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Robert Garofalo is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with notable contributions to Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Sex work and related issues

Garofalo has contributed to numerous publications, appearing frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Transgender Health
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • UNC Libraries

Some notable recent papers by Robert Garofalo include:

  • "Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormones," 2023, published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Neutrophil recruitment by chemokines Cxcl1/KC and Cxcl2/MIP2: Role of Cxcr2 activation and glycosaminoglycan interactions," 2020, published in Journal of Leukocyte Biology
  • "Transgender Youths' Perspectives on Telehealth for Delivery of Gender-Affirming Care," 2020, published in Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Promises and trust in human-robot interaction," 2021, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Psychosocial Characteristics of Transgender Youth Seeking Gender-Affirming Medical Treatment: Baseline Findings From the Trans Youth Care Study," 2020, published in Journal of Adolescent Health

Garofalo has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Lisa M. Kuhns
  • Rebecca Schnall
  • Marco A. Hidalgo
  • Asa Radix
  • Yee-Ming Chan

Best Publications

  • Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People, Version 7

    Eli Coleman;W. Bockting;M. Botzer;P. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Suicide and suicide risk in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations: review and recommendations.

    Ann P. Haas;Mickey Eliason;Vickie M. Mays;Robin M. Mathy

  • The association between health risk behaviors and sexual orientation among a school-based sample of adolescents

    Robert Garofalo;R. Cameron Wolf;Shari Kessel;Judith Palfrey

  • Barriers to healthcare for transgender individuals.

    Joshua D. Safer;Eli Coleman;Jamie Feldman;Robert Garofalo

  • Mental Health Disorders, Psychological Distress, and Suicidality in a Diverse Sample of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youths

    Brian S. Mustanski;Robert Garofalo;Erin M. Emerson

  • Sexual orientation and risk of suicide attempts among a representative sample of youth.

    Robert Garofalo;R. Cameron Wolf;Lawrence S. Wissow;Elizabeth R. Woods

  • Overlooked, misunderstood and at-risk: Exploring the lives and HIV risk of ethnic minority male-to-female transgender youth

    Robert Garofalo;Robert Garofalo;Joanne Deleon;Elizabeth Osmer;Mary Doll

  • Psychosocial health problems increase risk for HIV among urban young men who have sex with men: Preliminary evidence of a syndemic in need of attention

    Brian Mustanski;Robert Garofalo;Robert Garofalo;Amy Herrick;Geri Donenberg

  • 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

  • Mental Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths: A Developmental Resiliency Perspective

    Brian Mustanski;Michael E. Newcomb;Robert Garofalo

  • Minority Stress Factors Associated With Depression and Anxiety Among Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

    Gia Chodzen;Marco A. Hidalgo;Diane Chen;Robert Garofalo

  • The Gender Affirmative Model: What We Know and What We Aim to Learn

    Marco A. Hidalgo;Diane Ehrensaft;Amy C. Tishelman;Leslie F. Clark

  • Transgender female youth and sex work: HIV risk and a comparison of life factors related to engagement in sex work

    Erin C. Wilson;Robert Garofalo;Robert D. Harris;Amy Herrick

  • Tip of the Iceberg: young men who have sex with men, the Internet, and HIV risk.

    Robert Garofalo;Amy Herrick;Brian S. Mustanski;Geri Rachel Donenberg

  • Experiences of HIV-related stigma among young men who have sex with men.

    Nadia Dowshen;Helen J. Binns;Robert Garofalo

  • Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormones

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  • 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

  • The acceptability and feasibility of an HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) trial with young men who have sex with men.

    Sybil G. Hosek;George Siberry;Margo Bell;Michelle Lally

  • Advancing methods for US transgender health research

    Sari L. Reisner;Sari L. Reisner;Madeline B. Deutsch;Shalender Bhasin;Walter Bockting

  • Research priorities for gender nonconforming/transgender youth: gender identity development and biopsychosocial outcomes.

    Johanna Olson-Kennedy;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels;Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Sari L. Reisner
Sari L. Reisner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brian Mustanski
Brian Mustanski Northwestern University
Matthew J. Mimiaga
Matthew J. Mimiaga University of California, Los Angeles
Jaclyn M. White Hughto
Jaclyn M. White Hughto Brown University
Michael E. Newcomb
Michael E. Newcomb Northwestern University
Geri R. Donenberg
Geri R. Donenberg University of Illinois at Chicago
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg Columbia University
Gary W. Harper
Gary W. Harper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Walter O. Bockting
Walter O. Bockting Columbia University
Eli Coleman
Eli Coleman University of Minnesota

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