa M. Kuhns;Timothy B. Tasker

  • Evaluation of Respondent-Driven Sampling in a Study of Urban Young Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Lisa M. Kuhns;Lisa M. Kuhns;Soyang Kwon;Soyang Kwon;Daniel T. Ryan;Robert Garofalo;Robert Garofalo

  • Medication Adherence and Technology-Based Interventions for Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions: A Few Key Considerations.

    Sherif M Badawy;Alexis A Thompson;Alexis A Thompson;Lisa M Kuhns

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Garofalo
Robert Garofalo Northwestern University
Sari L. Reisner
Sari L. Reisner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Matthew J. Mimiaga
Matthew J. Mimiaga University of California, Los Angeles
Brian Mustanski
Brian Mustanski Northwestern University
John A. Schneider
John A. Schneider University of Chicago
Katie B. Biello
Katie B. Biello Brown University
Jaclyn M. White Hughto
Jaclyn M. White Hughto Brown University
Alicia K. Matthews
Alicia K. Matthews University of Illinois at Chicago
Michelle Birkett
Michelle Birkett Northwestern University
Gregory Phillips
Gregory Phillips Northwestern University

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