Title/Position: Research Assistant Professor
Profile:Credentials
Shonali M. Choudhury, PhD, MMH
School of Nursing & Health Studies
M. Christine Schwartz Center for Nursing Education
Room 408
Telephone: (305) 284-8363
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Education
BA, Multidisciplinary Studies, Bard College , 2001
MMH, Medical Humanities, Drew University, 2003
PhD, Public Health/Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009
Primary Teaching Areas
Health Disparities
Qualitative Research Methods
Research and Academic Interests
HIV prevention/risk reduction among vulnerable populations
Women’s empowerment and health promotion
Peer education/advocacy
Substance abuse and HIV
Hispanic/Latino(a) health disparities
Global health
Honors & Awards
UCLA HIV/AIDS Translational Training (HATT) Fellowship for early career faculty and postdoctoral fellows (R25); 2009-2011
Inducted into Delta Omega-Honor Society in Public Health (2010)
Elizabeth Blackwell, MD Award from the UCLA Center for the Study of Women for outstanding paper/dissertation relating to women and health; 2009
UCLA School of Public Health Quality of Graduate Education (QGE) Award for Doctoral Students; 2008-2009; 2007-2008
UCLA School of Public Health Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award; 2008
UCLA Global Health Program Travel Grant; 2007
UCLA School of Public Health Quality of Graduate Education (QGE) Award for Paper Presented at a Conference; 2008, 2007, 2006
UCLA Students of Color for Public Health Scholarship; 2006
UCLA Public Health Student Association Outstanding Student Award; 2005
California Endowment Fellowship for Graduate Studies (UCLA); 2004-2005
Dean’s Graduate Student Scholarship – Drew University; 2001-2003
Publications (selected)
Nyamathi, A., Khurana, A., Singh, V.P., Shrikanth, N., Taneja, D., Choudhury, S.M., Fahey, J.L. Nayak, C. (2010) “Delivery of a Model HIV Prevention and Health Promotion Train-the-Trainer Program in India by Homoeopathy and Ayurveda Practitioners and Educators” World Medical & Health Policy 2(3
Heilemann,M. V., Choudhury, S.M.,(2012) Kury, F., & Lee, K. “Factors Associated with Sleep Disturbance in Women of Mexican Descent in the United States” Journal of Advanced Nursing. OnlineFirst DOI: 10.1111j.1365-2648.2011.05918x
Choudhury, S.M. “‘As prostitutes, we control our bodies’: Perceptions of health and body in the lives of establishment-based female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico.” Culture, Health, and Sexuality 12(6), pp. 677-689
Choudhury, S.M. “Book review: Fixing Men: Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico by Matthew Gutmann” Gender & Society Vol. 22; pp. 683-685
Presentations (selected)
Choudhury, S.M. “Are we in charge of our bodies?: Perceptions of control and management of HIV-risk among female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico” Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2010
Choudhury, S.M. “Reflections on Sisterhood: Empowering and disempowering relationships with other women in the lives and health of female sex workers in Tijuana”
Presented at the 137th Annual Conference of the American Public Health
Association, Philadelphia, 2009
Choudhury, S.M. “Hermanas unidas: An exploration of the role of community organizing in the lives of female sex workers in Tijuana” Paper presented at the 136th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, 2008
Choudhury, S.M. “Paths to empowerment: A review of female sex work organizations in the promotion of civil liberties and sexual health” Presented at the 136th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, 2008
Choudhury, S.M. “Not Just Johns: New Insights on Power, Sex, and HIV in the lives of Females Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico” Presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, 2008
Choudhury, S.M. “Power relationships and HIV prevention among female sex workers in Tijuana: Preliminary results from a pilot study” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, 2007
Choudhury, S.M. “Is there a Place for Moral Sex Work?: Catholicism, Power, Prostitution and AIDS in Urban Mexico” Poster presented at the UCLA Minority Health Conference, Los Angeles, CA 2007
Choudhury, S.M. “Methodological Considerations for Conducting Community-Based HIV Prevention Research with Marginalized Populations” Presented at the UCLA Minority Health Conference, Los Angeles, CA 2007
Choudhury, S.M. “Is there a Place for Moral Sex Work?: Catholicism, Power, Prostitution and AIDS in Urban Mexico” Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA 2006
Choudhury, S.M. “Power Disparities and the AIDS Epidemic in Cuba and Brazil” Paper presented at the Annual United States Conference on AIDS of the National Minority AIDS Council, New Orleans, LA 2003
