Judy Tan, PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Her research aims to develop novel interventions to reduce health disparities, particularly those among sexual and gender minority people of color.

Dr. Tan is the principal investigator of a NIMH R01 award to develop mHealth capabilities that target and leverage dyadic factors for enhancing HIV care engagement among Black gay and bisexual men. This project was awarded a Sage Bionetworks Digital Health Catalyst Award. She is also the principal investigator of a NIA R21 to develop a choir intervention to promote psychosocial wellbeing among older people living with HIV. Dr. Tan’s research interests also include food insecurity, HIV and aging, smoking cessation, and dietary acculturation and cancer risks. She is a UCSF Deans’ Population Health and Health Equity (PHHE) Scholar.

• Examining the Impact of the Golden Compass Clinical Care Program for Older People with HIV: A Qualitative Study.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Tan JY, Greene M, Blat C, Albers A, Grochowski J, Oskarsson J, Shiels M, Hsue P, Havlir D, Gandhi M, Myers J
• Development and Validation of the Couple Sexual Satisfaction Scale for HIV and Sexual Health Research.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2021 Conroy AA, Ruark A, Neilands TB, Darbes LA, Johnson MO, Tan JY, Mkandawire J
• Study protocol: a pilot randomised waitlist-controlled trial of a dyadic mobile health intervention for black sexual-minority male couples with HIV in the USA.
  BMJ open 2021 Kim HC, Pollack LM, Saberi P, Neilands TB, Arnold EA, Bright DJ, Williams RW, Kegeles SM, Tan JY
• Food insecurity and frailty among women with and without HIV in the United States: a cross-sectional analysis.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2021 Tan JY, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Gustafson D, Sharma A, Merenstein D, Cohen MH, Golub E, Edmonds A, Ofotokun I, Fischl M, Konkle-Parker D, Neilands T, Tien P, Weiser SD
• Food insecurity and neurocognitive function among women living with or at risk for HIV in the United States.
  The American journal of clinical nutrition 2020 Tan JY, A Sheira L, Frongillo EA, A Adimora A, Tien PC, Konkle-Parker D, Golub ET, Merenstein D, Levin S, Cohen M, Ofotokun I, A Fischl M, Rubin LH, Weiser SD
• The Unaddressed Needs of Alcohol-Using Couples on Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi: Formative Research on Multilevel Interventions.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Conroy AA, Ruark A, McKenna SA, Tan JY, Darbes LA, Hahn JA, Mkandawire J
• The Golden Compass Program: Overview of the Initial Implementation of a Comprehensive Program for Older Adults Living with HIV.
  Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2020 Greene M, Myers J, Tan JY, Blat C, O'Hollaren A, Quintanilla F, Hsue P, Shiels M, Hicks ML, Olson B, Grochowski J, Oskarsson J, Havlir D, Gandhi M
• Improving Shared Decision Making For Asian American Pacific Islander Sexual and Gender Minorities.
  Medical care 2019 Bi S, Gunter KE, López FY, Anam S, Tan JY, Polin DJ, Jia JL, Xu LJ, Laiteerapong N, Pho MT, Kim KE, Chin MH
• Resilience and Depression in Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Social-Ecological Model.
  Stigma and health 2019 Vincent W, Peterson JL, Huebner DM, Storholm ED, Neilands TB, Rebchook GM, Pollack L, Tan JY, Kegeles SM
• Resilience and depression in young Black men who have sex with men: A social-ecological model.
  Stigma and Health 2019 Wilson Vincent, John L Peterson, David M Huebner, Erik D Storholm, Torsten B Neilands, Gregory M Rebchook, Lance Pollack, Judy Y Tan, Susan M Kegeles
• Re-conceptualising gender and power relations for sexual and reproductive health: contrasting narratives of tradition, unity, and rights.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2019 Conroy AA, Ruark A, Tan JY
• A Person-Centered Approach to HIV-Related Protective and Risk Factors for Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and HIV Treatment as Prevention.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Vincent W, Peterson JL, Storholm ED, Huebner DM, Neilands TB, Calabrese SK, Rebchook GM, Tan JY, Pollack L, Kegeles SM
• Serious quit attempts and cessation implications for Asian American male smokers.
  Addictive behaviors 2019 Guan A, Kim-Mozeleski JE, Tan JY, McPhee SJ, Burke NJ, Sun A, Cheng JW, Tsoh JY
• Injecting-related trust, cooperation, intimacy, and power as key factors influencing risk perception among drug injecting partnerships.
  PloS one 2019 Morris MD, Andrew E, Tan JY, Maher L, Hoff C, Darbes L, Page K
• Leveraging Power in Intimate Partner Relationships.
  Power in Close Relationships 2019 Judy Y. Tan, Felicia Pratto, Amy A. Conroy, I-Ching Lee
• Patient and provider perceptions of a comprehensive care program for HIV-positive adults over 50 years of age: The formation of the Golden Compass HIV and aging care program in San Francisco.
  PloS one 2018 Greene ML, Tan JY, Weiser SD, Christopoulos K, Shiels M, O'Hollaren A, Mureithi E, Meissner L, Havlir D, Gandhi M
• Marital infidelity, food insecurity, and couple instability: A web of challenges for dyadic coordination around antiretroviral therapy.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2018 Conroy AA, McKenna SA, Comfort ML, Darbes LA, Tan JY, Mkandawire J
• Whose Responsibility Is It? Beliefs About Preventing HIV Transmission Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2018 Truong HM, Fatch R, Tan JY, Raymond HF, McFarland W
• The Role of the Primary Romantic Relationship in HIV Care Engagement Outcomes Among Young HIV-Positive Black Men Who Have Sex with Men.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 Tan JY, Pollack L, Rebchook G, Peterson J, Huebner D, Eke A, Johnson W, Kegeles S
• Mobile Technology for Healthy Aging Among Older HIV-Positive Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: Qualitative Study
  JMIR Aging 2018 Tan JYR, Nguyen TT, Tabrisky A, Siedle-Khan R, Napoles AM
• High Stakes for the Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Patients of Color.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2017 Tan JY, Baig AA, Chin MH
• Shared Decision Making Among Clinicians and Asian American and Pacific Islander Sexual and Gender Minorities: An Intersectional Approach to Address a Critical Care Gap.
  LGBT health 2016 Tan JY, Xu LJ, Lopez FY, Jia JL, Pho MT, Kim KE, Chin MH
• Social-structural indices and between-nation differences in HIV prevalence.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2014 Tan JY, Earnshaw VA, Pratto F, Rosenthal L, Kalichman S
• A social-ecological perspective on power and HIV/AIDS with a sample of men who have sex with men of colour.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2014 Tan JY, Pratto F, Paul J, Choi KH
• HIV/AIDS During Older Adulthood.
  Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion 2014 Judy Y. Tan, Blair T. Johnson
• Sexual positioning and race-based attraction by preferences for social dominance among gay Asian/Pacific Islander men in the United States.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2013 Tan JY, Pratto F, Operario D, Dworkin SL
• HIV/AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
  Handbook of Asian American Health 2013 Don Operario, Judy Tan, Caroline Kuo
• Filial ethics and judgments of filial behaviour in Taiwan and the United States.
  International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie 2012 Lee IC, Tan JY
• A meta-analysis of the efficacy of HIV/AIDS prevention interventions in Asia, 1995-2009.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2011 Tan JY, Huedo-Medina TB, Warren MR, Carey MP, Johnson BT
• Annual review of Asian American psychology, 2010.
  Asian American Journal of Psychology 2011 Sumie Okazaki, Ahmed M. Kassem, Judy Y. Tan
• Us versus Them in Context: Meta-Analysis as a Tool for Geotemporal Trends in Intergroup Relations.
  International journal of conflict and violence 2010 Tan JY, Huedo-Medina TB, Lennon CA, White AC, Johnson BT
• A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for adherence and depression (CBT-AD) in HIV-infected individuals.
  Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 2009 Safren SA, O'Cleirigh C, Tan JY, Raminani SR, Reilly LC, Otto MW, Mayer KH
• Retention challenges for a community-based HIV primary care clinic and implications for intervention.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2007 Coleman S, Boehmer U, Kanaya F, Grasso C, Tan J, Bradford J
• Annual Review of Asian American Psychology, 2010
  Asian American Journal of Psychology Okazaki, S., Kassem, A. M., & Tan, J. Y. (2011)
• Power basis theory: A psycho-ecological approach to power
  Social Motivation Pratto, F., Lee, I. C., Tan, J. Y., & Pitpitan, E. V. (2010). Power basis theory: A psycho-ecological approach to power. Social motivation, 191-222.