Sara LeGrand
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
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Sara LeGrand
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
Dr. Sara LeGrand is an Associate Research Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute and the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research with a doctoral degree in health services research. She is also co-director of the Duke Sexual and Gender Minority Health Program.
Dr. LeGrand has conducted health disparities research for over a decade. She has extensive experience conducting social and behavioral research with findings published in peer-reviewed journals. She currently serves as principal investigator or investigator for numerous federal grants that fund research on her two primary areas of interest:
Identifying and addressing disparities in the health and wellbeing of sexual and gender diverse populations. This research focuses on understanding determinants of health that negatively and positively contribute to mental, physical, and social health outcomes; health behaviors; and access to health care across the life course in different locations around the world. The goal of this work is to identify culturally relevant strategies at the individual, interpersonal, community, and structural/policy levels that improve the health and wellbeing of sexual and gender minorities and ultimately reduce global disparities.
Designing and testing interventions to address disparities in HIV prevention and care among minoritized individuals, particularly those with intersecting marginalized identities. A key area of focus is the development of novel, theory-based digital health interventions using a person-centered design approach for sexual and gender diverse adolescents and young adults, many of whom are further minoritized by their race and/or ethnicity.
Courses
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GLHLTH 101
Fundamentals of Global Health
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GLHLTH 101D
Fundamentals of Global Health
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GLHLTH 185FS
Global Health & Human Rights of Sexual and Gender Diverse People
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GLHLTH 364
Research Seminar in Sexual and Gender Minority Health
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GLHLTH 410S
Research Seminar in Sexual and Gender Minority Health
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GLHLTH 763S
Research Seminar in Sexual and Gender Minority Health
Projects
- Immigration Laws and Health
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Prepared, Protected, emPowered (P3): A PrEP Adherence App for Young Men who have Sex with Men
United States
- Test Rehearsal: Improving the HIV Testing Experience for Young Men who have Sex with Men
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mHealth in China
China
- Addressing Stigma Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in a Mobile Phone and Internet Intervention
- Addressing Stigma Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in a Mobile Phone and Internet Intervention
- Technology-based interventions to reduce HIV treatment disparities
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Epic Allies: A Gaming Mobile Phone Application to Improve Engagement in Care, Antiretroviral Uptake and Adherence among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
United States
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ASK4Care
United States
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Carolina Drug and Alcohol Resources (CADRE)
United States
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Health Mpowerment.org: An Online and Mobile HIV Intervention for Young Black MSM
United States
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Youth Education and Prevention Network
United States
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Let's Talk HIV Prevention Initiative
United States
Publications
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Malta M, da Silva AB, da Silva CMF, LeGrand S, Seixas M, Benevides B, et al. Addressing discrimination and violence against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) persons from Brazil: a mobile health intervention. BMC public health. 2023 Oct;23(1):2069.Choi SK, Boynton MH, Ennett S, Muessig K, Bauermeister J, LeGrand S, et al. Sexual Empowerment Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. Journal of sex research. 2021 May;58(5):560–72.Malta M, Gomes de Jesus J, LeGrand S, Seixas M, Benevides B, Silva MDD, et al. 'Our life is pointless … ': Exploring discrimination, violence and mental health challenges among sexual and gender minorities from Brazil. Global public health. 2020 Oct;15(10):1463–78.Hightow-Weidman L, Muessig K, Egger JR, LeGrand S, Platt A. Predictors of Condomless Anal Intercourse in Young HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men With Detectable Viral Loads. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 2020 Jun;66(6):672–83.
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