Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, Dr.P.H., Associate Professor in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University, is an investigator with the HIV Center's Global Community Core. He is also Director of the Dr.P.H. program in sociomedical sciences 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.

Current HIV Center Study:

Gender, Power and Latino Men’s HIV Risk

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