Murchison BUSPH headshot
Profiles

Gabriel R Murchison

Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences - Boston University School of Public Health

grmurch@bu.edu
Crosstown Center
View Full Profile at BUMC

Biography

Gabe Murchison is a social epidemiologist and behavioral scientist who studies how young adults' social contexts, such as school, work, family relationships, and romantic relationships, influence their alcohol use and co-occurring mental health symptoms. Dr. Murchison's recent work has focused on transgender/nonbinary young adults' romantic relationship experiences, including how social marginalization contributes to intimate partner violence and other adverse relationship experiences—and how supportive romantic relationships may buffer the effects of social marginalization on alcohol use and co-occurring depression and anxiety. This work has been funded by a K99/R00 award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr. Murchison conducts both quantitative and qualitative research, with particular interests in measure development, micro-longitudinal analyses, and causal mediation analysis. Dr. Murchison completed a joint BA-MPH at Yale University, followed by a PhD in Population Health Sciences at Harvard University and a postdoctoral fellowship with the Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program.

Education

  • Harvard University, PhD Field of Study: Population/Family Health Science
  • Yale University, MPH Field of Study: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Yale University, BA Field of Study: Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Websites

Publications

  • Published on 2/16/2025

    Mehta N, Noh M, Agénor M, Murchison GR, Hughto JMW, Nelson KM, Gordon AR. Experiences of gender-affirming practices in healthcare settings and HIV testing among transgender and nonbinary young adults in the United States. AIDS Care. 2025 Feb 16; 1-9. PMID: 39955619.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 10/16/2024

    Alpert AB, Hernandez T, Ruddick R, Manzano C, Adams S, Rivers L, Ramos-Pibernus A, Sevelius J, Poteat T, Obedin-Maliver J, Cicero EC, Radix A, Lett E, Operario D, Chapman B, Wittink M, Cupertino A, Murchison GR, Nunez-Smith M, Cartujano-Barrera F. Disentangling gender, sex, and biology: a mixed methods study of gender identity data collection tools. Patient Educ Couns. 2025 Jan; 130:108473. PMID: 39471780.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 8/2/2024

    Gordon AR, Haiken S, Murchison GR, Agénor M, Hughto JMW, Nelson KM. Long-Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Perceptions and Preferences Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults in the United States. Qual Health Res. 2025 Jan; 35(1):74-87. PMID: 39095331.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 5/6/2024

    Murchison GR, Eiduson R, Austin SB, Reisner SL, Agénor M, Chen JT, Gordon AR. Controlling partner dynamics in transgender/nonbinary young adults’ romantic relationships: Exploring the roles of cissexism-related beliefs and material-need insecurity. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. 2024.
  • Published on 7/28/2023

    Agénor M, Lett E, Murchison GR, Tabaac AR, Dowshen N, Gordon AR. Gender-Related Health Care Discrimination and Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults in the United States. Transgend Health. 2023 Aug; 8(4):389-395. PMID: 37525839.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 7/6/2023

    Eisenstadt BE, Murchison GR, Soulliard ZA, Gordon AR. Body Image and High-Risk Weight and Shape Control Behaviors Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults: The Role of Sexual Assault. LGBT Health. 2023; 10(8):586-594. PMID: 37410994.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 7/6/2023

    Layland EK, Bränström R, Murchison GR, Pachankis JE. Kept in the Closet: Structural Stigma and the Timing of Sexual Minority Developmental Milestones Across 28 European Countries. J Youth Adolesc. 2023 Oct; 52(10):2012-2030. PMID: 37410349.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 6/22/2023

    Murchison GR, Chen JT, Austin SB, Reisner SL. Interventional Effects Analysis of Dating Violence and Sexual Assault Victimization in LGBTQ?+?Adolescents: Quantifying the Roles of Inequities in School and Family Factors. Prev Sci. 2023 Jul; 24(5):1023-1034. PMID: 37349640.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 6/9/2023

    Murchison GR, Aguayo-Romero RA, Lett E, Katz-Wise SL, Agénor M, Gordon AR. Transgender/nonbinary young adults' exposure to cissexism-related social stressors: Variation across gender groups. Soc Sci Med. 2023 Jul; 329:116013. PMID: 37315357.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 12/5/2022

    Agénor M, Lett E, Ramanayake N, Zubizarreta D, Murchison GR, Eiduson R, Gordon AR. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Transgender Men and Nonbinary Assigned Female at Birth Young Adults in the United States: a National Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Dec; 10(6):2900-2910. PMID: 36469284.

     Read At: PubMed

View 11 more publications:View Full Profile at BUMC

News & In the Media

View all profiles