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Gabriel R Murchison

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

grmurch@bu.edu
Crosstown Center
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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.

Other Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

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

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Publications

  • Published on 10/27/2025

    Murchison GR, Paglisotti E, Vives G, Daley M, Pachankis JE. Development and Validation of the Transgender/Nonbinary Identity Support From Partners Scale. Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers. 2025 Oct 27. PMID: 41164314.

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  • Published on 10/15/2025

    Murchison GR, Aguilar AJ, Eisenstadt BE, Gordon AR, Carroll K, Soulliard ZA. Experiences of U.S. Transgender/Nonbinary Young Adults Doing Online Sex Work: An Occupational Health Perspective. J Sex Res. 2025 Oct 15; 1-14. PMID: 41090902.

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  • Published on 6/24/2025

    Rhodes A, Ahmadi T, Gordon AR, Murchison GR, Fontenot HB, Potter J, Agénor M. Transgender and other gender minoritised assigned female at birth young adults' perceptions of and experiences with human papillomavirus vaccination. Cult Health Sex. 2025 Jun 24; 1-16. PMID: 40553616.

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  • 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 Jun; 37(6):892-900. PMID: 39955619.

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  • Published on 1/1/2025

    Scheer JR, Whitton SW, Xu M, Murchison GR, Irani K, Hughes TL. . Mitchell C, Miller E, McCaw B, Alexander KA. Intimate Partner Violence: A Health-Based Perspective. Intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minority people. Oxford University Press. 2025; 751-787.
  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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