2025

This policy brief presents findings from a mixed-methods study examining Los Angeles County pharmacy consumers’ perspectives on pharmacist-prescribed PrEP and PEP. Consumers reported high trust in pharmacists and strong willingness to use pharmacy-based HIV prevention services, but noted structural barriers such as long wait times, limited privacy, inconsistent continuity of care, and uncertainty around insurance […]

Results from a Doxy-PEP pilot program at a Federally Qualified Health Center demonstrated a significant reduction in STIs.

Burnout prevention and the real needs around burnout are out of sync. We conducted 12 interviews with HIV clinic and CBO leaders and present key takeaways and recommendations support the HIV workforce.

This publication documents the impact of the pandemic on mental and physical health, access to healthcare, and resource security among Black and Latino sexual minority men. Findings highlight the pandemic’s impact on participants’ mental and physical health, access to healthcare, and resource security. This suggests a more nuanced and culturally tailored public health response approach, expanding telemedicine to increase access to healthcare, and other governmental policy changes to increase access to affordable housing and food, regardless of immigration status.

In this policy brief, we describe the impact of PBMs on community pharmacies, state and federal legislation to address PBM practices, and California pharmacists’ experience with current PBM drug reimbursement practices.

An infographic explaining what substance use modeling is and how it can inform policy in a simple, digestible way.

Una infografía que explica qué es el modelado del uso de sustancias y cómo puede informar las políticas de una manera sencilla y digerible.

El contenido de esta infografía se basa en los resultados de la investigación del Estudio Nuestras Vidas Importan (dirigido por el Dr. Orlando Harris) y en datos recopilados por el Centro Comunitario LGBTQ+ de Oakland.

The content of this infographic is sourced from research findings from the Our Lives Matter Study (led by Dr. Orlando Harris) and data collected by the Oakland LGBTQ+ Community Center.

Doxycycline Post-exposure Prophylaxis better known as Doxy-PEP is a recently introduced sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention option. Extending access to Doxy-PEP to more individuals within communities for whom it is recommended merits consideration.