Dirk A. Davis
Dirk A. Davis
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health
Dr. Dirk A. Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Implementation Science at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI). He is a behavioral scientist and mixed methodologist whose research focuses on reducing HIV, mental health, and violence disparities through community-engaged behavioral interventions.
Dr. Davis completed his MPH and PhD in Health Behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health. Before starting his current position, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of California Global Health Institute (D43TW009343) and in the Duke Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS (T32AI007392).
He has worked in Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean in collaboration with various governmental, academic, and community-based organizations since 2010, including nearly five years where he lived and worked in Guatemala with the US Peace Corps.
Publications
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Cunningham HE, Davis DA, Burns CM, Link K, LeGrand S, Kelley C, et al. Preexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV Acquisition: Perceptions among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals in North Carolina. South Med J. 2025 Jul;118(7):357–64.Rhodes SD, Villafuerte-Sandoval HA, Aguilar-Palma SK, Mann-Jackson L, Alonzo J, Peña Flores VH, et al. Reducing HIV Disparities Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other MSM and Transgender Women in Guatemala: A Blueprint for Action. AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education. 2025 Jul;37(3):187–96.Davis DA, Orellana ER, Estrada-Villalta S, Brouwer KC. "<i>Doblemente tachada"</i>: Exploring Intersectional Stigma and Other Social and Structural Determinants of Health for Indigenous Gay and Bisexual Men in Guatemala. Journal of homosexuality. 2025 Jan;72(14):2852–72.Barrington C, Davis DA, Angeles G, Pajarito Rompich AY, Santa Luce R, Shelus V, et al. HIV Treatment and Mental Health Outcomes Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV in a Pilot Multicomponent Intervention in Guatemala City. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education. 2023 Dec;50(6):758–69.
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