Trace Kershaw, PhD
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Department Chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)DownloadHi-Res Photo
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Yale School of Public Health
Room 415, 60 College Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8034
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About
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Department Chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Biography
Trace Kershaw, PhD, focuses on the social and structural determinants of health (e.g., sexual health, substance use, mental health, reproductive health) among adolescents and emerging adults. His current focus is using innovative technologic methods to understand how social (e.g., how ones friends, partners, and family) and geographic context (e.g., how the places one goes and lives) influences their behaviors and health. Further, he is an expert in developing interventions aimed to improve the health and well being of adolescents and emerging adults.
He is the Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Director of two HIV Training Grants (Yale AIDS Prevention Training, Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars), and Director of the the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA). He has twice won Mentor of the Year. He also serves on expert panels for the NIH and CDC and on several journal editorial boards.
Appointments
Social and Behavioral Sciences
ChairDualSocial and Behavioral Sciences
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
- ENRICH
- Global Health Studies
- Office of Global Health Education
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
- WHRY Pilot Project Program Investigators
- Women's Health Research at Yale
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative
- YSPH Global Health Concentration
Education & Training
- PhD
- Wayne State University (2000)
Research
Overview
Understanding Cell Phone Networks Using Cell Phones: This project uses Mobile Spy (www.mobile-spy.com) software to document all cell phone calls, text messages, and GPS coordinates that members of social networks make to each other to better understand how communication and information flow within networks influences health.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Epidemiology; Global Health; HIV; India; Maternal-Fetal Relations; Public Health; Risk Reduction Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases
ORCID
0000-0002-3300-1355- View Lab Website
Empower Neighborhoods and Relationships to Improve Community Health
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Trace Kershaw's published research.
Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Trace Kershaw's research output by year.
Research Interests
Research topics Trace Kershaw is interested in exploring.
Bryce Puesta Takenaka, MPH, CPH
E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS, BS
Jessica Lewis, PhD, LMFT
Donte Boyd
Jeannette Ickovics, PhD
Sangchoon Jeon, PhD
22Publications
355Citations
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Publications
2024
Chronic Illness Perceptions and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Behaviors in Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Men with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Ramos S, Kang B, Jeon S, Fraser M, Kershaw T, Boutjdir M. Chronic Illness Perceptions and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Behaviors in Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Men with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Nursing Reports 2024, 14: 1922-1936. PMID: 39189273, PMCID: PMC11348044, DOI: 10.3390/nursrep14030143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIllness Perception Questionnaire-RevisedLatinx sexual minority menE-cigarette useSexual minority menChronic illnessPhysical activityIllness perceptionsE-cigarettesMinority menBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemInternational Physical Activity QuestionnaireCardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular disease risk behavioursImpact CVD risk factorsRisk Factor Surveillance SystemBehavioral risksRisk behaviorsPhysical Activity QuestionnaireAssessed physical activityModifiable behavioral risksMental health disparitiesMental health conditionsCVD risk factorsAssociated with fatigueCross-sectional analysisAntitrans Policy Environment and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Transgender and Nonbinary Adults
Restar A, Layland E, Hughes L, Dusic E, Lucas R, Bambilla A, Martin A, Shook A, Karrington B, Schwarz D, Shimkin G, Grandberry V, Xanadu X, Streed C, Operario D, Gamarel K, Kershaw T. Antitrans Policy Environment and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Transgender and Nonbinary Adults. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2431306. PMID: 39172447, PMCID: PMC11342136, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.31306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric“It’s another gay disease”: an intersectional qualitative approach contextualizing the lived experiences of young gay, bisexual, and other sexual minoritized men in the United States during the mpox outbreak
Takenaka B, Kirklewski S, Griffith F, Gibbs J, Lauckner C, Nicholson E, Tengatenga C, Hansen N, Kershaw T. “It’s another gay disease”: an intersectional qualitative approach contextualizing the lived experiences of young gay, bisexual, and other sexual minoritized men in the United States during the mpox outbreak. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 1574. PMID: 38862933, PMCID: PMC11167942, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19062-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMpox outbreakSemi-structured qualitative interviewsUnited StatesHomophobic discoursesIntersectional frameworkAnti-LGBTQMainstream social mediaNon-governmentGay diseaseQualitative interviewsHealth equityLived experienceMistrustQualitative approachNews outletsLGTBQGovernmentDiscourseMenPublic health emergencyStigmatizationSouth regionHealthHealth emergencyInterviews“The burden is upon your shoulders to feed and take care of your children, not religion or culture”: qualitative evaluation of participatory community dialogues to promote family planning’s holistic benefits and reshape community norms on family success in rural Uganda
Sileo K, Muhumuza C, Tuhebwe D, Muñoz S, Wanyenze R, Kershaw T, Sekamatte S, Lule H, Kiene S. “The burden is upon your shoulders to feed and take care of your children, not religion or culture”: qualitative evaluation of participatory community dialogues to promote family planning’s holistic benefits and reshape community norms on family success in rural Uganda. Contraception And Reproductive Medicine 2024, 9: 28. PMID: 38835058, PMCID: PMC11149320, DOI: 10.1186/s40834-024-00290-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity dialogue approachFamily planning acceptanceGender equityFamily planningReproductive decision-makingCommunity normsGender inequalityRural UgandaQuasi-experimental controlled trialRelationship healthFamily wealthCommunity dialogueUptake of contraceptive methodsIntervention arm participantsCommunity-based interventionsGender-equitable attitudesWeeks post-interventionHousehold decision-makingPost-intervention dataFamily planning communicationPlanning acceptanceLarger family sizeEffective intervention approachesArm participantsEquitable attitudes“Recovery is about change, so you have to change everything”: Exploring the evolution of recovery capital among women in substance use disorder treatment
Jadovich E, Viera A, Edelman E, Muilenburg J, Kershaw T. “Recovery is about change, so you have to change everything”: Exploring the evolution of recovery capital among women in substance use disorder treatment. SSM - Qualitative Research In Health 2024, 5: 100422. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100422.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disorder treatmentRecovery capitalSecondary qualitative analysis of dataDisorder treatmentNon-clinical interventionsCommunity capitalSubstance use disordersSecondary qualitative analysisSubstance use disorder recoveryIndirect effects of treatmentExperiences of womenEffects of treatmentSubstance use researchRecovery capital frameworkAddiction researchQualitative analysis of dataStudy time pointsThematic analysisClinical pathwayParticipants' experiencesTreatment programsDisorder recoveryWomen's experiencesCapital frameworkCapital developmentUtilizing social determinants of health to identify most vulnerable neighborhoods–Latent class analysis and GIS map
Jiang Y, Backus K, Camardo M, Morin J, Velazco O, Kershaw T. Utilizing social determinants of health to identify most vulnerable neighborhoods–Latent class analysis and GIS map. Preventive Medicine 2024, 184: 107997. PMID: 38729527, DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsSocial determinants of healthTeen birth ratesLatent class analysisDeterminants of healthSocial determinantsBirth rateClass analysisCensus tractsVulnerable neighborhoodsU.S. American Community SurveyTeen pregnancyRenter-occupied housingAmerican Community SurveyLower socioeconomic characteristicsAt-risk neighborhoodsCensus tract levelMultiple social determinantsPublic health practitionersPublic health strategiesLatent class analysis resultsPoisson regression modelsGEE Poisson regression modelsLower povertyLatent classesTeen pregnancy ratesCombined Motivational Interviewing and Ecological Momentary Intervention to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minority Cisgender Men and Transgender Individuals: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Lauckner C, Takenaka B, Sesenu F, Brown J, Kirklewski S, Nicholson E, Haney K, Adatorwovor R, Boyd D, Fallin-Bennett K, Restar A, Kershaw T. Combined Motivational Interviewing and Ecological Momentary Intervention to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minority Cisgender Men and Transgender Individuals: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2024, 13: e55166. PMID: 38578673, PMCID: PMC11031694, DOI: 10.2196/55166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricFactors Associated with Family Functioning During Pregnancy by Adolescent and Young Adult Women
Zhong J, Lanier Y, Lyndon A, Kershaw T. Factors Associated with Family Functioning During Pregnancy by Adolescent and Young Adult Women. Women's Health Reports 2024, 5: 324-333. PMID: 38596480, PMCID: PMC11002326, DOI: 10.1089/whr.2023.0083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily functioningContinuity of maternity careEstimate adjusted odds ratiosModels of careYoung mothersFactors associated with familyHealth care providersFamily function groupAdjusted odds ratiosPerceived social supportHigher family functioningMultivariate logistic regression modelIndividual-level factorsLogistic regression modelsAttend religious servicesFamily-level factorsYoung adult mothersCare experiencesCare providersScore of family functionMaternity careChild healthSocial supportSecondary analysisOdds ratioPerspectives regarding cannabis use: Results from a qualitative study of individuals engaged in substance use treatment in Georgia and Connecticut
Warnock C, Ondrusek A, Edelman E, Kershaw T, Muilenburg J. Perspectives regarding cannabis use: Results from a qualitative study of individuals engaged in substance use treatment in Georgia and Connecticut. Drug And Alcohol Dependence Reports 2024, 11: 100228. PMID: 38585142, PMCID: PMC10997993, DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsSubstance use disordersCannabis useQualitative study of individualsSubstance use disorder treatment outcomesTreatment-related consequencesSemi-structured interviewsSubstance use treatmentSubstance use initiationStudy of individualsImprove healthPrescription medicationsQualitative studyHealth challengesMedicine beliefsPerceived cannabisTreatment cliniciansPeer perceptionsEntering treatmentAt-riskCannabisSocial servicesStudy objectiveYoung adulthoodInterviewsHealthA Mixed-Methods Analysis of Coercive Control and COVID-19 Stress Among Black Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Willie T, Sharpless L, Katague M, Kershaw T. A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Coercive Control and COVID-19 Stress Among Black Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Public Health Reports 2024, 333549241238895. PMID: 38519862, DOI: 10.1177/00333549241238895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntimate partner violenceCoercive controlPartner violenceBlack womenWomen's experiencesExperiences of coercive controlPast-year intimate partner violenceBlack women's engagementBlack women's experiencesInterpretative phenomenological analysisWomen's engagementMixed-methods analysisSemi-structured interviewsRelational contextViolencePublic health effortsPhenomenological analysisCOVID-19-related stressSocioeconomic consequencesCOVID-19Sociodemographic characteristicsHealth effortsWomenCOVID-19 pandemicTraumatic stress
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
Using Smart Phones to Understand the Link Between Social and Geographical Context and HIV Risk Behavior Among MSM (GPS and Health)
HIC ID2000021580RolePrincipal InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date08/31/2022Recruiting ParticipantsGenderMaleAge18 years - 34 years
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
activity HIV Prevention Among Sex Workers and Their Clients in India and Structural Interventions
ResearchDetails01/01/2011 - PresentIndiaAbstract/SynopsisSupport CARE and other Avahan partners in implementing structural interventions for HIV prevention among sex workers and their clients.
honor Award for Excellence on Mentoring
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- November 30, 2023
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- February 20, 2023Source: Yale Daily News
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