About the INSHHR Group

The Interdisciplinary Sexual Health & HIV Research (INSHHR) group was formed in 2014 by School of Nursing clinical and research faculty, postdocs, and PhD students. The INSHHR group leverages investigator diversity, creativity, experience, and skills across multiple disciplines to increase innovation, productivity, and impact in the conduct of research aimed at improving sexual health and HIV-related outcomes with a focus on marginalized and vulnerable populations.

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Remembering HIV/AIDS advocate Hydeia Broadbent

INSHHR wants to express our deep condolences and gratitude to Ms. Hydeia Broadbent, who was a fierce advocate for long-term survivorship among people living with HIV. She was born with HIV, during a time when the advances we now see were not yet employed. She was a beacon of light and hope in the HIV world and her presence will always be felt as we continue to do research on prevention, care, treatment, and a cure.

Danielle C. Alcéna-Stiner, PhD, RN

Chair, Interdisciplinary Sexual Health & HIV Research group
Asst. Director, Life Sciences Learning Center, URMC
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

As a nurse-scientist with expertise across the translational continuum from biomedical science to community-based research, Danielle Alcéna-Stiner integrates basic science, health literacy, and nursing into interventions to promote adolescent health and wellness through active community engagement.

During Alcéna-Stiner’s community engagements, she found that access to information alone does not reduce health disparities in communities facing social barriers to health and wellness. To address this, she applies an interdisciplinary, community-informed approach that connects youth (adolescents and young adults) with key supportive figures. These include peers, parents, teachers, researchers, and health professionals such as nurses, who serve as youth advocates and promote health literacy.

Hugh Crean, PhD

Chair, Interdisciplinary Sexual Health & HIV Research group
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, School of Nursing

Hugh F. Crean has more than two decades of experience as a researcher at the University of Rochester, focusing on school-based and after-school psychosocial prevention initiatives for high-risk children and youth and families, program evaluation of psychosocial interventions, and contextual effects on adolescent risky behaviors.

Crean has conducted dozens of intervention outcome evaluations, and has served as a statistician and/or principal investigator on a number of NIH, PCORI, AHRQ, IES, OAH/DHHS, and VA funded initiatives. He is well-versed in community-based participatory research and has worked with a number of local institutions in examining program outcomes and fidelity of interventions offered.

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