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https://youtu.be/CPFsddvxv6w WEBINAR. Introduction to SAS PROCVARCLUS: A (mostly) superior alternative to EFA.  Steve Gr...
05/29/2026

https://youtu.be/CPFsddvxv6w WEBINAR. Introduction to SAS PROCVARCLUS: A (mostly) superior alternative to EFA. Steve Gregorich, Ph.D.

The Methods Core is here to support CAPS researchers every step of the way. Whether it’s planning studies, analyzing data, or choosing the best tools, we help make research stronger.

Here’s how we help:
✅ Sample size planning, study design, and data analysis
✅ Qualitative research design and analysis
✅ Selecting biomedical and behavioral measurements
✅ Data management expertise

Our investigators also collaborate on projects needing deeper technical support.

🎥 Learn more in our YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEKyx7aLX1STfMZpGyimBrlfyg5-Q5fgX

Learn more about the CAPS Methods Core technical support - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/about/caps-structure-and-cores/methods-core

https://youtu.be/m_4A_Bo-CYc Understanding Socio-Structural Drivers of HIV Transmission Using Epidemiology and Systems S...
05/29/2026

https://youtu.be/m_4A_Bo-CYc Understanding Socio-Structural Drivers of HIV Transmission Using Epidemiology and Systems Science w/ Anna Hotton, Ph.D.

Interventions to optimally increase engagement in HIV prevention and care continuums will likely need to be combined with those that address more distal social determinants of health that disproportionately affect those at most significant risk of HIV. However, such interventions are likely to be resource-intensive, logistically and ethically challenging, and require large sample sizes and lengthy follow-up for effects to be observed. Gaps thus remain in our understanding of which types and combinations of interventions would have the most impact in given contexts. Further, traditional epidemiologic and statistical approaches have limitations when attempting to quantify relationships among highly correlated, complex, and dynamic exposures and outcomes.

Agent-based models can be used to investigate the complex processes by which socio-structural factors influence HIV outcomes at the population level and offer a virtual platform to conduct a series of counterfactual experiments to evaluate candidate interventions. In this presentation, I discuss integrating methods from epidemiology and agent-based modeling to understand better the impact of social determinants of health on HIV prevention and care engagement.

Anna Hotton is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago and Director of Epidemiology at the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination.

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UPLIFTS is here to help Community Health Centers better serve LGBTQ+ communities—because inclusive care saves lives.🔗 ht...
05/27/2026

UPLIFTS is here to help Community Health Centers better serve LGBTQ+ communities—because inclusive care saves lives.

🔗 https://tiny.ucsf.edu/KjQ4xx

UPLIFTS is a collaborative effort between the UCSF Division of Prevention Science (DPS) and the Alliance Health Project, designed to enhance the ability of Community Health Centers to serve LGBTQ+ communities more effectively.

UPLIFTS is here to help Community Health Centers better serve LGBTQ+ communities—because inclusive care saves lives.

UPLIFTS helps Community Health Centers provide inclusive, culturally competent LGBTQ+ care through training, technical assistance.

📍 Who We Are:�A collaboration between UCSF’s Division of Prevention Science & the Alliance Health Project.�

💡 Let’s Build Inclusive Healthcare Together!�

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📩 E-mail: caps.web@ucsf.edu

Qualitative Interviewing Skills-Building Training📍 UCSF Mission Bay Campus📅 June 5–6, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMLooking to...
05/27/2026

Qualitative Interviewing Skills-Building Training
📍 UCSF Mission Bay Campus
📅 June 5–6, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Looking to build or sharpen your qualitative interviewing skills?

This two-day, in-person training offers a practical, hands-on introduction to core interviewing techniques. Participants will learn through a mix of short lectures, role-playing, real-world case studies, and extensive interview practice.

Led by experienced interviewers Kim Koester and Xavier Erguera, the program emphasizes learning by doing—because strong interviewers are built through practice.

What to expect:
Initial skills assessment to guide your learning
Up to 5 hours of interview practice with standardized informants
Personalized feedback after each session
A customized training plan and resource guide to support continued growth

Cost:
$1,500 (UC affiliates) | $1,900 (Non-affiliates)
Learn more: https://prevention.ucsf.edu/about/besst-institute/upcoming-trainings
Register here: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_881EEAkIuOCn3ee

https://youtu.be/2GL7WAXIxF8 - TOWN HALL VIDEO. Preparing Data for Submission to the National Data Archive (NDA) featuri...
05/22/2026

https://youtu.be/2GL7WAXIxF8 - TOWN HALL VIDEO. Preparing Data for Submission to the National Data Archive (NDA) featuring Rita Butterfield PhD and Scott Tebbetts.

All grants to NIH now require that data be shared with the National Data Archive, which was set up by the NIMH with the goal of providing deidentified data sets to researchers, policymakers, and the public. The process involves three steps: creating a data sharing agreement, creating data structures, and submitting data. In their work with Dr. Amy Conroy, Scott Tebbetts and Rita Butterfield have gone through the first two steps on three projects and the third step on one project. In this presentation, they share what they have learned and some tips and tricks to make the process as streamlined as possible.

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Scott Tebbetts has over 26 years of experience working as a study coordinator/policy analyst at CAPS. He has worked on studies focused on HIV prevention for young gay and bisexual men across the US and internationally with Dr. Susan Kegeles and Dr. Greg Rebchook. He currently serves as the study coordinator for Dr. Amy Conroy’s research focused on developing an economic and relationship-strengthening intervention to reduce alcohol use among HIV affected couples in Malawi.

Rita Butterfield PhD is a social psychologist with a research focus on couples and health behaviors. She taught psychology and human development at Sonoma State University of over a decade. At the University of North Carolina, she worked on studies designed to understand the decision-making process for genetic testing. She now works from her home in North Carolina on Dr. Amy Conroy’s projects in Malawi and South Africa.

https://youtu.be/VP2OJfzyHBk - VIDEO. Qualitative Interviewing StrategiesJulia McQuoid, Ph.D., OUHSC, and Chad Campbell,...
05/22/2026

https://youtu.be/VP2OJfzyHBk - VIDEO. Qualitative Interviewing Strategies
Julia McQuoid, Ph.D., OUHSC, and Chad Campbell, Ph.D., UCSF.

Julia McQuoid, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and works at the Health Promotion Research Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She is a health geographer interested in qualitative and mixed methods approaches to understanding relationships between people’s everyday environments and behaviors related to health and wellbeing. Her current research program in Oklahoma focuses on substance use in rural communities by employing mHealth data collection methods and qualitative mapping to understand the everyday patterns, contexts, roles, and meanings of different substances for rural groups. During her fellowship at the Center for To***co Control Research and Education at UCSF, she researched place-embedded social practices of smoking within marginalized groups, such as young LGBTQI adults, in order to better understand the persistence of smoking within these groups and inform the design and effectiveness of to***co control efforts. During her Ph.D., she explored experiences of time and space for individuals negotiating everyday life with chronic kidney disease and collaborated with a research group focused on time and health at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health in Australia.

Chadwick Campbell, MPH, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in Medical Sociology from UCSF and is a Project Director at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies in the Division of Prevention Science. Dr. Campbell has worked on a number of small and large HIV prevention studies, primarily with Black gay and bisexual men, and same-sex male couples in the Bay Area. His doctoral research explored HIV status disclosure and intersectional stigma among Black gay and bisexual men living with HIV.

A presentation of the CAPS Qualitative Working Group (QWG).

https://youtu.be/DlIqdiCCppU  - WEBINAR. Criteria for Evaluating and Justifying Qualitative Research Methods in the Heal...
05/20/2026

https://youtu.be/DlIqdiCCppU - WEBINAR. Criteria for Evaluating and Justifying Qualitative Research Methods in the Health Sciences. 'Big tent’ criteria for evaluating and justifying qualitative research methods in health sciences manuscripts and grant applications.

Quantitatively trained researchers are often asked to evaluate qualitative proposals and manuscripts without necessarily having the tools to do so, and many qualitatively trained researchers could better communicate the rigor of their methods to reviewers with peer-reviewed criteria. Therefore, having a shared ‘toolbox’ of criteria to draw from benefits, everyone.

In the first hour, the lecture is on published criteria for rigorous qualitative research.

Presenters. Kim Koester, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), UCSF Prevention Science.

Julia McQuoid, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine TSET Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC)
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC).

This workshop is organized by the UCSF Qualitative Working Group, the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) Methods Core, and the OUHSC TSET Health Promotion Research Center.

🌟 Learn How Research Can Help End the HIV Epidemic🌟  The Implementation Science and Health Systems (IS/HS) Core is all a...
05/20/2026

🌟 Learn How Research Can Help End the HIV Epidemic🌟

The Implementation Science and Health Systems (IS/HS) Core is all about making an impact! At CAPS, we’re focused on equipping scientists with the skills to bring effective HIV interventions to diverse communities.

Our mission is to end the HIV epidemic and reduce inequities through research that works in real-world settings. 💡

🎥 Explore our work in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEKyx7aLX1ST44-WAelleTRzUMkFliw5G

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http://tiny.ucsf.edu/TqpFmv  - U.S. Immigrants and HIV Care Factsheet. Best practices for maintaining access to preventi...
05/18/2026

http://tiny.ucsf.edu/TqpFmv - U.S. Immigrants and HIV Care Factsheet.

Best practices for maintaining access to prevention and treatment. Based on interviews with medical and legal providers, the following recommendations are best practices for retaining patients in medical care.

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