Cherrie Boyer, PhD
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

She has been the recipient of many grant awards and has been a productive investigator, publishing widely in the areas of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention in adolescents and young adults. Her program of research focuses on the development and evaluation of cognitive-behavioral and community-level intervention strategies utilizing culturally competent strengths-based frameworks to promote sexual and reproductive health to reduce the risk of STIs, HIV, and unintended pregnancy and their sequelae. In addition to her role in providing research and career mentoring to postdoctoral research and clinical fellows and early career faculty in Pediatrics, Dr. Boyer serves as a research and career mentor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention Science, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) Visiting Professors Program, which mentors early career research scholars in the fields of social and behavioral science, medicine, nursing, and public health. Additionally, she is the Program Director for the Ujima Mentoring Program, based in CAPS, which provides multidisciplinary research mentoring and funding to early career investigators, particularly those at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), who focus their programs of research on high priority areas that address HIV prevention, care, and treatment in Black/African American communities. Additionally, she is a Co-Director of the University’s School of Medicine Differences Matter Diversify the Academy Workgroup.

• Efficacy of a Digital Health Preventive Intervention for Adolescents With HIV or Sexually Transmitted Infections and Substance Use Disorder: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
  JMIR research protocols 2024 Cordova D, Bauermeister JA, Warner S, Youth Leadership Council, Wells P, MacLeod J, Neilands TB, Mendoza Lua F, Delva J, Fessler KB, Smith V, Khreizat S, Boyer C
• The Distinguished Dozen: 2023 Journal of Adolescent Health Articles Making Distinguished Contributions to Adolescent and Young Adult Health.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2024 Ford CA, Boyer CB, Halpern CT, Katzman DK, Ross DA, Berg TD, Santo TD
• Educational Intervention Among Adolescents and Young Adults on Emergency Contraception Options.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2023 Harper CC, Jones E, Brindis CD, Watson A, Schroeder R, Boyer CB, Edelman A, Trieu S, Yarger J
• Geographical Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Within the Journal of Adolescent Health.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2023 Ross DA, Katzman DK, Dal Santo T, Berg TD, Boyer CB, Halpern CT, Irwin CE, Ford CA
• The Distinguished Dozen: 2022 Journal of Adolescent Health Articles Making Distinguished Contributions to Adolescent and Young Adult Health.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2023 Ford CA, Boyer CB, Halpern CT, Katzman DK, Ross DA
• The Journal of Adolescent Health's Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2023 Ford CA, Boyer CB, Halpern CT, Katzman DK, Ross DA
• The Journal of Adolescent Health's Current Practices and Future Opportunities for Promoting and Sustaining Racially and Ethnically Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Scholarly Publishing Policies and Practices.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2023 Boyer CB, Halpern CT, Katzman DK, Ross DA, Berg TD, Santo TD, Ford CA
• Comparing Substance Use and School-Based Stressors Among Black and Latinx Transgender Youth and Peers With Shared Minoritized Identities.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2022 Vance SR, Boyer CB, Glidden DV, Sevelius J
• The Importance of Structural Interventions for Advancing Sexual Health and Health Equity in the United States: A Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for Action on Sexually Transmitted Infections.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2022 Agénor M, Geller AB, Crowley JS, Boyer CB
• The Distinguished Dozen: 2021 Journal of Adolescent Health Articles Making Distinguished Contributions to Adolescent and Young Adult Health.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2022 Ford CA, Boyer CB, Halpern CT, Katzman DK, Ross DA
• A Renewed Call to Action for Addressing the Alarming Rising Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections in U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2021 Boyer CB, Agénor M, Willoughby JF, Mead A, Geller A, Yang S, Prado GJ, Guilamo-Ramos V
• The Distinguished Dozen: 2020 Journal of Adolescent Health Articles Making Distinguished Contributions to Adolescent and Young Adult Health.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2021 Ford CA, Boyer CB, Gordon CM, Halpern CT, Ross DA
• Associations Among Behavioral Risk, Sociodemographic Identifiers, and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Male and Female Army Enlisted Personnel.
  Military medicine 2021 Hood KB, Pollack LM, Jackson DD, Boyer CB
• The Editors Respond.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2021 Ford CA, Boyer CB, Gordon CM, Halpern CT, Ross DA
• Gendered powerlessness in at-risk adolescent and young women: an empirical model.
  AIDS care 2020 Chiaramonte D, Miller RL, Lee K, Santiago Rivera OJ, Acevedo-Polakovich ID, McGirr S, Porter JL, Ellen JM, Boyer CB, Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions
• A multilevel mHealth drug abuse and STI/HIV preventive intervention for clinic settings in the United States: A feasibility and acceptability study.
  PloS one 2019 Cordova D, Mendoza Lua F, Muñoz-Velázquez J, Street K, Bauermeister JA, Fessler K, Adelman N, Youth Leadership Council, Neilands TB, Boyer CB
• Misclassification of sexual health risks in a self-identified low risk cohort of men who have sex with men (MSM) enrolled in a community based PrEP program
  AIDS Care 2019 Freeborn K, Portillo C, Boyer CB, Santos GM
• Sexual Partner Characteristics, Relationship Type, and HIV Risk Among a Community Venue-based Sample of Urban Adolescent and Young Adult Men Who Have Sex with Men
  Youth & Society 2019 Boyer CB, Greenberg L, Korelitz J, Harper GW, Stewart-Campbell R, Straub D, Sanders R, Reid L-H, Futterman D, Lee S, Ellen JM, and the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (…
• Ecological Barriers to HIV Service Access among Young Men who have Sex with Men and High-Risk Heterosexual Young Women from Low-resourced Urban Communities
  Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services 2018 Chiaramonte D, Strzyzykowski T, Acevedo-Polakovich ID, Miller RM, Boyer CB, Ellen JM
• Ecological Barriers to HIV Service Access among Young Men who have Sex with Men and High-Risk Young Women from Low-resourced Urban Communities.
  Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services 2018 Chiaramonte D, Strzyzykowski T, Acevedo-Polakovich I, Miller RL, Boyer CB, Ellen JM
• Structural Effects on HIV Risk Among Youth: A Multi-level Analysis.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 Miller RL, Strzyzykowski T, Lee KS, Chiaramonte D, Acevedo-Polakovich I, Spring H, Santiago-Rivera O, Boyer CB, Ellen JM
• Youth health outcomes from the Connect-to-Protect Coalitions to prevent adolescent HIV infections.
  Vulnerable children and youth studies 2017 Miller RL, Lee KS, Chiaramonte D, Santiago-Rivera OJ, Acevedo-Polakovich I, Boyer CB, Ellen JM, Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN)
• Reducing Cancer and Cancer Disparities: Lessons From a Youth-Generated Diabetes Prevention Campaign.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2017 Schillinger D, Ling PM, Fine S, Boyer CB, Rogers E, Vargas RA, Bibbins-Domingo K, Chou WS
• Structural and Community Change Outcomes of the Connect-to-Protect Coalitions: Trials and Triumphs Securing Adolescent Access to HIV Prevention, Testing, and Medical Care.
  American journal of community psychology 2017 Miller RL, Reed SJ, Chiaramonte D, Strzyzykowski T, Spring H, Acevedo-Polakovich ID, Chutuape K, Cooper-Walker B, Boyer CB, Ellen JM
• Does Venue Type Matter for HIV-Related Risk Behavior in Urban Adolescent and Young Adult Men Who Have Sex With Men?
  Youth & Society 2017 Arrington-Sanders RA, Fields E, Greenberg L, Henry-Reid L, Pehoua SS, Korelitz J, Kapogiannis B, Ellen J, Boyer CB, and The Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN).
• Can Technology Decrease Sexual Risk Behaviors among Young People? Results of a Pilot Study Examining the Effectiveness of a Mobile Application Intervention
  American Journal of Sexuality Education 2016 Jackson DD, Ingram LA, Boyer CB, Robillard A, Huhns MN
• Creating Youth-Supportive Communities: Outcomes from the Connect-to-Protect® (C2P) Structural Change Approach to Youth HIV Prevention.
  Journal of youth and adolescence 2015 Miller RL, Janulis PF, Reed SJ, Harper GW, Ellen J, Boyer CB, Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions
• Call for Papers on Adolescent and Young Adult Health.
  JAMA pediatrics 2015 Joffe A, Boyer CB, Britto MT
• Evaluation of the effect of human immunodeficiency virus-related structural interventions: the connect to protect project.
  JAMA pediatrics 2015 Ellen JM, Greenberg L, Willard N, Korelitz J, Kapogiannis BG, Monte D, Boyer CB, Harper GW, Henry-Reid LM, Friedman LB, Gonin R
• Leadership in adolescent health: developing the next generation of maternal child health leaders through mentorship.
  Maternal and child health journal 2015 Blood EA, Trent M, Gordon CM, Goncalves A, Resnick M, Fortenberry JD, Boyer CB, Richardson L, Emans SJ
• Cross-sectional survey comparing HIV risk behaviours of adolescent and young adult men who have sex with men only and men who have sex with men and women in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
  Sexually transmitted infections 2015 Ellen JM, Greenberg L, Willard N, Stines S, Korelitz J, Boyer CB, Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions
• Co-Parenting Relationship Experiences of Black Adolescent Mothers in Active Romantic Partnerships With the Fathers of Their Children.
  Journal of family nursing 2014 Nelson LE, Thach CT, Shelton MM, Boyer CB
• An Exploration of the Sexual Behaviors of Emerging Adult Men Attending a Historically Black College/University.
  Journal of black sexuality and relationships 2014 Younge SN, Boyer CB, Geter A, Barker JC, Corneille M
• Perceived risk for sexually transmitted infections aligns with sexual risk behavior with the exception of condom nonuse: data from a nonclinical sample of sexually active young adult women.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2013 Pollack LM, Boyer CB, Weinstein ND
• Assessing AIDS Risk Reduction Model Psychosocial Outcomes in a Brief Intervention for Urban African American Female Adolescents
  Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services 2013 Bangi AK, Dolcini MM, Harper GW, Boyer CB, Pollack LM
• Psychosocial Outcomes of Sexual Risk Reduction in a Brief Intervention for Urban African American Female Adolescents.
  Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services 2013 Bangi A, Dolcini MM, Harper GW, Boyer CB, Pollack LM
• Text-messaging-enhanced HIV intervention for African American adolescents: a feasibility study.
  The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2012 Cornelius JB, Dmochowski J, Boyer C, St Lawrence J, Lightfoot M, Moore M
• Influences on Sexual Partnering Among African American Adolescents With Concurrent Sexual Relationships.
  Research in human development 2012 Reed SJ, Bangi A, Sheon N, Harper GW, Catania JA, Richards KA, Dolcini MM, Boyer CB
• "It Takes a Village:" Familial Messages Regarding Dating Among African American Adolescents.
  Research in human development 2012 Harper GW, Timmons A, Motley DN, Tyler DH, Catania JA, Boyer CB, Dolcini MM
• African American Adolescent Females' Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety, Familial Strategies, and Sexual Debut.
  Research in human development 2012 Choby AA, Dolcini MM, Catania JA, Boyer CB, Harper GW
• Sexual Health Information Networks: What are Urban African American Youth Learning?
  Research in human development 2012 Dolcini MM, Catania JA, Harper GW, Boyer CB, Richards KA
• One-year contraceptive continuation and pregnancy in adolescent girls and women initiating hormonal contraceptives.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2011 Raine TR, Foster-Rosales A, Upadhyay UD, Boyer CB, Brown BA, Sokoloff A, Harper CC
• Development and pretesting multimedia HIV-prevention text messages for mobile cell phone delivery.
  The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2011 Cornelius JB, Cato M, Lawrence JS, Boyer CB, Lightfoot M
• The feasibility of a clinic-based parent intervention to prevent HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancies among Latino and African American adolescents.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2010 Bouris A, Guilamo-Ramos V, Jaccard J, McCoy W, Aranda D, Pickard A, Boyer CB
• Contraceptive decision-making in sexual relationships: young men's experiences, attitudes and values.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2010 Raine TR, Gard JC, Boyer CB, Haider S, Brown BA, Ramirez Hernandez FA, Harper CC
• Project ORE: A friendship-based intervention to prevent HIV/STI in urban African American adolescent females.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2009 Dolcini MM, Harper GW, Boyer CB, Pollack LM
• Attitudes toward the vaginal ring and transdermal patch among adolescents and young women.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2009 Raine TR, Epstein LB, Harper CC, Brown BA, Boyer CB
• Health risk behavior of youth in foster care.
  Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, Inc 2009 Gramkowski B, Kools S, Paul S, Boyer CB, Monasterio E, Robbins N
• Predictors of one-year attrition in female Marine Corps recruits.
  Military medicine 2009 Pollack LM, Boyer CB, Betsinger K, Shafer MA
• Relationships among sociodemographic markers, behavioral risk, and sexually transmitted infections in U. S. female Marine Corps recruits.
  Military medicine 2008 Boyer CB, Pollack LM, Becnel J, Shafer MA
• Evaluation of a prevention intervention to reduce HIV Risk among Angolan soldiers.
  AIDS and behavior 2008 Bing EG, Cheng KG, Ortiz DJ, Ovalle-Bahamón RE, Ernesto F, Weiss RE, Boyer CB
• Acquisition of Chlamydia trachomatis by young women during their first year of military service.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2008 Shafer MA, Boyer CB, Pollack LM, Moncada J, Chang YJ, Schachter J
• Preliminary findings on a brief friendship-based HIV/STI intervention for urban African American youth: project ORE.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2008 Dolcini MM, Harper GW, Boyer CB, Watson SE, Anderson M, Pollack LM, Chang JY
• Body mass index and disordered eating behaviors are associated with weight dissatisfaction in adolescent and young adult female military recruits.
  Military medicine 2008 Garber AK, Boyer CB, Pollack LM, Chang YJ, Shafer MA
• HIV prevention education and testing among youth: is there a correlation?
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2007 Straub DM, Pomputius P, Boyer CB, Someillan NS, Perrin K
• Correlates of sexually transmitted infections in women: Reply to Handsfield and Marrazzo
  Journal of Infectious Diseases 2007 Boyer CB, Shafer MA, Pollack LM, Canchola J, Moncada J, Schachter
• Sexual behaviors after universal screening of sexually transmitted infections in healthy young women.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2007 Hwang LY, Shafer MA, Pollack LM, Chang YJ, Boyer CB
• Sociodemographic markers and behavioral correlates of sexually transmitted infections in a nonclinical sample of adolescent and young adult women.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2006 Boyer CB, Shafer MA, Pollack LM, Canchola J, Moncada J, Schachter J
• Evidence-based recommendations for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infections in the Angolan Armed Forces: challenges and opportunities at the end of 30 years of war.
  Military medicine 2005 Ortiz DJ, Bing EG, Boyer CB, Russak SM, De Deus FJ, Ernesto F
• Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome knowledge and risk factors in Ethiopian military personnel.
  Military medicine 2004 Bakhireva LN, Abebe Y, Brodine SK, Kraft HS, Shaffer RA, Boyer CB
• Adolescents' self-efficacy to communicate about sex: its role in condom attitudes, commitment, and use.
  Adolescence 2004 Halpern-Felsher BL, Kropp RY, Boyer CB, Tschann JM, Ellen JM
• The STD and HIV epidemics in African American Youth: Reconceptualizing approaches to risk reduction
  Journal of Black Psychology 2004 Miller KS, Boyer CB, Cotton G
• Bacterial vaginosis in sexually experienced and non-sexually experienced young women entering the military.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2003 Yen S, Shafer MA, Moncada J, Campbell CJ, Flinn SD, Boyer CB
• Comparing first-void urine specimens, self-collected vaginal swabs, and endocervical specimens to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by a nucleic acid amplification test.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2003 Shafer MA, Moncada J, Boyer CB, Betsinger K, Flinn SD, Schachter J
• Prevalence and clinical correlates of bacterial vaginosis among sexually experienced and non-sexually experienced young women entering the military
  Obstetrics and Gynecology 2003 Yen S, Shafer MA, Moncada J, Campbell CJ, Flinn SD, Boyer CB
• Correlates of sexually transmitted diseases in a young male deployed military population.
  Military medicine 2002 Shafer MA, Boyer CB, Shaffer RA, Schachter J, Ito SI, Brodine SK
• Chlamydial infection and unplanned pregnancy in women with ready access to health care.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2001 Thomas AG, Brodine SK, Shaffer R, Shafer MA, Boyer CB, Putnam S, Schachter J
• Sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical factors associated with STDs in a national sample of women entering the US military
  ISSTDR: Sexually Transmitted Infections 2001 Boyer CB, Shafer MA, Moncada J, Schachter J, Shaffer RA, Brodine SK
• Adolescent violence prevention practices among California pediatricians.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2000 Chaffee TA, Bridges M, Boyer CB
• Associations of sociodemographic, psychosocial, and behavioral factors with sexual risk and sexually transmitted diseases in teen clinic patients.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2000 Boyer CB, Shafer M, Wibbelsman CJ, Seeberg D, Teitle E, Lovell N
• Social factors play a major role in making you people sexual risk-takers
  Family Planning Perspectives 2000 Boyer CB, Tschann JM, Shafer MA
• Sexually transmitted diseases in a health maintenance organization teen clinic: associations of race, partner's age, and marijuana use.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 1999 Boyer CB, Shafer MA, Teitle E, Wibbelsman CJ, Seeberg D, Schachter J
• Asymptomatic sexually transmitted disease prevalence in four military populations: application of DNA amplification assays for Chlamydia and gonorrhea screening.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 1998 Brodine SK, Shafer MA, Shaffer RA, Boyer CB, Putnam SD, Wignall FS, Thomas RJ, Bales B, Schachter J
• Risk factors for repeated gonococcal infections: San Francisco, 1990-1992.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 1998 Klausner JD, Barrett DC, Dithmer D, Boyer CB, Brooks GF, Bolan G
• Perceptions of sexual partners' risk behavior
  Journal of Sex Research 1998 Ellen JM, Vittinghoff E, Bolan G, Boyer CB, Padian NS
• Evaluation of a knowledge- and cognitive-behavioral skills-building intervention to prevent STDs and HIV infection in high school students.
  Adolescence 1997 Boyer CB, Shafer MA, Tschann JM
• Types of adolescent sexual relationships and associated perceptions about condom use.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 1996 Ellen JM, Cahn S, Eyre SL, Boyer CB
• Adolescents' perceived risk for STDs and HIV infection.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 1996 Ellen JM, Boyer CB, Tschann JM, Shafer MA
• HIV risk in adolescents: the role of sexual activity and substance use behaviors.
  NIDA research monograph 1994 Boyer CB, Ellen JM
• Evaluation of urine-based screening strategies to detect Chlamydia trachomatis among sexually active asymptomatic young males.
  JAMA 1993 Shafer MA, Schachter J, Moncada J, Keogh J, Pantell R, Gourlay L, Eyre S, Boyer CB
• An evaluation of an AIDS risk reduction education and skills training (ARREST) program.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 1993 Kipke MD, Boyer C, Hein K
• Implementing a school-based STD/HIV prevention intervention: collaboration between a university medical center and an urban school district.
  The Journal of school health 1993 Molbert W, Boyer CB, Shafer MA
• Evaluation of non-specific and specific screening strategies to detect C trachomatis among sexually active asymptomatic young men
  JAMA 1993 Shafer MA, Schachter J, Moncada J, Keogh J, Pantell R, Gourlay L, Eyre S, Boyer CB
• Infections B Chlamydia trachomatis chez l'adolescent: Une antibiotherapie bien conduite est efficace
  Journal of the American Medical Association-French 1993 Shafer MA, Schachter J, Moncada J, Keogh J, Pantell R, Gourlay L, Eyre S, Boyer CB
• Psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus infection, among urban high school students.
  The Journal of pediatrics 1991 Shafer MA, Boyer CB
• AIDS risk and prevention among adolescents.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 1991 Boyer CB, Kegeles SM
• Adolescent Pediatric Gynecology
  AIDS education and the adolescent: Where have we been and where are we going? 1990 Schlossberger N, Boyer CB, Shafer MA
• Social support and demographic factors influencing compliance of hemodialysis patients
  Journal of Applied Social Psychology 1990 Boyer CB, Friend R, Chlowerakis G, Kaloyanides G
• Preventing HIV infection and AIDS in children and adolescents. Behavioral research and intervention strategies.
  The American psychologist 1988 Brooks-Gunn J, Boyer CB, Hein K
• Minorities and AIDS: knowledge, attitudes, and misconceptions among black and Latino adolescents.
  American journal of public health 1988 DiClemente RJ, Boyer CB, Morales ES
• Prevention of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: International perspectives
  Health Education Research: Theory and Practice 1988 DiClemente R, Boyer C, Mills S, Helquist M