Miranda Hill, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Miranda Hill (she/her) is a social and behavioral scientist and dedicated champion for addressing the unmet support needs of women and other medically underserved populations in HIV, sexual, and reproductive health.

Dr. Hill's research agenda aims to drive transdisciplinary innovation in social medicine through community-led, culturally relevant, and empirically informed approaches. She uses a community-engaged social network lens to explore the complexities between systems, networks, and HIV among cisgender women and transgender populations. Her most recent line of research has centered on examining the intersectional contexts of HIV risk and service (dis)engagement among migrant women, with the goal of developing strengths-based interventions.

Dr. Hill is also committed to the long-term goal of advancing career development pathways among traditionally excluded and underrepresented populations in public health and medicine through research, peer support, and mentorship.

Publications: 

Truth be told: Testimonies of a first generation Black STEM health scholar + wife + mother

In Gifted Black Women Navigating the Doctoral Process. Routledge.

Hill, M.

Stigma, social and structural vulnerability, and mental health among transgender women: A partial least square path modeling analysis

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Sherman, A. D. F., Higgins, M. K., Balthazar, M. S., Hill, M., Klepper, M., Schneider, J. S., Adams, D., Radix, A., Mayer, K. H., Cooney, E. E., Poteat, T. C., Wirtz, A. L. & Reisner, S. L.

Socio-ecological Barriers to Viral Suppression Among Transgender Women Living with HIV in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.

AIDS and behavior

Jain JP, Hill M, Gamarel KE, Santos GM, Johnson MO, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Reback CJ, Sevelius J

The Helping Networks of Transgender Women Living with HIV.

Journal of community health

Hill M, Sevelius J, Sherman ADF, Balthazar M, Klepper M, Radix A, Rebchook G, Hansen N

The mediating role of social support between HIV stigma and sexual orientation-based medical mistrust among newly HIV-diagnosed gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.

AIDS care

Hill M, Truszczynski N, Newbold J, Coffman R, King A, Brown MJ, Radix A, Kershaw T, Kirklewski S, Sikkema K, Haider MR, Wilson P, Hansen N

Transgender and Gender Diverse Community Connection, Help-Seeking, and Mental Health Among Black Transgender Women Who Have Survived Violence: A Mixed-Methods Analysis.

Violence against women

Sherman ADF, Allgood S, Alexander KA, Klepper M, Balthazar MS, Hill M, Cannon CM, Dunn D, Poteat T, Campbell J

An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Social Technology Use and Depression among College Students

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Carolyn Lauckner, Miranda Hill, Lucy Annang Ingram