Kiyomi Tsuyuki PhD, MPH

Dr. Kiyomi Tsuyuki, PhD, MPH is a health behavior investigator who applies a social justice framework to understand the socio-structural determinants of health (i.e., race and ethnicity, sexual and gender identity, stigma and discrimination) and syndemic co-morbidities (i.e., substance use, mental health, violence, and HIV/STI prevention and care). Dr. Tsuyuki has over 20 years of experience applying community-based participatory research (CBPR), qualitative research methods, and complex statistical analyses (i.e., structural equation modeling, latent class modeling) to evaluate health programs. For the past 5 years, Dr. Tsuyuki has applied implementation science frameworks to culturally adapt evidence-based interventions (i.e., mHealth, peer navigation, integrated care) to equitably reach under-served communities in the U.S. and in Brazil.

Dr. Tsuyuki was the recipient of a US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Career Development Award, which funds SALUD: Syndemic Alcohol Use Disorders, Violence and HIV/STI among Young Latino Men study. SALUD frames social stress and health disparities among Latino men across their life course within the context of discrimination, masculine ideologies, Latino heterogeneity, and sexual minority stigma. Dr. Tsuyuki’s research has also been supported by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the World Bank/Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), and the HIV Prevention Trials Network.