CUNY School of Public Health Student Receives Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Fellowship for HIV Prevention Smartphone App Research

The study will evaluate knowledge and connection to clinical services via GPS abilities of the smartphone. The project will expand researchers’ limited knowledge about how best to educate and intervene among Latina and Black women ages 18-25 to prevent HIV and other STIs and address its sequalae (such as late diagnosis, access to care, and the risk of poor health outcomes among those who contract HIV/STI), which has been shown to be worse youth of color. Mrs. González is grateful to the mentorship she has received from Drs. Denis Nash, Christina Zarcadoolas and Jessie Daniels.