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Jessica Jaiswal
Jessica Jaiswal, PhD
University of Alabama, Birmingham - Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Yale University, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS - Visiting Scholar
Education
PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
MPH, Behavioral Science and Health Education, Emory University
BA, Women’s Studies, Native American Studies and Latin American Studies, University of Michigan
Research Interests
HIV care continuum, Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Medical mistrust, Medication beliefs, Stigma, Qualitative and mixed methods
BIO
Jessica Jaiswal’s two main research areas focus on HIV-related inequalities along the HIV prevention and HIV care continua, and around treatment for opioid use disorder. Her current work on HIV prevention efforts in methadone clinic settings is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This qualitative pilot study examines the acceptability and feasibility of offering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in methadone clinic settings. PrEP is a daily pill that HIV negative people can take that is extremely effective in preventing HIV acquisition from sexual and drug using partners. Although approved by the FDA in 2012, PrEP uptake is low among the communities most in need of HIV prevention. The purpose of this study is to understand methadone clinic staff and patients’ HIV and PrEP-related attitudes, perceptions and beliefs.

Dr. Jaiswal serves as a senior associate editor for the Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health Journal and as an associate editor for Behavioral Medicine. Her research has been published in AIDS and Behavior, Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, Culture, Health and Sexuality, Behavioral Medicine, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, and the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.

Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Alabama, Dr. Jaiswal completed postdoctoral training at New York University in the College of Global Public Health as a Provost Fellow, and was a Research Fellow in the Behavioral Science Training Program in Substance Use, a T32 funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Projects
Principal Investigator, HIV Prevention in Methadone Treatment Settings: A Qualitative Study of PrEP Utilization Among Patients and Providers. Completed
Principal Investigator, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Medical Mistrust, Prep-Related Stigma, and Medication Beliefs Among a Diverse Sample of Young Adult Men. Completed
Publications

Recent

Xu MA, Griffin M, Jaiswal J (2024).
Engaging adults in sexual health messages: Examining the posts of pornographic performers’ social media
Sexuality Research and Social Policy. doi: 10.1007/s13178-024-00992-7.

Aldosari M, Alnashri Y, Jaiswal J, Chandel T, Kay ES (2024).
Opioid misuse among people with HIV: Results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2015-2019
Pain Management, 14 (2), 29-39. doi: 10.2217/pmt-2023-0079.

Burton WM, Ezemenaka C, Jaiswal J, Guyotte KW, Sanders AM (2024).
Coping among Black college women: A transformative study of gendered racism
Research in Nursing and Health, 47 (1), 27-38. doi: 10.1002/nur.22352.

Mumba MN, Nancarrow AF, Jaiswal JL, Hocchaus E, Campbell MH, Davis LL (2024).
Moderation effects of substance use on physical and mental well-being in adults
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 30 (1), 37-43. doi: 10.1177/10783903211052089.

Griffin M, Jaiswal J, Olsson T, Gui JS, Stults CB, Halkitis PN (2023).
Depression severity among a sample of LGBTQ+ individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic
Societies, 13 (11), 244. doi: 10.3390/soc13110244.

Dr. Jaiswal's Google Scholar Profile