Dirk A. Davis
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health
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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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Davis DA, Muessig KE, Matthews DD, Angeles G, McNaughton-Reyes L, Guzmán K, et al. 'She showed me a new path, a way forward': exploring how navigation influences mental health among Guatemalan gay and bisexual men living with HIV. Health promotion international. 2023 Aug;38(4):daab188.Davis DA, Duarte G, Villatoro D, Letona P, Barrington C, Wheeler J. Interpersonal violence victimisation, HIV-related behaviours and STIs among adult, urban Indigenous and non-Indigenous gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Guatemala. Culture, health & sexuality. 2022 Nov;24(11):1531–47.Beltrán LF, Davis DA, Barrington C, Castro M, Pérez D. 'I did not get this disease on the street; it was brought home as a gift': Gender, violence and HIV vulnerability among Cuban women. Culture, health & sexuality. 2022 Aug;24(8):1107–21.Davis DA, Orellana ER, Estrada-Villalta S, Brouwer KC. COVID-19, violence, and mental health among Indigenous gay and bisexual men in Guatemala: An urgent call from key stakeholders. Global public health. 2022 May;17(5):652–61.
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