Affiliated Investigators

Drew A. Westmoreland

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Medicine & College of Public health and Health Professions, University of Florida

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PhD, Epidemiology
University of California, Los Angeles

MSPH, Epidemiology
University of South Carolina, Columbia

BS, Public Health Sciences
Clemson University

Dr. Westmoreland is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Florida. Broadly, her research interests are in behavioral and sexually transmitted infections (STI) epidemiology.  Much of Dr. Westmoreland’s research has focused on sexual behavior associated with HIV/STI risk and prevention including the role that social and structural contexts play in influencing sexual behavior. Her current research has more specifically focused on the intersection of alcohol/substance use and sexual health behavior.

Projects
Neon Lights 2020 – Present
Impact of Food Insecurity on HIV Prevention 2020 – Present
Communities, Households and SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology (CHASING) COVID 2020 – Present
Together 5,000 (T5k): Following a U.S. National Cohort of Vulnerable Men to Improve HIV Prevention and Care 2017 – Present
The Educators of America COVID Cohort (TEACCH) Study 2020 – 2022
Publications
Correlates of using antibiotics to prevent sexually transmitted infections among cisgender sexual minority men and transgender women.
March 2025 | Sex Transm Dis.
Concept Analysis of Psychosocial Distress Among African American and Latine Men Who Have Sex With Men: Implications for HIV Care.
October 2024 | Journal of Advanced Nursing
Correction: PrEP Uptake and Methamphetamine Use Patterns in a 4-Year U.S. National Prospective Cohort Study of Sexual and Gender Minority People, 2017-2022.
May 2024 | AIDS and Behavior
Perceptions about doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) as an STI-prevention strategy among gay and bisexual men (GBM) in the United States: Results from a qualitative study.
April 2024 | Preventive Medicine
Psychosocial Distress Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Scoping Review.
April 2024 | Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
PrEP Uptake and Methamphetamine Use Patterns in a 4-Year U.S. National Prospective Cohort Study of Sexual and Gender Minority People, 2017-2022.
March 2024 | AIDS and Behavior
PrEP Discontinuation In A US National Cohort Of Sexual And Gender Minority Populations, 2017-22.
March 2024 | Health Affairs
Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Among Cisgender Gay and Bisexual Men During the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Time Series Analysis of a US National Cohort Study.
January 2024 | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Food Insecurity During the First Year of COVID-19: Employment and Sociodemographic Factors Among Participants in the CHASING COVID Cohort Study.
May 2023 | Public Health Reports
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Incidence and Risk Factors in a National, Community-Based Prospective Cohort of US Adults
February 2023 | Clinical Infectious Disease
Psychosocial Stressors and Maternal Mental Health in the U.S. During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.
January 2023 | Maternal and Child Health Journal
Drug use typology, demographic covariates, and associations with condomless anal sex: A latent class analysis among a U.S. national cohort of men who have sex with men.
December 2022 | International Journal of Drug Policy
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Exposure, Disease Susceptibility, and Clinical Outcomes during COVID-19 Pandemic in National Cohort of Adults, United States
October 2022 | Emerging Infectious Disease
Household factors and the risk of severe COVID-like illness early in the U.S. pandemic.
July 2022 | PLoS One
Determinants and trends of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and vaccine uptake in a national cohort of U.S. adults: A longitudinal study.
January 2022 | American Journal of Epidemiology
Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 testing preferences in a national cohort in the United States: Latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment.
December 2021 | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Intention to Vaccinate Children Against COVID-19 Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated US Parents.
December 2021 | JAMA Pediatrics
Getting Clear About Rectal Douching Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.
September 2021 | Archives of Sexual Behavior
Cohort profile: a national, community-based prospective cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic outcomes in the USA-the CHASING COVID Cohort study.
September 2021 | BMJ Open
Mental Health Among Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Adults Leading Up to and Following the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: Results from a Natural Experiment.
August 2021 | LGBT Health
Why Are Patients Switching from Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate/Emtricitabine (Truvada) to Tenofovir Alafenamide/Emtricitabine (Descovy) for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis?.
August 2021 | AIDS Patient Care and STDs
Examining inequities in rates of undiagnosed HIV and rectal STIs in a large nationwide cohort study of sexual minority men.
June 2021 | Sexually Transmitted Infections
How Has HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Changed Sex? A Review of Research in a New Era of Bio-behavioral HIV Prevention.
June 2021 | Journal of Sex Research
Breaking Inertia: Movement Along the PrEP Cascade in a Longitudinal US National Cohort of Sexual Minority Individuals at Risk for HIV.
April 2021 | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
PrEP Uptake and Discontinuation Among a U.S. National Sample of Transgender Men and Women.
April 2021 | AIDS and Behavior
Spread and sources of information and misinformation about COVID-19 early during the pandemic in a U.S. national cohort study [Preprint].
March 2021 | medRxiv
SARS-CoV-2 Testing Service Preferences of Adults in the United States: Discrete Choice Experiment.
December 2020 | JMIR Public Health Surveill
Individual and Partnership Factors Associated with Heterosexual Anal Intercourse Among Attendees of Public Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics in Los Angeles County.
November 2020 | Archives of Sexual Behavior
Higher and Higher? Drug and Alcohol Use and Misuse among HIV-Vulnerable Men, Trans Men, and Trans Women Who Have Sex with Men in the United States.
November 2020 | Substance Use & Misuse
The relationship between anxiety, health, and potential stressors among adults in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic [Preprint].
November 2020 | MedRxiv
Individual and Partner Characteristics Associated With Intentions to Use PrEP Among Partnered Men, Trans Men, and Trans Women in Sero-Concordant and -Discordant Relationships in the United States.
October 2020 | AIDS Education and Prevention
Awareness and Acceptability of Undetectable = Untransmittable Among a U.S. National Sample of HIV-Negative Sexual and Gender Minorities.
September 2020 | AIDS and Behavior
Factors Associated with Being PrEP-Naïve Among a U.S. National Cohort of Former-PrEP and PrEP-Naïve Participants Meeting Objective Criteria for PrEP Care.
August 2020 | Archives of Sexual Behavior
Marketing of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) Lawsuits and Social Media Misinformation Campaigns’ Impact on PrEP Uptake Among Gender and Sexual Minority Individuals.
July 2020 | AIDS and Behavior
The crisis we are not talking about: One-in-three annual HIV seroconversions among sexual and gender minorities were persistent methamphetamine users.
July 2020 | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Prior HIV Testing Behaviour Is Associated With HIV Testing Results Among Men, Trans Women and Trans Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States.
May 2020 | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Are we on the precipice of a new epidemic? Risk for hepatitis C among HIV-negative men-, trans women-, and trans men- who have sex with men in the United States.
March 2020 | AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Maximizing Response Rates to Ads for Free At-Home HIV Testing on a Men-for-Men Geosocial Sexual Networking App: Lessons Learned and Implications for Researchers and Providers.
January 2020 | Health Education & Behavior
Seeing Is Believing? Unique Capabilities of Internet-Only Studies as a Tool for Implementation Research on HIV Prevention for Men Who Have Sex With Men. A Review of Studies and Methodological Considerations.
December 2019 | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Demographic, Behavioral, and Geographic Differences Between Men, Transmen, and Transwomen Currently on PrEP, Former PrEP Users, and Those Having Never Used PrEP.
November 2019 | AIDS and Behavior
A Web-Based Study of HIV Prevention in the Era of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Vulnerable HIV-Negative Gay and Bisexual Men, Transmen, and Transwomen Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for an Observational Cohort Study.
September 2019 | JMIR Research Protocols
Recruiting vulnerable populations to participate in HIV prevention research: Findings from the Together 5000 cohort study.
July 2019 | Annals of Epidemiology
Factors Associated With Pharyngeal Gonorrhea in Young People: Implications for Prevention.
September 2018 | Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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