Ali Talan, DrPH

The impact of latest legislations on transgender health across the country - First They Came for Us All: Responding to Anti-Transgender Structural Violence With Collective, Community-Engaged, and Intersectional Health Equity Research and Advocacy #lgbtq journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

🫶🏾 Super excited about all the good that will come from the @WHO’s viral suppression policy brief! It’s a game changer for three key points: 1️⃣ The WHO recommends the use of “zero” risk to describe sexual transmission risk when undetectable & taking treatment as prescribed. This is the first time such a globally influential health entity has recommended that health care professionals use Zero risk. This global credibility of WHO and universal clarity of zero will help us break down the persistent hesitancy to inform people confidently and clearly about U=U. 🗣️We launched the #SayZero campaign at #IAS2023 to raise awareness among the IAS community & online & call for action. There are also 2 other groundbreaking implications from this brief: 2️⃣ Clarification of “almost zero” & “negligible” risk for folks with suppressed but detectable viral load 200 to 1,000 copied/mL for whom clear guidance was previously unavailable. “Negligible” means the risk is “so low it’s not worth taking into consideration.”(<200 has already been universally accepted as untransmittable) . 3️⃣ Huge potential for scaling up viral load. Any viral load test (including the more scalable dried blood spots) can be used to confirm all three WHO categories of viral load. Countries have more options to make viral load tests more accessible! When this brief is implemented, millions more people with HIV will have confidence they can love, have sex & make babies without fear! 💕 and will accelerate toward the end of the epidemic! There’s a LOT of exciting and complex work ahead in all 3 areas. Learn more on Tuesday night! 👇🏾

it's #FBF! check out this 2020 @AmJEpi article from @ProfRendina, @AliJTalan, @dawestmo, et al. on how to integrate digital technologies into large-scale epidemiologic research ⬇️ @societyforepi #epimethods doi.org/10.1093/aje/kw…

📣🚨 Read our new paper on suicide risk among sexual minority men and share your comments! #suicideprevention Available for free download in Psychological Medicine! bit.ly/3r0lrnp @JosephCarterNYC @AliJTalan @DrMarieSizemore @StephnTRussell @ProfRendina @ColumbiaMSPH

Professional update: Honored to be named founding Director of the Gill-Lebovic Center for Community Health in the Caribbean and Latin America at @GWpublichealth. Looking forward to sustaining and building new collaborations and mentorship opportunities. bit.ly/3P3ITuk

Great work done by ⁦@AliJTalan⁩ ⁦@ProfRendina⁩ ⁦@DoctorPatel9⁩ on Capturing Daily Experiences of Intersectional Stigma Among Young Sexual Minority Men in HIV Prevention Research ⁦@AMJPublicHealth⁩ @NIMHgov⁩ ⁦@NIH_OAR⁩ ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…

This #CABTuesday, read Jillian Scheer's (@SyracuseUpsych) new paper on childhood sexual abuse and suicidality among #SexualMinority men, finding PTSD symptoms, social support, and loneliness as important factors in understanding these experiences. doi.org/10.1016/j.chia…

@dissssgrace @cleovannaa @TrosleyNFT @JungleFreaksNFT 🔥🔥🔥🔥

We won't survive the climate crisis without ending white supremacy. You can’t have climate change without sacrifice zones, and you can’t have sacrifice zones without disposable people, and you can't have disposable people without racism.🔥#FridayMotivation bit.ly/3xP1FNB

@ProfRendina @whitmanwalker @GWpublichealth 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thrilled to announce that I've joined the @whitmanwalker family as Senior Director of Research at Whitman-Walker Institute and so lucky that @AliJTalan was willing to join me for the ride to continue our work! In Aug, I will also join @GWpublichealth as Assoc. Research Professor!

In our June issue: For Black men, living in a state w/high anti- #LGBTQ policies strengthened associations b/t structural #racism & perceived burdensomeness/heavy drinking. bit.ly/3fSzJ5j @devinsenglish @DMalebranche @AliJTalan @ProfRendina @AIMSlab @PRIDEresearch

TODAY! Join CHLP Executive Director Catherine Hanssens for a Yale Law School panel on #HIV Criminalization, the #ADA, and Strategies for Change at 12:10 ET. Join: buff.ly/32b9MG3

@sannishadale @NIMHgov @researchshine @NIH_OAR Congrats!!!!

Just received an R01 from @NIMHgov to build on my R56 on Project MMAGIC among Black Women Living with HIV ❤️ So much gratitude for our women and all they give to this work, my @researchshine team, family, day 1s, academic mother, mentors, and collaborators. #purpose @NIH_OAR

@DrOniBee @uche_blackstock As a fellow twin, have the loveliest of birthdays @DrOniBee @uche_blackstock 💜💜

@carlosex Congrats!

We decided, that no matter what, this week we will only welcome good news. And today, we bought a house. #homeowners #VOTE