Julia Lechuga, PhD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Grants and Projects

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• Substance Use and HIV Prevention Research in Affected U.S. Populations, NIH, 2009-2031
• Optimizing a bio-behavioral intervention to promote viral suppression among HIV+ people who inject drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border, NIH, 2021-2026
• Adaptation and Implementation of Project Encuentro in the U.S.-Mexico Border, NIH, 2016-2021
• Mother-Daughter Joint Decision Making to Obtain the HPV Vaccine, NIH, 2012-2015

Publications (37)

Top publication keywords:
Papillomavirus VaccinesDiabetes, GestationalNeedle SharingMexican AmericansCommunity Health WorkersUndocumented ImmigrantsEmigration and ImmigrationSubstance Abuse, IntravenousVaccinationNuclear FamilyHarm ReductionDrug UsersMedically Unexplained SymptomsCapacity BuildingMother-Child Relations

• Transforming community health advocates into peer interventionists: a binational harm reduction model.
  Frontiers in public health 2026 Lechuga J, Ramos R, Perez G, Ramos ME, Rojas J, Ramos L, Ferreira-Pinto J
• HO-1 Nuclear Interactome Implications in Neuroendocrine Transdifferentiation in Prostate Cancer.
  International journal of molecular sciences 2026 Seniuk R, Sanchis P, Sabater A, Pascual G, Bizzotto J, Lechuga J, Delfino M, Shepherd PDA, Dong J, Valacco MP, Cotignola J, Vazquez E, Toro A, Gueron G, Labanca E
• Barriers and facilitators of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine confidence among a community-based sample of predominantly Latino older adults in San Francisco.
  Vaccine: X 2026 Amaya F, Geronimo L, Colom S, Graham-Squire D, León N, Rojas S, Black D, Bandi S, Barrera E, Herrera F, Sauceda JA, Lechuga J, Havlir D, Marquez C
• Anticipated Emotional Reactions as Indicators of Adolescents' Perceived Social (dis) Connectedness During the Moment of Suicidal Crisis: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis.
  Child psychiatry and human development 2026 Yirdong F, Taiyeba S, Gomez J, López-Castro T, Lechuga J, Miranda R
• Sociocultural Antecedents of HPV Vaccination Completion Among Mothers of Mexican Descent: the Mediating Role of Mother-Daughter Connectedness.
  Journal of community health 2025 Lechuga J, Chen J, Komsany A, Martinez A, Gbugu U, Galvan S

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• Effects of a Sequential Community-Based Multi Component HIV Intervention on Sexual Behavior, Drug Use and Syringe Sharing for People Who Inject Drugs on the US-Mexico Border: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
  AIDS and behavior 2025 Lechuga J, Perez G, Dickson-Gomez J, Ortiz A, Ramos L, Puentes J, Varela A, Beltran O, Sauceda J, Ludwig-Barron N, Salazar J, Esparza O, Pinto JF, Ramos R, Ramos ME, Project Encuentro CAB
• Relations of Social Determinants of Health to Pain and Function in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis in a Hispanic-dominant Community.
  Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2025 Aoyagi K, LaValley M, Neogi T, Edwards R, Shababi R, Rivas E, Bajpeyi S, Mandal A, Moya E, Lechuga J
• How Anti-Immigrant Policies Impact Research Among Latinx and Undocumented People Who Use Drugs.
  American journal of public health 2025 Coronado ZK, Koenders SL, Knight KR, Lechuga J, López AM, Martinez C
• PKA-driven SPP1 activation as a novel mechanism connecting the bone microenvironment to prostate cancer progression.
  Oncogene 2025 Sanchis P, Sabater A, Lechuga J, Rada J, Seniuk R, Pascual G, Gatti M, Bizzotto J, Shepherd PDA, Yang J, Cotignola J, Vazquez E, Mateo J, Valacco P, Labanca E, Logothetis C, Gueron G, Anselmino N
• A Thematic Analysis of Resilient Experiences of People Who Inject Drugs Living with HIV Remaining in HIV Care.
  International journal of behavioral medicine 2025 Lechuga J, Perez G, Dueñas V, Ramos ME, Ramos L
• Safety and preliminary efficacy of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on chronic knee pain: A pilot trial.
  Osteoarthritis and cartilage open 2024 Aoyagi K, Rivas E, Shababi R, Edwards R, LaValley M, Lechuga J, Napadow V, Neogi T
• Institutional violence from police militarization and drug cartel wars as a 'Big Event' and its influence on drug use harms and HIV risk in people who inject drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The International journal on drug policy 2023 Lechuga J, Ramos R, Dickson-Gomez J, Beachy S, Perez G, Nevola O, Varela A, Ramos ME, Sauceda J, Ludwig-Barrron N, Salazar J
• Social and environmental determinants influencing injection drug use and HIV risk among two sister cities on the US-Mexico border: a comparative cross-sectional study, 2016-2018.
  Harm reduction journal 2023 Lechuga J, Ramos R, Ludwig-Barron N, Perez G, Ramos ME, Ferreira-Pinto JB, Cordero JI, Sauceda J, Salazar J
• A factorial experiment grounded in the multiphase optimization strategy to promote viral suppression among people who inject drugs on the Texas-Mexico border: a study protocol.
  BMC public health 2023 Sauceda JA, Lechuga J, Ramos ME, Puentes J, Ludwig-Barron N, Salazar J, Christopoulos KA, Johnson MO, Gomez D, Covarrubias R, Hernandez J, Montelongo D, Ortiz A, Rojas J, Ramos L, Avila I, Gwadz MV, …
• Validation of Brief Condom Use Attitudes Scales for Spanish-Speaking People Who Use Crack Cocaine in El Salvador.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2022 Beachy S, Lechuga J, Dickson-Gomez J, Liang CTH
• The Influence of Perceived Immigration Context and Healthcare Utilization Immigration Law Concerns Latinx Immigrants' HIV Testing.
  Journal of latinx psychology 2022 Suro B, Lechuga J, Galletly CL, Glasman L
• US public charge policy and Latinx immigrants' thoughts about health and healthcare utilization.
  Ethnicity & health 2022 Galletly CL, Barreras JL, Lechuga J, Glasman LR, Cruz G, Dickson-Gomez JB, Brooks RA, Ruelas DM, Stringfield B, Espinoza-Madrigal I
• Latinx Immigrants' Legal Concerns About SARS-CoV-2 Testing and COVID-19 Diagnosis and Treatment.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2022 Lechuga J, Galletly CL, Glasman LR, Dickson-Gomez JB, McAuliffe TL
• Assessment of COVID-19-Related Immigration Concerns Among Latinx Immigrants in the US.
  JAMA network open 2021 Galletly CL, Lechuga J, Dickson-Gomez JB, Glasman LR, McAuliffe TL, Espinoza-Madrigal I
• Testing for Differences in the Reporting of Somatic Symptoms of Depression in Racial/Ethnic Minorities.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2021 Sauceda JA, Patel AR, Santiago-Rodriguez EI, Garcia D, Lechuga J
• Culture and sexuality-related communication as sociocultural precursors of HPV vaccination among mother-daughter dyads of Mexican descent.
  Preventive medicine reports 2020 Lechuga J, Prieto C, Mata H, Belknap RA, Varela I
• Documenting best practices for maintaining access to HIV prevention, care and treatment in an era of shifting immigration policy and discourse.
  PloS one 2020 Arnold EA, Fuller SM, Martinez O, Lechuga J, Steward WT
• Intervention Reach and Sexual Risk Reduction of a Multi-level, Community-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for Crack Users in San Salvador, El Salvador.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Dickson-Gomez J, Tarima S, Glasman LR, Lechuga J, Bodnar G, de Mendoza LR
• HIV Testing and Mistaken Beliefs about Immigration Laws.
  Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2019 Galletly CL, Lechuga J, Glasman LR, DiFranceisco W, Broaddus MR, Dickson-Gomez JB, McAuliffe TL, Vega M, LeGrand S, Mena CA, Barlow ML, Montenegro JI
• African-American parents' and daughters' beliefs about HPV infection and the HPV vaccine.
  Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) 2018 Galbraith-Gyan KV, Lechuga J, Jenerette CM, Palmer MH, Moore AD, Hamilton JB
• The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Immigration Law Concerns Scale (ILCS) for HIV Testing.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2018 Lechuga J, Galletly CL, Broaddus MR, Dickson-Gomez JB, Glasman LR, McAuliffe TL, Vega MY, LeGrand S, Mena CA, Barlow ML, Valera E, Montenegro JI
• HPV vaccine acceptance among African-American mothers and their daughters: an inquiry grounded in culture.
  Ethnicity & health 2017 Galbraith-Gyan KV, Lechuga J, Jenerette CM, Palmer MH, Moore AD, Hamilton JB
• A systematic review of interventions for Hispanic women with or at risk of Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
  Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives 2017 Carolan-Olah M, Duarte-Gardea M, Lechuga J
• The experience of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among Hispanic women in a U.S. border region.
  Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives 2016 Carolan-Olah M, Duarte-Gardea M, Lechuga J, Salinas-Lopez S
• Using Peer-Referral Chains with Incentives to Promote HIV Testing and Identify Undiagnosed HIV Infections Among Crack Users in San Salvador.
  AIDS and behavior 2016 Glasman LR, Dickson-Gomez J, Lechuga J, Tarima S, Bodnar G, de Mendoza LR
• Parental acceptance and uptake of the HPV vaccine among African-Americans and Latinos in the United States: A literature review.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2016 Galbraith KV, Lechuga J, Jenerette CM, Moore LA, Palmer MH, Hamilton JB
• HPV Vaccine Awareness, Barriers, Intentions, and Uptake in Latina Women.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2016 Lechuga J, Vera-Cala L, Martinez-Donate A
• A critical review: early life nutrition and prenatal programming for adult disease.
  Journal of clinical nursing 2015 Carolan-Olah M, Duarte-Gardea M, Lechuga J
• Latino community health workers and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health.
  Health promotion practice 2015 Lechuga J, Garcia D, Owczarzak J, Barker M, Benson M
• Impact of framing on intentions to vaccinate daughters against HPV: a cross-cultural perspective.
  Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 2011 Lechuga J, Swain GR, Weinhardt LS
• Assimilation and Individual Differences in Emotion: The Dynamics of Anger and Approach Motivation.
  International journal of intercultural relations : IJIR 2011 Lechuga J, Fernandez NP
• [Complete triploidy in a liveborn premature (author's transl)].
  Anales espanoles de pediatria 1980 Rico S, Skinner C, Lechuga JL, Fernández E, Serrano J, Casanova M, Argemí J, López A, Castro JM