Ryan Assaf, PhD, MPH

Postdoctoral Scholar

Phone: 628-206-8655

Email: ryan.assaf@ucsf.edu

Overview

Ryan Assaf, PhD, MPH, received his PhD in Epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health where he also received his MPH and earned his BS at the University of California, Irvine. Ryan’s research examines HIV/STIs, substance use, LGBTQ health, and social care in the Pediatric Emergency Department, focusing on behavioral and social epidemiology. He previously worked at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, where he assessed missed cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea given testing practices, evaluated HIV/STI epidemiology among individuals with intersex variation, and assessed tobacco/e-cigarette use among sexual and gender minority adolescents in California. He is excited to expand his research on housing and homelessness and how policy, environmental, and community factors affect such outcomes.

PhD, 06/2022 - Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles

MPH, 03/2019 - Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles

BS, 12/2016 - Public Health Science, University of California, Irvine

Postdoctoral research fellowship, - , University of California, San Francisco

Puff, Puff, Don't Pass: harm reduction for cannabis use during a viral respiratory pandemic. (Harm reduction journal)

Pediatric emergency department organization and social care practices among U.S. fellowship programs. (AEM education and training)

Evolving Primary Care Utilization of Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People at a Community Sexual Health Clinic. (Transgender health)

Changes in secondary substance use after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use cannabis: Findings from a web-based sample of adults in the United States. (Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology)

Social care practices and perspectives among U.S. pediatric emergency medicine fellowship programs. (AEM education and training)

High proportions of rectal and pharyngeal chlamydia and gonorrhoea cases among cisgender men are missed using current CDC screening recommendations. (Sexually transmitted infections)

Changes in medical and non-medical cannabis use among United States adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. (The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse)

Selective Changes in Medical Cannabis Use Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Web-Based Sample of Adults in the United States. (Cannabis and cannabinoid research)

Are men who have sex with men at higher risk for HIV in Latin America more aware of PrEP? (PloS one)

Evidence supporting the standardisation of extragenital gonorrhoea and chlamydia screenings for women. (Sexually transmitted infections)

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