About
We are a multigenerational team of diverse persons with the goal of creating a better, more inclusive health experience for adolescents and young adults living with HIV.
Principal Investigator: Ann-Margaret Dunn Navarra, PhD, CPNP-PC, FAAN, is an Associate Professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and the Principal Investigator of the ACCESS II study. She has more than 30 years of experience helping young people living with HIV, leading to the design and implementation of the ACCESS II study. |
Co-Investigator: Lloyd Goldsamt, PhD is a Senior Research Scientist at NYU Rory Meyers and a licensed clinical psychologist. His expertise includes HIV and substance use prevention among high-risk youth and stigmatized populations, and program evaluation. He provides guidance for intervention content on substance use and stigma, and evaluation of ACCESS II. |
Co-Investigator: Alison Vorderstrasse, DNSc, RN, FAAN is the Dean of the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her role is to provide expertise on the implementation and evaluation of the web-based adherence education control condition. |
Co-Investigator: Michael Rosenberg, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an infectious disease specialist at Jacobi Hospital with 30 years of experience in the medical management of HIV+AYA. He is the site investigator at Jacobi Hospital and serves as a collaborator and HIV medical content expert for the ACCESS II Project. |
Biostatistician: Jason Fletcher, PhD is a senior biostatistician at NYU Rory Meyers with over 15 years of experience in public and community health research. His role is to provide methodologic guidance for quantitative data analysis and randomization procedures. |
Project Manager: Claire Loughran, MPH is the Project Manager for the ACCESS II study at NYU Rory Meyers. She is trained in public health research, with a concentration in Population and Family Health. She oversees all components of the ACCESS II research project. |
Assistant Research Scientist: Eva Liang is an Assistant Research Scientist at NYU Rory Meyers. She has been a part of the research team since the inception of the ACCESS research project. Eva provides research and administrative support for the day to day operations of the ACCESS II research team. |
Assistant Research Scientist: Brandon Paulk is a Peer Health Coach at NYU Rory Meyers. He has been an advocate for people living with HIV for the duration of his life. He previously served as a Peer health Coach at several non-profit organizations. He leads conversations with study participants for the ACCESS II study. |
Assistant Research Scientist: Damian Ruff is a Peer Health Coach at NYU Rory Meyers. He has been working with people living with HIV for over 10 years and has over 6 years of experience working in education. He leads conversations with study participants for the ACCESS II study. |
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: David Ray Garcia, PhD, FNP-BC, NP-C is an Assistant Professor and the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at NYU Rory Meyers. His interdisciplinary research focuses on the syndemic relationships between substance use, violence, mental health, and HIV risk behaviors among adolescent gay and bisexual men, and the protective factors that mitigate HIV risk. He will provide recruitment support for the ACCESS II study. |
