She holds a Ph.D. in Public Health with a concentration in Social and Behavioral Health. Her research interests span across several disciples and include: the ecologic factors that shape youth sexual risk behavior, global popular youth culture, contextual factors of HIV/AIDS risk, impact of globalization on disease and illness and spatial epidemiology. She is a mixed methods researcher combining qualitative, quantitative, and geographic analytic methods in research. Recent Publications by CIRA Affiliates