Kimberly Nelson
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Kimberly M. Nelson, PhD, MPH

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

(617) 358-1482
knel@bu.edu
Crosstown Center
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Biography

Kimberly M. Nelson, PhD, MPH earned her MPH in epidemiology from the University of Washington (UW) and a PhD in clinical psychology also from UW. She also completed a fellowship at the Fordham University Research Ethics Training Institute. Having both a public health and psychology background, Dr. Nelson's research focuses on understanding and intervening on psychological and structural determinants of health inequities with a particular focus on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention among marginalized adolescents and adults. Additionally her work focuses on the ethical and legal issues involved in sexual health research and interventions with adolescents and ways to use technology effectively and ethically for data collection and health promotion interventions.

Other Positions

  • Associate Professor, Psychiatry - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University

Education

  • University of Washington, PhD Field of Study: Clinical/Counseling Psychology
  • University of Washington, MS Field of Study: Clinical/Counseling Psychology
  • University of Washington, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • Wesleyan University, BA Field of Study: Psychology

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Publications

  • Published on 2/22/2023

    Katz-Wise SL, Perry NS, Nelson KM, Gordon AR, Ybarra ML. Sexual Fluidity in Identity and Behavior Among Cisgender Youth: Findings from the Longitudinal Growing up with Media Study. J Pediatr. 2023 Feb 22. PMID: 36822509.

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  • Published on 2/9/2023

    Haupt, KR, Stout, CD, Simmons, J, Nelson, KM. Differences in the sexual health information parents/guardians give their adolescent sexual minority sons by outness. Journal of LGBT Youth. 2023.

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  • Published on 2/2/2023

    Nelson KM, Skinner A, Stout CD, Raderman W, Unger E, Raifman J, Agénor M, Ybarra ML, Dunsiger SI, Bryn Austin S, Underhill K. Minor Consent Laws for Sexually Transmitted Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Services in the United States: A Comprehensive, Longitudinal Survey of US State Laws. Am J Public Health. 2023 Apr; 113(4):397-407. PMID: 36730879.

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  • Published on 12/20/2022

    Underhill K, Nelson KM. Consent Laws for Minors Regarding Sexually Transmitted Infection and HIV Services-Reply. JAMA. 2022 Dec 20; 328(23):2364. PMID: 36538312.

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  • Published on 12/16/2022

    Herbenick D, Guerra-Reyes L, Patterson C, Wilson J, Rosenstock Gonzalez YR, Voorheis E, Whitcomb M, Kump R, Theis E, Rothman EF, Nelson KM, Maas MK. #ChokeMeDaddy: A Content Analysis of Memes Related to Choking/Strangulation During Sex. Arch Sex Behav. 2022 Dec 16; 1-17. PMID: 36526942.

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  • Published on 12/15/2022

    Katz-Wise SL, Ranker LR, Gordon AR, Xuan Z, Nelson K. Sociodemographic Patterns in Retrospective Sexual Orientation Identity and Attraction Change in the Sexual Orientation Fluidity in Youth Study. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Mar; 72(3):437-443. PMID: 36528519.

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  • Published on 8/16/2022

    Nelson KM, Skinner A, Underhill K. Minor Consent Laws for Sexually Transmitted Infection and HIV Services. JAMA. 2022 08 16; 328(7):674-676. PMID: 35972493.

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  • Published on 1/26/2022

    Kutner BA, Perry NS, Stout C, Norcini Pala A, Paredes CD, Nelson KM. The Inventory of Anal Sex Knowledge (iASK): A New Measure of Sexual Health Knowledge Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males. J Sex Med. 2022 03; 19(3):521-528. PMID: 35090838.

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  • Published on 1/13/2022

    Stout CD, Paredes CD, Nelson KM. "I wish I actually had known what the heck sex was:" What adolescent sexual minority males knew and wish they knew prior to sexual debut with a male partner. Sex Res Social Policy. 2023 Mar; 20(1):84-93. PMID: 36873566.

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  • Published on 1/1/2022

    Perry, N.S. & Nelson, K.M. Mental health care use among adolescent sexual minority males before and during COVID-19. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. 2022.

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