Ian W. Holloway, PhD, MPH, LCSW

Ian W. Holloway, PhD, LCSW, MPH, is a tenured professor and director of research at the UCLA School of Nursing and UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Dr. Holloway’s applied behavioral health research examines the contextual factors that contribute to health disparities among sexual and gender minority populations. He is an expert in social network analysis and is particularly interested in how social media and new technologies can be harnessed for health promotion and disease prevention. Dr. Holloway has been a principal investigator on research studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Department of Defense, and the California HIV/AIDS Research Program. He currently directs the Southern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center, which brings the most relevant and timely evidence to bear on California’s efforts to develop and maintain efficient, cost-effective, and accessible programs and services to people living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS.

Education

2007 – 2012 | PhD, University of Southern California School of Social Work, Los Angeles
2004 – 2007 | MPH, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, New York 
2004 – 2007 | MSW, School of Social Work Columbia University, New York 
1997 – 2001 | BA, Revelle College University of California, San Diego

Publications

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Hong, C., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Pushpanadh, S., Stephenson, R., Keum, B. T., Goldbach, J. T., Graham, S. M., & Holloway, I. W. (2024). The Associations Between Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Outcomes Among Sexual Minority Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380241275976

Holloway IW, Wu E, Boka C, Young N, Hong C*, Fuentes K, Kärkkäinen K, Beikzadeh M, Avendaño A, Jauregui J, Zhang A, Sevillano L, Fyfe C, Brisbin C, Beltran R, Cordero L, Parsons J, Sarrafzadeh M. Novel Machine Learning HIV Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Young People Who Have Sex With Men (uTECH): Protocol for a Randomized Comparison Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2024;13:e58448

Jauregui JC*, Hong C, Assaf RD, Cunningham NJ, Krueger EA, Flynn R, Holloway IW. Examining Factors Associated with Cannabis Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority and Cisgender Heterosexual Emerging Adults in California. LGBT Health. 2024;11(5):382-391.

Wang L, Hong C*, Chen L, John SA, Simoni JM, Wong FY, Velloza J, Holloway IW. Engagement Along the PrEP Care Continuum Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jun 27. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04420-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38935219

Beltran RM, Hunter LA, Packel LG, De Martini L, Holloway IW, Dong BJ, Lam J, McCoy SI, Ochoa AM. A mixed methods evaluation of pharmacists’ readiness to provide long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in California. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. ():10.1097/QAI.0000000000003470, June 21, 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003470

Cascalheira, C. J.*, Hong, C*, Beltran, R. J., Karkkainen, K., Beygzade, M., Sarrafzadeh, M., & Holloway, I. W. (2023). Analysis of smartphone text data related to monkeypox from a sample of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. LGBT Health. http://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2022.0307 

Hong, C.*, Hoskin, J., Berteau, L. K., Schamel, J. T., Wu, E. S. C., King, A. R., Randall, L. A., Holloway, I. W., & Frew, P. M. (2023). Violence Victimization, Homelessness, and Severe Mental Illness Among People Who Use Opioids in Three U.S. Cities. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(19-20), 11165-11185. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231179720 

Hong, C.*, Flinn, R. E., Ochoa, A. M., John, S. A., Garth, G., & Holloway, I. W. (2023). Internalized homophobia and social well-being among Black sexual minority men living with HIV: The mediating role of LGBT community connectedness and racial, gender, and sexual identity integration. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000679 

Pravosud V, Ballard AM, Holloway IW, Young AM. Latent Class Analysis of Online Platforms for Partner-Seeking and Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men from Central Kentucky [published online ahead of print, 2023 Oct 12]. AIDS Behav. 2023;10.1007/s10461-023-04210-0. doi:10.1007/s10461-023-04210-0 Holloway, Curriculum Vitae 20 

Cascalheira CJ*, Pugh TH, Hong C, Birkett M, Macapagal K, Holloway IW. Developing technology-based interventions for infectious diseases: ethical considerations for young sexual and gender minority people. Frontiers in Reproductive Health. 2023;5