Examining the Impact of Pandemic Eviction Prevention Policies on Racial Inequalities in Mortality
09/21/2022 - 06/30/2026 (Subcontract PI)
Yale University NIH NINR
1R01NR020748-01

Minor Consent Laws and HIV Prevention Among Adolescents in the United States
12/25/2019 - 10/31/2025 (Key Person)
PI: Kimberly M. Nelson, PhD, MPH
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH119892-05

A Structural Approach to improving HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Implementation Among High Risk Men
07/11/2018 - 06/30/2023 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5K01MH116817-04

Expanding and making more accessible the prevention and social safety-net policies tracked in the COVID-19 US State Policy Database
08/15/2020 - 10/31/2022 (Multi-PI)
PI: Julia Raifman, ScD, MSc
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation


Predicting the Impact of cost on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and racial/ethnic disparities among men who have sex with men
12/05/2018 - 11/30/2021 (Subcontract PI)
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIMH
5R21MH118019-02

CFAR Developmental: A Novel Approach to Evaluating HIV PrEP Implementation among People who Inject Drugs and MSM in Massachusetts using an All Payer Claims Database
03/20/2019 - 09/19/2020 (Subcontract PI)
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIAID
2P30AI042853-20A1

Evaluating HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Implementation Using an All Payers Claims Database
09/01/2017 - 03/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIMH
5R21MH113431-02

1. Dawit R, Predmore Z, Raifman J, Chan PA, Dean LT. Perceived Versus Actual Costs of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2024 Oct; 38(10):468-476. PMID: 39293419
2. Goutos D, Cesare N, Vu C, Lim K, Green T, Rodriguez K, Raifman J. Race and Ethnicity of Reproductive-Age Females Affected by US State Abortion Bans. JAMA. 2024 May 28; 331(20):1765-1767.View Related Profiles.

   Raifman, Julia
   Cesare, Nina
   

   PMID: 38691367; PMCID: PMC11063914; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.6023;
3. Beccia AL, Zubizarreta D, Austin SB, Raifman JR, Chavarro JE, Charlton BM. Trajectories of Mental Distress Among US Women by Sexual Orientation and Racialized Group During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Public Health. 2024 May; 114(5):511-522. PMID: 38598758; PMCID: PMC11008304; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307601;
4. Bayly H, Stoddard M, Van Egeren D, Murray EJ, Raifman J, Chakravarty A, White LF. Looking under the lamp-post: quantifying the performance of contact tracing in the United States during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. BMC Public Health. 2024 Feb 23; 24(1):595.View Related Profiles.

   Murray, Eleanor
   Raifman, Julia
   White, Laura
   

   PMID: 38395830; PMCID: PMC10893709; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18012-z;
5. McCann NC, Dean LT, Bovell-Ammon A, Ettinger de Cuba S, Green T, Shafer PR, Raifman J. Association between Child Tax Credit advance payments and food insufficiency in households experiencing economic shocks. Health Aff Sch. 2024 Feb; 2(2):qxae011.View Related Profiles.

   Raifman, Julia
   Shafer, Paul
   Ettinger De Cuba, Stephanie
   

   PMID: 38756550; PMCID: PMC10986194; DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxae011;
6. Raifman J, Cheng DM, Skinner A, Hatzenbuehler ML, Mayer KH, Stein MD. State same-sex marriage policies and pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation among men who have sex with men in the United States. J Int AIDS Soc. 2023 Nov; 26(11):e26180.View Related Profiles.

   Cheng, Debbie
   Raifman, Julia
   Stein, Michael
   

   PMID: 37997001; PMCID: PMC10667585; DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26180;
7. Shafer PR, Lim K, Goutos D, Huberfeld N, Benitez JA, Hsu KS, Raifman JR. Making pandemic era Medicaid continuous coverage automatic in future crises. Health Serv Res. 2023 Dec; 58(6):1157-1160.View Related Profiles.

   Raifman, Julia
   Huberfeld, Nicole
   Shafer, Paul
   

   PMID: 37706551; PMCID: PMC10622290; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14225;
8. Patel TA, Jain B, Raifman J. Revamping Public Health Systems: Lessons Learned From the Tripledemic. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Jan; 66(1):185-188. PMID: 37598983
9. Dawit R, Predmore Z, Raifman J, Chan PA, Skinner A, Napoleon S, Zanowick-Marr A, Le Brazidec D, Almonte A, Dean LT. Identifying HIV PrEP Attributes to Increase PrEP Use Among Different Groups of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Latent Class Analysis of a Discrete Choice Experiment. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jan; 28(1):125-134. PMID: 37474623; PMCID: PMC11328593; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-023-04131-y;
10. Ettinger de Cuba S, Miller DP, Raifman J, Cutts DB, Bovell-Ammon A, Frank DA, Jones DK. Reduced health care utilization among young children of immigrants after Donald Trump's election and proposed public charge rule. Health Aff Sch. 2023 Aug; 1(2):qxad023.View Related Profiles.

    Frank, Deborah
    Raifman, Julia
    Ettinger De Cuba, Stephanie
    

    PMID: 38756243; PMCID: PMC10986243; DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxad023;

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For Older Americans, the Pandemic Is Not Over

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Biden is pressured to end mask mandates on public transportation

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A Very Simple Way to Get America Boosted

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Advance child tax credits reduced US food insufficiency by 26 percent

Unvaccinated workers more likely to miss work due to COVID

Health centers are improving COVID-19 vaccine equity among people of color

FQHCs have played a key role in enabling COVID-19 vaccine equity among people of color

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Fauci says U.S. officials may soon add testing component to new 5-day isolation period

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Biden’s pandemic plan overlooks mask mandates and vulnerable populations

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Delta surge threatens working parents, labor market

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Transgender rights are constitutional rights

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