Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH
Associate Professor
Community Health Systems
School of Nursing

I have also spent the past several years researching factors that contribute to poor health among Caribbean sexual and gender minorities. Through my research, I have provided a qualitative understanding of the complexities that have shaped Jamaican men and transgender women's sexual decision making as well as other factors that may place them at risk for acquiring HIV. Additionally, I have a unique focus on researching the context of violence that has shaped the lives of marginalized people in the United States and the Caribbean. I have published one of the first papers in the Caribbean that addressed the issue of sexual violence (childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence) among Jamaican men and transgender women. This paper was also the first to address this issue among marginalized sexual minority groups in the Caribbean. My research aims to give voice to sexual and gender minorities in Jamaica and the wider Anglophone Caribbean in order to reduce disparities in health among a community that is marginalized.

• "Our lives matter": a qualitative examination of the impact of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders on resource security and mental and physical health of Black and Latino sexual minority men in California and New York.
  Journal of health equity 2025 Harris OO, Egbunikeokye J, Bagby WD, Rivas A, Wilson N, Ouner JJ, Gutierrez JI, Santos GM, Wharton M
• "I Know They're Going to Weaponize This:" Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men's Mpox-Related Sexual Behaviors, Stigma Concerns, and Vaccination Barriers and Facilitators.
  Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2025 Harris OO, Boyd D, Abu-Ba'are GR, Egbunikeokye J, Wharton M
• Designing Implementation Strategies for the Inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, and Allied and Key Populations' Content in Undergraduate Nursing Curricula in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Protocol for a Multimethods Research Project.
  JMIR research protocols 2024 Nxumalo CT, Luvuno Z, Chiya WH, Ngcobo SJ, Naidoo D, Zamudio-Haas S, Harris O
• The importance of developmental assets in HIV prevention behaviors among young black men who have sex with men (MSM).
  Scientific reports 2024 Boyd DT, Harris OO, Abu-Ba'are GR, Nelson L, Wilton L
• Intersectional Mentorship in Academic Medicine: A Conceptual Review.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2024 Sevelius JM, Harris OO, Bowleg L
• Opportunities to Increase Access to HIV Prevention: Evaluating the Implementation of Pharmacist-Initiated Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in California.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2023 Hunter LA, Packel LJ, Chitle P, Beltran RM, Rafie S, De Martini L, Dong B, Harris O, Holloway IW, Miyashita Ochoa A, McCoy SI
• Young, Black/African American, and Latino communities are left behind despite legislative efforts in California to reduce HIV/STI disparities.
  Frontiers in reproductive health 2023 Gaines TL, Werb D, Harris O
• Brief Report: The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Physical, Social, and Mental Health of Black and Latinx Young People With HIV in the United States.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2023 Sauceda JA, Dubé K, Harris O, Campbell CK, Ndukwe S, Saberi P
• Influence of depression and interpersonal support on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV.
  AIDS research and therapy 2023 Nutor JJ, Gyamerah AO, Alhassan RK, Duah HO, Thompson RGA, Wilson N, Harris O, Gutierrez J, Hoffmann TJ, Getahun M, Santos GM
• Barriers and facilitators to the transplant process among patients living with polycystic kidney disease: a qualitative Approach.
  BMC nephrology 2023 Smith J, Harris OO, Adey D, Park M
• Ending the HIV epidemic PrEP equity recommendations from a rapid ethnographic assessment of multilevel PrEP use determinants among young Black gay and bisexual men in Atlanta, GA.
  PloS one 2023 Hill M, Smith J, Elimam D, Mustafaa G, Wortley P, Taylor B, Harris O
• Do precipitation anomalies influence short-term mobility in sub-saharan Africa? An observational study from 23 countries.
  BMC public health 2023 Epstein A, Harris OO, Benmarhnia T, Camlin CS, Weiser SD
• Challenges and opportunities for medical referrals at a mobile community health clinic serving sexual and gender minorities in rural South Carolina: a qualitative approach.
  BMC health services research 2023 Joudeh L, Heavner SF, Johnstone E, Propst SK, Harris OO
• Understanding the concept of trust and other factors related to COVID-19 vaccine intentions among Black/African American older adults prior to vaccine development.
  SSM. Qualitative research in health 2023 Harris OO, Perry TE, Johnson JK, Lichtenberg P, Washington T, Kitt B, Shaw M, Keiser S, Tran T, Vest L, Maloof M, Portacolone E
• Exploring primary healthcare practitioners' experiences regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  Primary health care research & development 2022 Mchunu GG, Harris O, Nxumalo CT
• Addressing Racism's Role in the US HIV Epidemic: Qualitative Findings From Three Ending the HIV Epidemic Prevention Projects.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2022 Harrison SE, Muessig K, Poteat T, Koester K, Vecchio A, Paton M, Miller SJ, Pereira N, Harris O, Myers J, Campbell C, Hightow-Weidman L
• Climate Change, Public Health, Health Policy, and Nurses Training.
  American journal of public health 2022 Harris OO, Bialous SA, Muench U, Chapman S, Dawson-Rose C
• Health Coaching Across the Stages of Vaccine Readiness and Action: A Practical Guide for Public Health Nurses.
  American journal of public health 2022 Harris OO, Taylor KD, Maher A, Willard-Grace R
• Persistent disparities in COVID-19-associated impacts on HIV prevention and care among a global sample of sexual and gender minority individuals.
  Global public health 2022 Santos GM, Hong C, Wilson N, Nutor JJ, Harris O, Garner A, Holloway I, Ayala G, Howell S
• Exploring linkages between climate change and sexual health: a scoping review protocol.
  BMJ open 2021 Logie CH, Toccalino D, Reed AC, Malama K, Newman PA, Weiser S, Harris O, Berry I, Adedimeji A
• Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination: From Individual Readiness to Health System Readiness.
  JAMA health forum 2021 Grumbach K, Carson M, Harris OO
• "Little Red Flags": Barriers to Accessing Health Care as a Sexual or Gender Minority Individual in the Rural Southern United States-A Qualitative Intersectional Approach.
  The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2021 Joudeh L, Harris OO, Johnstone E, Heavner-Sullivan S, Propst SK
• "The More Things Change, the More Things Remain the Same": It's Time to Dismantle Structural Inequalities of Racism, Discrimination, and Health Disparities.
  The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2021 Wharton MJ, Harris OO, Chapman Lambert C, LeGrand S
• Food Insufficiency and Mental Health in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2021 Nagata JM, Ganson KT, Whittle HJ, Chu J, Harris OO, Tsai AC, Weiser SD
• Alarm at the Gate-Health and Social Inequalities are Comorbid Conditions of HIV and COVID-19.
  The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2020 Harris OO, Leblanc N, McGee K, Randolph S, Wharton MJ, Relf M
• Barriers and facilitators to participation of men who have sex with men and transgender women in HIV research in Jamaica.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2019 Beckford Jarrett S, Flanagan R, Coriolan A, Harris O, Campbell A, Skyers N
• Survival now versus survival later: immediate and delayed HIV risk assessment among young Jamaican men who have transactional sex with men.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2018 Harris OO
• "I Kept It to Myself": Young Jamaican Men Who Have Sex with Men's Experiences with Childhood Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2018 Harris OO, Dunn LL
• Beyond Homophobia: How Do Jamaican Men Who Have Sex with Men Build Communities, Affirm Identity, and Mitigate Homophobia?
  The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2018 Harris OO, Jarrett S
• PrEP works and is a valuable addition to the HIV prevention toolkit.
  The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2015 Treston C, Farley J, Harris O, Hoyt MJ, Kwong J, Van Nuys J