Miranda Hill, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Scholar
Medicine
School of Medicine

I am a social and behavioral scientist who combines interdisciplinary culturally relevant theories with community-led approaches to explore and identify social determinants of health in partnership with diverse women and other minoritized groups.

Awards

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• Emerging Health Equity Scholar, University of California, San Francisco, 2022
• Traineeships In AIDS Prevention Studies Fellowship (NIMH-T32), UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, 2020-2023
• Social Networks & Health Fellow (NICHD-R25), Duke University, 2016-2017
• State Doctoral Scholars Fellowship, Southern Regional Education Board, 2015-2019
• National Blue Key Honor Society, University of Georgia, 2015
• Excellence in Research Award, University of Georgia, 2014-2015
• Scholar of Excellence Award, University of Georgia, 2014-2015
• Excellence in Health Promotion Award, University of Georgia, 2014
• Mary Frances Early Community Service Award, University of Georgia, 2014
• Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, University of Georgia, 2014
• Trailblazer in Women's Health Award, Feminist Women's Health Center, 2013

Education & Training

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• PhD Health Promotion & Behavior University of Georgia 12/2019
• MPH Health Promotion & Behavior University of Georgia 05/2012
• B.S. Biological Sciences Spelman College 05/2007

Interests

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• Social Networks
• HIV Prevention & Treatment
• Anti-racism
• Diversity
• Equity
• Inclusion
• Community Engagement
• Women's Health
• Medically Underserved Populations
• Health Service Access & Utilization
• Community Health
• Sexual & Reproductive Health

Videos

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• Video (youtube.com)

Publications (12)

Top publication keywords:
Social SupportHealth Services AccessibilitySustained Virologic ResponseMental HealthSexual BehaviorStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticHIV InfectionsTrustFemaleHomosexuality, MaleTransgender PersonsSexual and Gender MinoritiesHealth PromotionLeast-Squares AnalysisSocial Stigma

• The Helping Networks of Transgender Women Living with HIV.
  Journal of community health 2023 Hill M, Sevelius J, Sherman ADF, Balthazar M, Klepper M, Radix A, Rebchook G, Hansen N
• Truth be told: Testimonies of a first generation Black STEM health scholar + wife + mother
  In Gifted Black Women Navigating the Doctoral Process. Routledge. 2024 Hill, M.
• Stigma, social and structural vulnerability, and mental health among transgender women: A partial least square path modeling analysis
  Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2023 Sherman, A. D. F., Higgins, M. K., Balthazar, M. S., Hill, M., Klepper, M., Schneider, J. S., Adams, D., Radix, A., Mayer, K. H., Cooney, E. E., Poteat, T. C., Wirtz, A. L. & Reisner, S. L.
• Stigma, social and structural vulnerability, and mental health among transgender women: A partial least square path modeling analysis.
  Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 2023 Sherman ADF, Higgins MK, Balthazar MS, Hill M, Klepper M, Schneider JS, Adams D, Radix A, Mayer KH, Cooney EE, Poteat TC, Wirtz AL, Reisner SL, American Cohort to Study HIV Acquisition Among …
• Ending the HIV Epidemic PrEP equity recommendations from a rapid ethnographic assessment of multilevel PrEP use determinants among young Black gay and bisexual men in Atlanta, GA
  PLOS ONE 2023 Hill, M., Smith, J., Elimam, D., Mustafaa, G., Wortley, P. Taylor, B., Harris, O.

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• Socio-ecological Barriers to Viral Suppression Among Transgender Women Living with HIV in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.
  AIDS and behavior 2023 Jain JP, Hill M, Gamarel KE, Santos GM, Johnson MO, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Reback CJ, Sevelius J
• The mediating role of social support between HIV stigma and sexual orientation-based medical mistrust among newly HIV-diagnosed gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
  AIDS care 2022 Hill M, Truszczynski N, Newbold J, Coffman R, King A, Brown MJ, Radix A, Kershaw T, Kirklewski S, Sikkema K, Haider MR, Wilson P, Hansen N
• Transgender and Gender Diverse Community Connection, Help-Seeking, and Mental Health Among Black Transgender Women Who Have Survived Violence: A Mixed-Methods Analysis.
  Violence against women 2021 Sherman ADF, Allgood S, Alexander KA, Klepper M, Balthazar MS, Hill M, Cannon CM, Dunn D, Poteat T, Campbell J
• “I’m Gonna Get Busy Living”: Examining the Trajectories of Affect, Behavioral Health, and Psychological Resilience Among Persons Living With HIV in a Southeastern US Health District
  Global Qualitative Nursing Research 2020 Miranda Hill, Amber Huff, Neale Chumbler
• Variation in Networks and Forms of Support for Care‐seeking across the HIV Care Continuum in the Rural Southeastern United States
  2018 Miranda Hill, Amber Huff, Neale Chumbler
• An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Social Technology Use and Depression among College Students
  Journal of College Student Psychotherapy 2018 Carolyn Lauckner, Miranda Hill, Lucy Annang Ingram
• An in-depth mixed-methods approach to Ryan White HIV/AIDS care program comprehensive needs assessment from the Northeast Georgia Public Health District: The significance of patient privacy, psychological health, and social stigma to care
  Evaluation and Program Planning 2015 Amber Huff, Neale Chumbler, Colleen O'Brien Cherry, Miranda Hill, Vic Veguilla