 Miguel
Muñoz-Laboy, Dr.P.H., Assistant Professor, in the
Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia
University, is a member of the Global Community Core at the
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the
New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia
University. He is the Director of the Health Promotion
MPH Program at the Mailman School of Public Health.
Dr. Muñoz-Laboy received his doctoral degree from
Columbia University and did his post-doctoral research
training at the HIV Center. His areas of research focus
on the intersections between sexuality, masculinity, and
culture. Currently, he leads two ethnographic research
projects: one explores the relationship between Hip Hop
culture and ideologies of masculinity, and its effects
in shaping the sexual health of ethnic minority men; the
second explores the social context of sexual risk among
migrant workers in New York City. Dr. Muñoz-Laboy is
also the co-director of research project that focuses on
analyzing the responses of religious organizations to
the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Brazil. He is part of the
International Working Group for Sexuality and Social
Policy and has been a member of the American Public
Health Association since 1996.
EDUCATION
| University of Puerto
Rico |
B.S. |
1996 |
Animal Sciences |
| University of
Connecticut |
M.P.H. |
1998 |
General Public Health |
| Columbia University |
Dr.P.H. |
2001 |
Sociomedical Sciences |
| Columbia University |
Postdoctoral
Fellowship |
2003 |
Sexuality Research |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1993-1996 |
Health Educator, Health
Promotion and Prevention Program (HPPP),
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR |
| 1994-1995 |
Student Coordinator,
Project: Building a Coalition for
Reducing Alcohol and Other Drugs Abuse
Among College Students, Funds for
Improvement of Post-Secondary Education,
US Department of Education, HPPP,
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR |
| 1996-1997 |
Training Facilitator,
Project Title: National Teen Action
Research Center (Principal Investigator:
Jean J. Schensul), Institute for
Community Research, Hartford, CT |
| 1996-1998 |
Research Assistant,
Project: Youth and Sexual Risk in Sri
Lanka (Principal Investigator: Stephen
Schensul), Center for International
Community Health Studies, (CICHS)
University of Connecticut Farmington, CT |
| 1997 |
Ethnographer, Project:
Social and Sexual Inequalities Youth
Project (Principal Investigator: Stephen
Schensul), Andrew Mellon Foundation,
Center for International Community
Health Studies-University of
Connecticut, Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| 1998 |
Ethnographer, Project:
Manual to Development of Community
Support Systems for the Integrated
Management of Childhood Illness Program
(Principal Investigator: Stephen L.
Schensul), Division of Child and Health
Development, World Health Organization
and Center for International Community
Health Studies-University of
Connecticut, Hidalgo, Mexico |
| 1998-2001 |
Research Assistant,
Project: HIV/STD Sexual Risk Reduction
Among Men with Serious Mental Illness
(PI: Ezra Susser), Epidemiology
Community Psychiatry, Department of
Psychiatry, Columbia University, New
York, NY |
| 1998-2001 |
Pre-Doctoral Fellow
(Minority Supplement), Project: HIV Risk
in New York City's Homosexually Active
Latin American Men (PI: Alex
Carballo-Dieguez), HIV Center for
Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY
State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia
University, New York, NY |
| 2001-2002 |
Conference Coordinator,
Conferences: Brazilian Response to
HIV/AIDS; and Latino Sexualities in the
United States 2002, Department of
Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of
Public Health, Columbia University, New
York, NY |
| 2001-2003 |
Postdoctoral Fellow,
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral
Studies, Columbia University and NY
State Psychiatric Institute, New York,
NY |
| 2002-2003 |
Research Advisor,
Project: Urban Young Men Who Have Sex
with Men Sexual Health Survey, Gay Men's
Health Crisis, New York, NY |
| 2002-present |
Associate Director of
Research, Center for Gender, Sexuality
and Health, Department of Sociomedical
Sciences, Mailman School of Public
Health, Columbia University, New York,
NY |
| 2003-2005 |
Associate Research
Scientist, Department of Sociomedical
Sciences, Mailman School of Public
Health, Columbia University, New York,
NY |
| 2005-present |
Assistant Professor,
Department of Sociomedical Sciences,
Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University, New York, NY |
HONORS AND AWARDS
|
1996 |
Agricultural Sciences (Magna Cum Laude) |
|
2001 |
Doctoral
Dissertation with Distinction |
|
2001 |
Maritza
de Castro Benton Award for Outstanding
Dissertation in Sociomedical Sciences |
PUBLICATIONS
Parker, R., Pasarelli, C.A., Terto Jr. V.,
Pimenta, C., Berkman, A., and Muñoz-Laboy, M.
(2003). Introduction. Divulgação em Saúde para
Debate (Special Issue). 27:140-142.
Muñoz-Laboy, M. (2004).Beyond 'MSM': Sexual
desire among bisexually-active Latino men in New
York City. Sexualities, 7:55-80.
Muñoz-Laboy, M., Almeida, V., Rios do Nascimento,
L. & Parker, R. (2004). Promoting sexual health
through action research among young male sex
workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Practicing
Anthropology, 26:30-34.
Parker, R., DiMauro, D., Filiano, B., Garcia,
J., Muñoz-Laboy, M., Sember, R. (2004). Global
transformations and intimate relations in the
21st Century: Social science research on
sexuality and the emergence of "sexual health"
and "sexual rights" frameworks. Annual Reviews
of Sex Research, 15:362-399.
Muñoz-Laboy, M., Castellanos, D. & Westacott, R.
(2005). Sexual risk behavior, viral load and
perceptions of HIV transmission among
homosexually active Latino men: An exploratory
study. AIDS Care, 17: 33-45
Muñoz-Laboy, M. & Dodge, B. (2005) Bi-sexual
practices: Patterns, meanings, and implications
for HIV/STI prevention among bisexually-active
Latino men and their partners. Journal of
Bisexuality, 5:81-100.
Berkman, A., Garcia, J., Muñoz-Laboy, M., Paiva,
V., and Parker, R. (2005). A critical analysis
of the Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS: Lessons
learned for controlling and mitigating the
epidemic in developing countries. American
Journal of Public Health, 95:1162-1172.
Kelly, B. & Muñoz-Laboy, M. (2005). Sexual
place, spatial change, and the social
(re)-organization of sexual culture. Journal of
Sex Research, 42:359-366.
Muñoz-Laboy, M., and Dodge, B.: Which bisexual
Latino men are at highest HIV/STI risk?: An exploratory
analysis. American Journal of Public Health, in press.
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