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Chenglin Hong
Chenglin Hong, PhD
University of Connecticut, School of Social Work - Assistant Professor
Email: chenglin.hong@uconn.edu
Education
PhD, Social Welfare, UCLA
MSW/MPH, University of Washington
Research Interests
Intimate partner violence, HIV/STI prevention and care, sexual and gender minority health, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use, syndemics, eHealth, mHealth, and technology-based interventions, implementation science, global health and mental health
BIO
Chenglin Hong is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Connecticut. His research is dedicated to addressing health disparities among sexual and gender minorities and the LGBTQ+ communities. Trained as a social worker and community-based participatory researcher, he focuses on developing and testing interventions to improve sexual health and mental health outcomes for gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority men (SMM), with a strong emphasis on HIV prevention and intimate partner violence (IPV) both in the U.S. and globally. His work bridges the fields of social work, public health, psychology, data science, and implementation science, aiming to create interventions that challenge violence, mental health, substance use, stigma, HIV, and other syndemic conditions within SMM communities. He is particularly interested in understanding the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of eHealth and other technology-based interventions to promote IPV help-seeking and HIV/STI prevention services through implementation science, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) among SMM. His research spans multiple regions in Global Health settings, including the U.S., China, Kenya, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Projects
Principal Investigator, Leveraging Implementation Science for Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention Among Young Sexual and Gender Diverse Individuals Who Use Substances. Active
Principal Investigator, Utilizing Machine Learning and Technology-Based Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention among Diverse Young Sexual Minority Men. Completed
Publications

Recent

Paudel K, Gautam K, Pagoto S, Xu R, Wickersham JA, Altice FL, Bhusal S, Sujan MSH, Copenhaver M, Hong C, Shrestha R (2026).
Suicidal ideation, mental health services, and barriers to care among syringe services program clients who use opioids
PLoS One, 21 (7), e0354745. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0354745. PMCID: PMC13423042.

Hong C, Brooks CK, Luxmikanthan S, Mahajan A, Shrestha R, Wickersham JA, Storholm ED, Watson RJ, Eaton LA (2026).
Intimate partner violence among LGBTQ+ populations in Southeast Asia: A scoping review
Trauma Violence and Abuse [Epub 2026 Jul 29]. doi: 10.1177/15248380261467498.

Lunchenkov N, Hong C, Wu ESC, Beltran R, Tanaka LF, Steinert JI, Holloway I (2026).
The investigation of factors associated with substance use and sexual behavior among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Los Angeles
Journal of Drug Issues, 56 (3), 537-551. doi: 10.1177/00220426251324424.

Jauregui JC, Hong C, Garner A, Howell S, Holloway IW (2026).
Sexual behavior, app use, and venue comfort during COVID-19: A global study of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
Journal of Sex Research, 63 (5), 649-655. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2025.2585071. PMCID: PMC12707221.

Kim D, Beltran RM, Sevillano L, Cordero L, Hong C, Garner A, Howell S, Holloway IW (2026).
Freedom of movement, social support and psychological wellbeing: Resilience against COVID-19 related loneliness among sexual minority men living in high versus low LGBT acceptance countries
Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Services, 38 (2), 419-442. doi: 10.1080/29933021.2026.2680113.

Dr. Hong's Google Scholar Profile
Selected Press