Sophia Zamudio-Haas, DrPH, MSc
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Engaging participatory and community-led methods, as well as quality improvement strategies, her work focuses on generating innovations and adapting care programs to meet the needs of marginalized populations, with the goal of reducing HIV health disparities. Her current work focuses on increasing access to culturally tailored and population specific HIV prevention and care services for transgender women.

• Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of students on sexual health needs of sexual and gender minority individuals in a South African University of Kwa-Zulu Natal: A mixed methods study
  International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478) 12, no. 10 (2023): 2023 Chiya, Wilbroda Hlolisile, Zamasomi Prudence Busisi Luvuno, Silingene Joyce Ngcobo, Celenkosini Nxumalo, Deshini Naidoo, Orlando Harris, and Sophia Zamudio-Haas.
• Adapting and Implementing an Evidence-Based Reentry Intervention for Incarcerated Transgender Women: Lessons Learned.
  Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care 2023 Sevelius JM, Castro DA, Warri V, Moreta Avila L, Chakravarty D, Zamudio-Haas S, Kramer K, Monico Klein K, Zack B
• Health Care Experiences of Patients with Nonbinary Gender Identities.
  Transgender health 2022 Bindman J, Ngo A, Zamudio-Haas S, Sevelius J
• An Expanded Definition of Intersectional Stigma for Public Health Research and Praxis.
  American journal of public health 2022 Sievwright KM, Stangl AL, Nyblade L, Lippman SA, Logie CH, Veras MASM, Zamudio-Haas S, Poteat T, Rao D, Pachankis JE, Kumi Smith M, Weiser SD, Brooks RA, Sevelius JM
• HIV Disclosure Practices to Family Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Sexual Minority Men with HIV in the Continental USA: Intersections of Sexual Orientation and HIV Stigma.
  Journal of homosexuality 2022 Maiorana A, Zamudio-Haas S, Santiago-Rodríguez EI, Sauceda JA, Rodríguez-Díaz CE, Brooks RA, Myers JJ
• "We Don't Fear HIV. We Just Fear Walking around Pregnant.": A Qualitative Analysis of Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy Stigma in Informal Settlements in Kisumu, Kenya.
  Studies in family planning 2021 Miller LE, Zamudio-Haas S, Otieno B, Amboka S, Odeny D, Agot I, Kadede K, Odhiambo H, Auerswald C, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Truong HM
• Seeking a "Sponyo": Insights Into Motivations and Risks Around Intergenerational Transactional Sex Among Adolescent Boys and Girls in Kenya.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020 Zamudio-Haas S, Auerswald C, Miller L, Amboka S, Agot I, Kadede K, Otieno B, Odhiambo H, Odeny D, Onyango J, Bukusi EA, Truong HM
• Research with Marginalized Communities: Challenges to Continuity During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Sevelius JM, Gutierrez-Mock L, Zamudio-Haas S, McCree B, Ngo A, Jackson A, Clynes C, Venegas L, Salinas A, Herrera C, Stein E, Operario D, Gamarel K
• "Holidays Come, Sundays Come. It is Very Sad to be Alone": Transnational Practices and the Importance of Family for Mexican and Puerto Rican Latinxs Living with HIV in the Continental U.S.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2020 Maiorana A, Zamudio-Haas S, Sauceda J, Rodriguez-Díaz CE, Brooks RA, Santiago-Rodríguez E, Myers JJ
• From Theory to Application: A Description of Transnationalism in Culturally-Appropriate HIV Interventions of Outreach, Access, and Retention Among Latino/a Populations.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2019 Sauceda JA, Brooks RA, Xavier J, Maiorana A, Georgetti Gomez L, Zamudio-Haas S, Rodriguez-Diaz CE, Cajina A, Myers J
• "Closing the Loop" Developing State-Level Data Sharing Interventions to Promote Optimum Outcomes Along the HIV Continuum of Care.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Zamudio-Haas S, Koester KA, Maiorana A, Fuller SM, Steward WT, Gruber D, Hauge JC, Parnell HE, Quinlivan EB, Myers JJ
• "I don't have to do this all by myself": Systems Navigation to Ensure Continuity of HIV Care for Persons Leaving Prison.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Fuller SM, Koester KA, Maiorana A, Steward WT, Broaddus MR, Lass K, Zamudio-Haas S, Quinlivan EB, Myers JJ
• "No Estas Solo": Navigation Programs Support Engagement in HIV Care for Mexicans and Puerto Ricans Living in the Continental U.S.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2019 Zamudio-Haas S, Maiorana A, Gomez LG, Myers J
• Breastfeeding practices, beliefs, and social norms in low-resource communities in Mexico: Insights for how to improve future promotion strategies.
  PloS one 2017 Swigart TM, Bonvecchio A, Théodore FL, Zamudio-Haas S, Villanueva-Borbolla MA, Thrasher JF
• Scaling-up health information systems to improve HIV treatment: An assessment of initial patient monitoring systems in Mozambique.
  International journal of medical informatics 2016 Hochgesang M, Zamudio-Haas S, Moran L, Nhampossa L, Packel L, Leslie H, Richards J, Shade SB
• Generating trust: Programmatic strategies to reach women who inject drugs with harm reduction services in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  The International journal on drug policy 2016 Zamudio-Haas S, Mahenge B, Saleem H, Mbwambo J, Lambdin BH
• Implementing Multi-Level Interventions to Improve HIV Testing, Linkage-to-and Retention-in-Care Interventions.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2016 Koester KA, Fuller SM, Maiorana A, Steward WT, Zamudio-Haas S, Xavier J, Safon C, Collins SP, Morin SF, Myers JJ
• Lessons from Tanzania on the integration of HIV and tuberculosis treatments into methadone assisted treatment.
  The International journal on drug policy 2013 Bruce RD, Lambdin B, Chang O, Masao F, Mbwambo J, Mteza I, Nyandindi C, Zamudio-Haas S, Buma D, Dunbar MS, Kilonzo G
• Identifying programmatic gaps: inequities in harm reduction service utilization among male and female drug users in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  PloS one 2013 Lambdin BH, Bruce RD, Chang O, Nyandindi C, Sabuni N, Zamudio-Haas S, McCurdy S, Masao F, Ivo Y, Msami A, Ubuguy O, Mbwambo J
• If, when and how to tell: a qualitative study of HIV disclosure among young women in Zimbabwe.
  Reproductive health matters 2012 Zamudio-Haas S, Mudekunye-Mahaka I, Lambdin BH, Dunbar MS