Sean Arayasirikul, PhD

Areas of Interest

Public Health and Health Policy, Implementation Science of Digital and Mobile Health Communication Systems Interventions, Sociology of Health and Illness, Intersectionality, Social Structures, Discrimination and Violence, Mixed Methods, Social Epidemiology, Sexual and Gender Minority Health, Youth and Adolescents, Health Literacy, Global Health, URM Training and Mentorship.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Arayasirikul S, Turner C, Trujillo D, Maycott J, Wilson EC. The Dose Response Effects of Digital HIV Care Navigation on Mental Health and Viral Suppression Among Young People Living With HIV: Single-Arm, Prospective Study With a Pre-Post Design. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Jul 18;24(7):e33990. [PMID: 35849442]

  2. Chiu I, Leathers M, Cano D, Turner C, Trujillo D, Sicro S, Arayasirikul S, Taylor K, Wilson EC, McFarland W. HIV prevalence, engagement in care, and risk behavior among trans women, San Francisco: evidence of recent successes and remaining challenges. Int J STD AIDS. 2022 Jul 11:9564624221111278. [PMID: 35816424]

  3. Jackson A, Hernandez C, Scheer S, Sicro S, Trujillo D, Arayasirikul S, McFarland W, Wilson EC. Prevalence and correlates of violence experienced by trans women. In Press at Journal of Women’s Health. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2022 May;31(5):648-655. [PMID: 3557613]

  4. Arayasirikul S, Turner C, Trujillo D, Sicro S, Scheer S, McFarland W, Wilson EC. A global cautionary tale: Discrimination and violence against trans women worsen despite investments in public resources and improvements in health insurance access and utilization of health care. Int J Equity Health. 2022 Mar 3;21(1):32. [PMID: 35241094]

  5. Wilson EC, Hernandez CJ, Arayasirikul S, Scheer S, Trujillo D, Sicro S, Turner CM, McFarland W. In Their Own Words: How Trans Women Acquired HIV Infection. AIDS Behav. 2022 Jan 15. [PMID: 35031891]

  6. Torres TS, Jalil EM, Coelho LE, Bezerra DRB, Jalil CM, Hoagland B, Cardoso SW, Arayasirikul S, Veloso VG, Wilson EC, McFarland W, Grinsztejn B. A Technology-Based Intervention Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Nonbinary People (The Conectad@s Project): Protocol for A Vanguard Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Jan 13;11(1):e34885. [PMID: 35023848]

  7. Fisher MR, Turner CM, McFarland W, Breslow AS, Wilson EC, Arayasirikul S. Through a different lens: Occupational health of sex-working young trans women. Transgender Health. 2021 Dec 14.

  8. Wilson EC, Turner C, Sanz-Rodriguez C, Arayasirikul S, Gagliano J, Woods T, Palafox E, Halfin J, Martinez L, Makoni B, Calma N, Kwan MM, Eskman Z, Lin R, Philpot M, Rodriguez E, Rapues J, Pardo S, Liu A. Expanding the pie – differentiated PrEP delivery models to improve PrEP uptake in the San Francisco Bay Area. In Press at the Journal of AIDS.

  9. Trujillo D, Turner C, Sicro S, Hernandez C, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Brief Report: COVID-19 symptoms, testing, and test positivity among trans women in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2020-2021. In Press at Transgender Health.

  10. Arayasirikul S, Turner C, Trujillo D, Fisher MR, Wilson EC. Transphobic Adverse Childhood Experiences as a Determinant of Mental and Sexual Health for Young Trans Women in the San Francisco Bay Area. ePublished ahead of print in Transgender Health.

  11. Trujillo D, Arayasirikul S, Xie H, Sicro S, Meza J, Bella M, Daza E, Torres F, McFarland W, Wilson EC.  Disparities in Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing and the Need to Strengthen Comprehensive Sexual Health Services for Trans Women in San Francisco. ePublished ahead of print in Transgender Health.

  12. Wilson EC, Hernandez C, Scheer S, Trujillo D, Arayasirikul S, Sicro S, McFarland W. Improved PrEP Awareness and Use among Trans Women in San Francisco, California. AIDS Behav. 2021 Aug 14. [PMID: 34390435]

  13. Gyamerah A, Baguso G, Santiago-Rodriguez E, Sa’id A, Arayasirikul S, Lin J, Turner CM, Taylor K, McFarland W, Wilson EC, Wesson P. Experiences and factors associated with transphobic hate crimes among transgender women in the San Francisco Bay Area: comparisons across race. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jun 2;21(1):1053. [PMID: 34078334]

  14. Turner C, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Disparities in HIV-related risk and socio-economic outcomes among trans women in the sex trade and effects of a targeted, anti-sex-trafficking policy. Soc Sci Med. 2021 Feb;270:113664. [PMID: 33485007]

  15. Wilson EC, Dhakal M, Sharma S, Rai A, Lama R, Chettri S, Turner C, Xie H, Arayasirikul S, Lin J, Banik S. Population-based HIV prevalence, stigma and HIV risk among trans women in Nepal. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 29;21(1):128. [PMID: 33514346]

  16. Wesson P, Vittinghoff W, Turner C, Arayasirikul S, McFarland W, Wilson EC. Intercategorical and intracategorical experiences of discrimination and HIV prevalence among transgender women in San Francisco, CA: A quantitative intersectionality analysis. Am J Public Health. 2021 Jan 21:e1-e11. [PMID: 33476238]

  17. Costa MCB, McFarland W, Wilson EC, Xie H, Arayasirikul S, Moura F, Veras MASM. Prevalence and Correlates of Nonprescription Hormone Use among Trans Women in Sao Paolo, Brazil. LGBT Health. 2021 Jan 13. [PMID: 33439757]

  18. Comulada WS, Step M, Fletcher JB, Tanner AE, Dowshen NL, Arayasirikul S, Keglovitz Baker K, Zuniga J, Swendeman D, Medich M, Kao UH, Northrup A, Nieto O, Brooks RA; Special Projects Of National Significance Social Media Initiative Study Group. Predictors of Internet Health Information-Seeking Behaviors Among Young Adults Living With HIV Across the United States: Longitudinal Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Nov 2;22(11):e18309. [PMID: 33136057]

  19. Chen Y, Chen S, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC, McFarland W, Lu J, Chen Y, Yan H. A cross-sectional study of mental health, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt among transgender women in Jiangsu province, China. J Affect Disord. 2020 Dec 1;277:869-874. [PMID: 33065828]'

  20. Turner C, Trujillo D, Le V, Wilson EC, Arayasirikul S. Event-Level Association Between Daily Alcohol Use and Same-Day Nonadherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Trans Women Living With HIV: Intensive Longitudinal Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Oct 15;8(10):e22733. [PMID: 33055070]

  21. Yan L, Yan Z, Wilson EC, Arayasirikul S, Yan H, McFarland W. Awareness and willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among trans women in China: a community-based survey. AIDS Behav. 2020 Sep 28. [PMID: 32989576]

  22. Reback CJ, Rusow JA, Cain D, Benkeser D, Arayasirikul S, Hightow-Weidman L, Horvath KJ. Technology-Based Stepped Care to Stem Transgender Adolescent Risk Transmission: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (TechStep). JMIR Res Protoc 2020;9(8):e18326. [PMID: 32788149]

  23. Brooks RA, Nieto O, Swendeman D, Myers J, Lepe RM, Cabral A, Kao U, Donohoe T, Comulada WS, and Special Projects of National Significance Social Media Initiative Study Group. Qualitative Evaluation of Social Media and Mobile Technology Interventions Designed to Improve HIV Health Outcomes for Youth and Young Adults Living With HIV: A HRSA SPNS Initiative. Health Promot Pract. 2020 Aug 6;:1524839920938704. [PMID: 32757839]

  24. Arayasirikul S, Turner C, Trujillo D, Le V, Beltran T, Wilson EC. Does the Use of Motivational Interviewing Skills Promote Change Talk among Young People Living with HIV in a Digital HIV Care Navigation Text Messaging Intervention? Health Promot Pract. 2020 Aug 6:1524839920936246. [PMID: 32757836]

  25. Wilson EC, Turner C, Arayasirikul S, Lightfoot M, Scheer S, Raymond HF, and Liu A. Disparities in the PrEP continuum for trans women compared to MSM in San Francisco, California: results from population-based cross-sectional behavioral surveillance studies. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020, 23(S3):e25539. [PMID: 32602642]

  26. Arayasirikul S, Turner C, Trujillo D, Le V, Wilson EC. Efficacy and Impact of Digital HIV Care Navigation in Young People Living With HIV in San Francisco, California: Prospective Study. [PMID: 32383680]

  27. Piercy K, Bevington F, Vaux-Bjerke A, Hilfiker S, Arayasirikul S, Barnett E. Understanding contemplators’ knowledge and awareness of the Physical Activity Guidelines. J Phys Act Health. 2020 Feb 21:1-8. [PMID: 32087601]

  28. Trujillo D, Turner C, Le V, Wilson EC, Arayasirikul S. Digital HIV Care Navigation for Young People Living With HIV in San Francisco, California: Feasibility and Acceptability Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Jan 10;8(1):e16838. [PMID: 31922489]

  29. Arayasirikul S, Trujillo D, Turner CM, Le V, Wilson EC. Implementing a Digital HIV Care Navigation Intervention (Health eNav): Protocol for a Feasibility Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Nov 8;8(11):e16406. [PMID: 31702561]

  30. Wilson EC, Turner C, Arayasirikul S, Woods T, Tryon J, Franza K, Lin R. HIV care engagement among trans women of color in San Francisco Bay Area demonstration projects: Findings from the Brandy Martell Project and TransAccess. AIDS Behav. 2019 Oct 16. [PMID: 31620900]

  31. McFarland W, Lin J, Santos GM, Arayasirikul S, Raymond HF, Wilson EC. Low PrEP awareness and use among people who inject drugs, San Francisco, 2018. McFarland W, Lin J, Santos GM, Arayasirikul S, Raymond HF, Wilson E. AIDS Behav. 2019 Sep 28. [PMID: 31563984]

  32. Horvath KJ, Todd K, Arayasirikul S, Cotta N, & Stephenson R. Underutilization of pre-exposure prophylaxis services among transgender and nonbinary youth: findings from Project Moxie and TechStep, Transgender Health 2019; 4:1, 217–221. [PMID: 31592151]

  33. Medich M, Swendeman DT, Comulada WS, Kao UH, Myers JJ, Brooks RA; Special Projects of National Significance Social Media Initiative Study Group. Promising Approaches for Engaging Youth and Young Adults Living with HIV in HIV Primary Care Using Social Media and Mobile Technology Interventions: Protocol for the SPNS Social Media Initiative. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Sep 9;8(8):e15660. [PMID: 31502543]

  34. Turner C, Arayasirikul S, Trujillo D, Le V, Wilson EC. Social inequity and structural barriers to completion of ecological momentary assessments for young MSM and trans women living with HIV in San Francisco. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 May 8;7(5):e13241. [PMID: 31066714]

  35. Turner C, Ahern J, Santos GM, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Parent/Caregiver Responses to Gender Identity Associated with HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior among Young Trans Women in San Francisco. J Adolesc Health. 2019 Jul 11. pii: S1054-139X(19)30253-8. [PMID: 31303553]

  36. Prescott M, Santos GM, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Partnership-Level Correlates of Sexual Risk Taking within the Sexual Partnerships of Young Transwomen in San Francisco, CA. Sex Transm Infect. 2019 Jan 25.  [PMID: 30683755]

  37. Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Spilling the T on Trans-misogyny and Microaggressions: An Intersectional Oppression and Social Process Among Trans Women. J Homosex. 2018 Nov 26:1-24. [PMID: 30475682]

  38. Wilson EC, Turner C, Arayasirikul S, Woods T, Nguyen T, Lin R, Franza K, Tryon J, Nemoto T, Iwamoto M. Housing and income effects on HIV-related health outcomes in the San Francisco Bay Area - findings from the SPNS Transwomen of Color Initiative. AIDS Care. 2018 Nov;30(11):1356-1359. [PMID: 29920118]

  39. Klemmer C, Arayasirikul S, Raymond HF. Transphobia-Based Violence, Depression, and Anxiety in Transgender Women: The Role of Body Satisfaction. J Interpers Violence. 2018 Mar 1:886260518760015. [PMID: 29528801]

  40. Arayasirikul S, Pomart A, Raymond HF, Wilson EC. Unevenness in Health at the Intersection of Gender and Sexuality: Sexual minority disparities in alcohol use and substance use among young transwomen in the San Francisco Bay Area. J Homosex. 2017 Mar 23:1-14. [PMID: 28332945]

  41. Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC, Fisher HR. Examining the effects of transphobic discrimination and race on HIV risk among transwomen in San Francisco. AIDS Behav. 2017 Feb 20. [PMID: 28220311]

  42. Rebchook G, Keatley J, Contreras R, Perloff J, Molano LF, Reback CJ, Ducheny K, Nemoto T, Lin R, Birnbaum J, Woods T, Xavier J; SPNS Transgender Women of Color Study Group. The Transgender Women of Color Initiative: Implementing and Evaluating Innovative Interventions to Enhance Engagement and Retention in HIV Care. Am J Public Health. 2017 Feb;107(2):224-229. [PMID: 28075641]

  43. Turner CM, Santos GM, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Psychosocial predictors of engagement in sexual risk behavior among trans*female youth ages 16-24 in San Francisco. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Mar 1;74(3):258-264.[PMID: 27861237]

  44. Le V, Arayasirikul S, Chen YH, Jin H, Wilson EC. Types of social support and parental acceptance among transfemale youth and their impact on mental health, sexual debut, history of sex work and condomless anal intercourse. J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 Jul 17;19(3 Suppl 2):20781. [PMID: 27431467]

  45. Wilson EC, Chen YH, Arayasirikul S, Raymond HF, McFarland W. The impact of discrimination on the mental health of trans*female youth and the protective effect of parental support. AIDS Behav. 2016 Oct;20(10):2203-11. [PMID: 27115401]

  46. Wilson EC, Chen YH, Pomart WA, Arayasirikul S. Awareness, interest and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis candidacy among young transwomen. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2016 Apr;30(4):147-50. [PMID: 26982698]

  47. Arayasirikul S, Chen YH, Jin H, Wilson EC. A Web 2.0 and Epidemiology Mash-Up: Using respondent-driven sampling in combination with social network site recruitment to reach young transwomen. AIDS Behav. 2016 Jun;20(6):1265-74. [PMID: 26499337]

  48. Arayasirikul S, Cai X, Wilson EC. A qualitative examination of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) peer referral challenges among young transwomen in the San Francisco Bay Area. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2015; 1(2):e9. [PMID: 27227143]

  49. DeHaan G, Santos M, Arayasirikul S, Fisher HR. Non-prescribed hormone use and barriers to care for transgender women in San Francisco. LGBT Health. 2015 Dec 1;2(4):313-323. [PMID: 26788772]

  50. Wilson EC, Chen YH, Arayasirikul S, Fisher M, Pomart WA, Le V, Raymond HF, McFarland W. Differential HIV risk for racial/ethnic minority trans*female youths and socioeconomic disparities in housing, residential stability, and education. Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr 23:e1-e7. [PMID: 25905826]

  51. Wilson EC, Chen YH, Arayasirikul S, Wenzel C, Fisher HR. Connecting the dots: Examining transgender women's utilization of transition-related medical care and the relationship to mental health, substance use and HIV. J Urban Health. 2015 Feb;92(1):182-92. [PMID: 25476958]

  52. Wilson EC, Arayasirikul S, Johnson K. Access to HIV care and support services for African American Transwomen living with HIV. International Journal of Transgenderism. 2014 Apr; 14(4):182-195. [PMID: 24817835]

  53. Wong FY, He N, Huang ZJ, Young D, O’Conor C, Ding YY, Fu C, Arayasirikul S. Migration and illicit drug use among two types of male migrants in Shanghai, China. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2010 Mar; 42(1):1-9. [PMID: 20464801]

Other Publications and Reports

  1. Harris LM, Baur C, Donaldson M, Lefebvre C, Dugan E, Arayasirikul S (2011). Health Communication and Health Information Technology: Priority Issues, Policy Implications and Research Opportunities for Healthy People 2020. A chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Health Communication (2nd Edition).

  2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2010). The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy. Washington, DC: Author. Served as a Contributing Editor in the writing and development of this National Action Plan.

  3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2010). Health literacy online: A guide to writing and designing easy-to-use health Web sites. Washington, DC: Author. Served as a Lead Editor in the writing and development of this publication.

  4. Meyer A-C, Arayasirikul S, Candelario J, Bao D, Takahashi LM, Wong FY (2008). HIV Co-infection among Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in the United States. White paper presented at Research on API's, HIV, and Health Disparities (RAPIHHD) National Summit in Los Angeles, CA.

Honors and Awards

2023 – Present    Associate Director, Center for Gender and Health Justice, University of California Global Health Initiative

2023 – 2025        Secretary, The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration

2021 – 2024 Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders

2021                      Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group, Implementation Research and Practice

2021                      Reviewer and Advisory Group Member, Report: Health and Socioeconomic Well-being of Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women in the US, UCLA Williams Institute

2020                     Fellow, Inter-CFAR Implementation Science Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University

2018                      Diversity Scholar, Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions

2018 – 2021          Awardee, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program

2017                     Scholarship, Epidemiology and Population Health Summer Institute at Columbia University (EPIC), New York City, NY

2016                      Diversity/Early Career Travel Award, National Institute of Drug Abuse, Pennsylvania State University (PSU), University Park, PA

2016                      Trainee, Summer Institute on Innovative Methods: Ecological Momentary Assessment, PSU, University Park, PA

2015                      Training Fellowship, Summer Institute in LGBT Population Health, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA

2015                      Graduate Division Travel Award, University of California San Francisco

2015                      Scholar, LGBTQ Scholars of Color Conference, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), City University of New York

2014                      Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awardee, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco

2014 – 2016          National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Pre-doctoral Fellow, Alcohol Research Group, UC Berkeley

2011 – 2012           American Sociological Association Minority Fellow

2010 – 2012         Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

2010 – 2016         Graduate Dean’s Health Sciences Fellowship, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

2010                     Mentee, National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Researchers and Scholars Workgroup

2010                     Trainee, Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research (MTPCCR), University of California, Los Angeles

2009                    Trainee, 10X10 Public Health Informatics Training Program, American Medical Informatics Association & CDC, University of Illinois at Chicago.

2003                    Youth of the Year, Los Angeles County HIV/AIDS Prevention Planning Committee

AMICUS BRIEFS

  1. City and County of San Francisco, et al. v Alex Azar, II, United States Department of Health and Human Services, No. 20-15398(L) (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2020) (co-signer to Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars of the LGBT Population in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees and Affirmance)

  2. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., et al. v. Alex Azar, II, United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., No. 19-4254(L) (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2020) (co-signer to Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars of the LGBT Population in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees and Affirmance)

  3. R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Aimee Stephens, No. 18-107 (U.S. Supreme Court, 2019) (co-signer to Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars who study the Transgender population in Support of Respondent Aimee Stephens)

  4. Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 17-1618 (U.S. Supreme Court, 2019) (co-signer to Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars who study the LGB population in Support of the Employees)

  5. Altitude Express, Inc. and Ray Maynard v. Melissa Zarda and William Moore, Jr., Co-Independent Executors of the Estate of Donald Zarda, No. 17-1623 (U.S. Supreme Court, 2019) (co-signer to Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars who study the LGB population in Support of the Employees)

Selected Conference Presentations

  1. Sharp PC, McNeal AJ,  Zajkowski T, Fasan ON, Schuler E, Xu A, Saxena V, Arayasirikul S, McFarland W, Taylor KD, Suprasert B, Marr AJ, Wilson EC. Relationship Stigma, Relationship Acceptance, and Substance Use associations among partners of trans women in San Francisco. Poster Presentation at the 13th Annual International Conference on Stigma; Howard University, Washington, D.C.; 2022.

  2. Schuler E, Sharp PC, Fasan ON, McNeal AJ, Zajkowski T, Saxena V, Xu A , Suprasert B, Arayasirikul S, Marr AJ, Taylor KD, McFarland M, Wilson EC. Relationship Stigma Negatively Impacts Trans Women’s Relationship Quality. Poster Presentation at the 13th Annual International Conference on Stigma; Howard University, Washington, D.C.; 2022.

  3. Fasan ON, McNeal AJ, Sharp PC, Schuler E, Zajkowski T, Xu A, Saxena V, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC, McFarland W, Marr AJ, Suprasert B, Taylor KD. Sexual Risk Behavior and STI Testing at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation. Poster Presentation at the 13th Annual International Conference on Stigma; Howard University, Washington, D.C.; 2022.

  4. Tate M, Baguso G, Turner CM, Taylor KD, Trujillo D, Quintana J, Sicro S, McNaughton K, Arayasirikul S, McFarland W, Wilson EC. Impact of COVID on PrEP use and HIV/STI testing: a community-based survey of MSM, San Francisco. Poster presentation at the International AIDS Conference, 2022.

  5. Chiu I, Leathers M, Cano D, Turner CM, Trujillo D, Sicro S, Arayasirikul S, Taylor KD, Wilson EC, McFarland W. 90-90-90 targets for engagement in HIV care have been met for trans women in San Francisco, yet challenges remain. Poster presentation at the International AIDS Conference, 2022.

  6. Cano D, Leathers M, Chiu I, Turner CM, Trujillo D, Sicro S, Taylor KD, Arayasirikul S, McFarland W, Wilson EC. The effects of HIV-related structural discrimination on mental health outcomes for trans women, San Francisco. Poster presentation at the International AIDS Conference, 2022.

  7. Leathers M, Chiu I, Cano D, Turner CM, Trujillo D, Sicro S, McFarland W, Wilson EC, Arayasirikul S, Taylor KD. Trans women, HIV and the carceral system: a profile of trans women in San Francisco. Poster presentation at the International AIDS Conference, 2022.

  8. Turner CM, Nance N, Smith AR, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. The Effect of Targeted State Policies on Mental Health Distress among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in the United States. Poster presentation at the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences 2022 Annual Meeting, Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health; 2022.

  9. Arayasirikul S, Turner C, Trujillo D, Le V, Wilson EC. Health eNavigation: Digital HIV Care Navigation to Promote Viral Suppression and Decrease Stigma for Young People Living with HIV in San Francisco. Poster presentation at the 15th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence; 2020.

  10. Turner CM, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Perpetuating inequity: disparities in HIV-related risk among trans women sex workers and effects of a targeted, anti-sex-trafficking policy. Poster presentation at the 23rd International AIDS Conference; 2020.

  11. Dhakal M, Banik S, Xie H, Sharma S, Lama R, Rai A, Chhetri S, Lin J, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Data from first disaggregated study shows high HIV prevalence among trans women in Nepal. Poster presentation at the 23rd International AIDS Conference; 2020.

  12. Dhakal M, Banik S, Xie H, Sharma S, Lama R, Rai A, Chhetri S, Lin J, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Gender minority policy and institutionalized stigma against trans women in Nepal. Poster presentation at the 23rd International AIDS Conference; 2020.

  13. Dhakal M, Banik S, Xie H, Sharma S, Lama R, Rai A, Chhetri S, Lin J, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Social transition, support and participation among trans women in Nepal – Implications for HIV risk and care outcomes. Poster presentation at the 23rd International AIDS Conference; 2020.

  14. Sanz-Rodriguez C, Vinson J, Palafox E, Halfin J, Ayankoya J, Liu A, Wilson EC, Rapues J, Pardo S, Arayasirikul S. Expanding the Reach of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Trans and Non-Binary Communities in the San Francisco Bay Area: Development and Evaluation of the STAY Study PrEP Campaign. Poster presentation at the 23rd International AIDS Conference; 2020.

  15. Liu A, Gagliano J, Turner C, Xie H, Vittinghoff V, Sanz-Rodriguez C, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Food Insecurity Highly Prevalent and Associated with Early PrEP Non-adherence among Trans and Non-binary People in the San Francisco Bay Area: The STAY Study. Poster presentation at the 23rd International AIDS Conference; 2020.

  16. Prado Generoso I, Fasciolo Maschião L, Borges Moreira da Rocha A, Wilson EC, Arayasirikul S, Santa Roza Saggese G, Veras MA. Transgender people access to education in São Paulo, Brazil: vulnerabilities and exclusion. Poster presentation at AIDS Impact; 2019.

  17. Arayasirikul S, Trujillo D, Turner C, Le V, Wilson EC. Digital HIV care navigation: A high-touch, low-tech intervention increases retention in HIV care and viral suppression for young people living with HIV in San Francisco. Poster presentation at the 147th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2019.

  18. Lee J, Arayasirikul S. Challenging the Status Quo: New Forms of Leadership and Health Equity in the House and Ballroom Community. Poster presentation at the 147th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2019.

  19. Lee J, Arayasirikul S.  House Lives Matter – A Homegrown Intravention in the House and Ball Community. Poster presentation at the 147th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2019.  

  20. Arayasirikul S, Turner C, Trujillo D, Le V, Wilson EC. Efficacy of a digital HIV care navigation intervention to increase retention in HIV care, ART and viral suppression for young people living with HIV in San Francisco. Poster presentation at the 14th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence; 2019.

  21. Turner C, Arayasirikul S, Trujillo D, Le V, Wilson EC. Structural barriers to participation in ecological momentary assessments for young MSM and trans women living with HIV in San Francisco. Oral presentation at the National HIV Prevention Conference; 2019.

  22. Arayasirikul S, Trujillo D, Turner C, Le V, Wilson EC. Using Technology to Disrupt HIV Infection and Improve HIV Care Continuum: Implementation of a Novel Model of Digital HIV Care Navigation in San Francisco. Oral presentation at the National HIV Prevention Conference; 2019.

  23. Frolov L, Wallace A, Arayasirikul S, Yu H, Hermanstyne K. Intersectionality 2.0: How the film “Moonlight” can teach us about inclusion and therapeutic alliance in minority LGBTQ populations. Oral presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; 2019.

  24. Liu A, Coleman K, VIttinghoff C, Turner C, Vinson J, Walker N, Quiñonez C, Gardner EM, Raymond HF, Buchbinder SP, Lightfoot M, Scheer S, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Assessing the PrEP Continuum in the San Francisco Bay Area: The Quickie Mobile Survey. Poster presentation at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI); 2019.

  25. Arayasirikul S, Kisler KA, Plax K, Trujillo D, Mata R, Ramirez M, Glotfelty J, Fletcher JB, Turner C, Wilson EC, Reback CJ. A Tale of Three Cities: Leveraging Text Messaging to Engage Young People Living with HIV in St. Louis, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Oral presentation at the 2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment; 2018.

  26. Thompson M, Arayasirikul S, Kratz J, Smith JM, Avery A, Aladin B, Smith C. Implementation challenges encountered using peers and technology in the SPNS Social Media Initiatives. Oral presentation at the 2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment; 2018.

  27. Liu A, Turner C, Arayasirikul S, Coleman K, Gardner E, Lightfoot M, McFarland W, Scheer S, Raymond HF, Wilson EC. Substantial Gaps in the PrEP Continuum among Transwomen Compared with MSM in San Francisco. Oral presentation at the HIV Research for Prevention Conference; 2018.

  28. Arayasirikul S, Trujillo D, Wilson EC. Health System Transformation and Redesign with Digital Technology: Developing a Digital HIV Care Navigation System for Youth and Young Adults Living with HIV in San Francisco. Poster presentation at the 13th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence; 2018.

  29. Klemmer C, Arayasirikul S, Raymond HF. Gender Identity-Based Violence, Depression, and Anxiety in Transgender Women: The Role of Psychological Self-Appraisal. Oral presentation at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research; 2018.

  30. Pradoa I, Maschiãoa L, Moreira da Rochaa A, Wilson EC, Arayasirikul S, Santa Roza Saggesea G, Verasa MA. Transgender people access to education in São Paulo, Brazil: vulnerabilities and exclusion. Oral presentation at the AIDS Impact 13th International Conference; 2017.

  31. Woods T, Washington T, Arayasirikul S, Wilson E. Legal issues as a barrier to HIV care among transwomen of color living with HIV. Poster presentation at the 12th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence; 2017.

  32. Wilson EC, Turner C, Arayasirikul S. Trans identity development and HIV risk - findings from a large study of young transwomen. Poster presentation at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science; 2017.

  33. Trujillo D, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Health eNav: Developing a System of Digital HIV Care Navigation in San Francisco. Oral presentation at Youth + Tech + Health Live; 2017.

  34. Klemmer C, Raymond HF, Arayasirikul S. Gender identity-based violence and depression in transgender women: The role of psychological self-appraisal. Oral presentation at the National LGBTQ Health Conference; 2017.

  35. Turner C, Santos GM, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Psychological and social determinants of engagement in sexual risk behavior among trans*female youth ages 16-24 years in San Francisco. Oral presentation at the 144rd APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2016.

  36. Woods T, Halfin J, Washington W, Arayasirikul S, Wilson E. Challenges to engagement and retention of transwomen of color in HIV care: Baseline findings from the Brandy Martell Project. Poster presentation at the 11th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence; 2016.

  37. Arayasirikul S, Le V, Fisher M, Pomart A, Wilson EC. A Web 2.0 and Epidemiology Mash-Up: Successes and challenges in implementation of respondent-driven sampling in combination with social network site recruitment to reach young transgender women. Oral presentation at the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2015.

  38. Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. What is “Community?” Examining social antecedents of community connectedness and its relationship to resilience among young transwomen. Poster presentation at the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2015.

  39. Arayasirikul S, Chen YH, Wilson EC, Raymond HF, McFarland W. Gender and racial discrimination significantly increases risk for mental health problems among trans*female youth. Poster presentation at the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2015.

  40. Wilson EC, Arayasirikul S. Low PrEP awareness among trans*female youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. Oral presentation at the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2015.

  41. Le V, Arayasirikul S, Wilson EC. Strengthening Families: Parental acceptance and types of social support amongst trans*female youth. Oral presentation at the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2015.

  42. Wilson E, Woods T, Nolasco P, Washington T, Arayasirikul S. Going the Distance: the Brandy Martell Project to engage Black/African American and Latina transwomen in HIV care. Poster presentation at IAPAC, the 10th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence; 2015.

  43. AugsJoost B, Arayasirikul S, Lin R, Wilson E, Franza K. Engaging HIV-positive Transgender Women of Color in the Bay Area. Oral presentation at the 14th Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference; 2015.

  44. Arayasirikul S, Wilson E. The Intersection of Gender and Sexuality: Differences in mental health, alcohol use, and substance use among young sexual minority transgender women. Oral presentation at the 38th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Scientific Meeting; 2015.

  45. Arayasirikul S, Jin H, Vi L, Fisher M, Pomart A, Wilson E. Transgressing Social Media Networks: Innovating Novel Methods to Engage and Recruit Transfemale Youth in Research. Oral presentation at the National Transgender Health Summit; 2015.

  46. Arayasirikul S, Jin H, Raymond HF. Two sides of one coin: Examining passing privilege vis a vis transgender oppression. Oral presentation at the 142nd APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2014.

  47. Jin H, Arayasirikul S, Santos GM, Ick T, Raymond HF. Evaluating the utilization of HIV testing by populations disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in high risk San Francisco neighborhoods. Poster presentation at the 142nd APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2014.

  48. Arayasirikul S, Le V, Wilson E. SHINE like Us! Enhancing Epidemiologic Sampling Methods with Social Media. Oral presentation at the Youth, Tech and Health Conference; 2014.

  49. Kennedy C, Arayasirikul S, Bender M, Martinez S, Reeves K. A Picture Instead of Words – Can a Visual MHealth App Promote Healthy Lifestyles in Low Health Literacy Populations? Poster presentation at the Medicine 2.0 World Congress on Social Media, Mobile Apps, Internet/Web 2.0; 2013.

  50. Cabangun B, Tan J, and Arayasirikul S. Examining HIV stigma and HIV testing behaviors of Asian & Pacific Islander young men who have sex with men: Data from nightclub venue based HIV testing in San Francisco, CA. Poster presentation at the 141st APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2013.

  51. Arayasirikul S. Seeing through the Veil of Gender in Transition: Health Status Trajectories among Transfemales in San Francisco. Oral presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting; 2013.

  52. Wilson E and Arayasirikul S. Overview of Behavioral Surveillance Sampling Methods for Migrant Populations. Workshop at the 8th Summer Institute on Migration and Global Health; 2013.

  53. Arayasirikul S, Bender M, Martinez S, Reeves K, Kennedy C. Picture This: Visual messaging to bridge low health literacy in Hispanics. Poster presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting; 2013.

  54. Arayasirikul S. Project U-CAN: A grounded theory study to understand HIV in context of young adult networks. Oral paper presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting; 2012.

  55. Arayasirikul S and Cabangun B. Disrupting discourse and pushing the paradigm: Reframing HIV risk behavior among Asian & Pacific Islander men who have sex with men (API MSM). Poster presentation at the 140th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2012.

  56. Arayasirikul S and Cabangun B. Exploring Social Context in Framing HIV Risk: Do HIV risk profiles of API MSM differ in and out of the clinical encounter? Poster presentation at The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research Conference entitled, “Overcoming Health Disparities in the Bay Area using HIV/AIDS as a Model;” 2012.

  57. Arayasirikul S. Risk discourse and the social construction of low-risk Asian & Pacific Islander men who have sex with men. Oral paper presentation at the Association of Asian American Studies Annual Conference; 2012.