Brief Bio

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, FAAN, is Associate Professor at Duke University School of Nursing and the Faculty Lead for the Population Health Research Area of Excellence for the school’s Center for Nursing Research. She also serves as the Co-Director of the Pilots Core for Duke’s Clinical Translational Science Institute. Her research focuses on describing the intersection of intimate partner violence, substance abuse, HIV and mental health among Latinos in the U.S. and the development of culturally-tailored interventions to address these. She uses a syndemic orientation, mixed methods, and community engaged strategies to address these areas of interest. She is currently the principal investigator of a longitudinal study funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health (1 R01 MD012249-01) that will help identify the impact that acculturation stress and resilience have on biobehavioral and mental health outcomes among young adult Latino immigrants over time. She is also currently the principal investigator of a Hillman Foundation Emergent Innovation Award that will develop a smartphone application that aims to prevent intimate partner violence among young adult Latino immigrants. Dr. Gonzalez-Guarda is committed to building and nurturing the next generation of nurses equip to address health disparities. She was one of the five nurses who served on the Institute of Medicine Committee that produced the landmark Future of Nursing Report (2010), was appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve on the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education and Practice (NACNEP, 2012-2016), and has been the principal investigator of various programs that promote health disparities research careers for underrepresented minority nurses and students from various health professions. Dr. Gonzalez-Guarda is an alumna of the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Academic Program Affiliations

Education

PhD	University of Miami
MSN	Johns Hopkins University
MPH	Johns Hopkins University
BSN	Georgetown University

Research Interests

• Intimate partner violence • The intersection of intimate partner violence, substance abuse, risk for HIV and mental health conditions among Hispanics • Syndemics • Hispanic adult and child health • Primary prevention of behavioral health disparities • Stress and biopsychosocial processes involved in health disparities

Awards and Honors

• 2014 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing

• 2014 Nurse of the Year, Community/Behavioral Health/Ambulatory Care Category, March of Dimes

• 2014 Top 10 most influential articles, Psychology of Violence

• 2013 Florida Nurse.com Nursing Excellence Regional Winner, Advancing and Leading the Profession Category, Gannet Healthcare Group

• 2011 Nurse Faculty Scholars Program Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• 2011 Outstanding Recent Graduate Award, Johns Hopkins University

• 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Beta Tau Chapter

• 2005 Graduate Student Leadership Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

• 2005 Inductee, Delta Omega Society, Alpha Chapter

• 2005 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program, American Nurses Association

• 2004 Inductee, Sigma Theta Tau International, Nu Beta Chapter

• 2002 Loyola Award, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies

• 2000 Inductee, Sigma Theta Tau International, Tau Chapter

• 1998 Sara Hopkins Woodruff Spectrum Awards for Women, American Red Cross

Areas of Expertise

• Global and Community Health
• Health Disparities
• Psychiatric / Behavioral Health
• Reproductive Health
• Women's Health

Representative Publications

• 2016 -- Pubmed # 25805845 McCabe, B. E., Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M., Peragallo, N. P., Mitrani, V. B. Mechanisms of Partner Violence Reduction in a Group HIV-Risk Intervention for Hispanic Women. J Interpers Violence. August 1, 2016; 31(13); 2316-37 PMCID: PMC4641820

• 2016 -- Pubmed # 27159650 Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M., McCabe, B. E., Leblanc, N., De Santis, J. P., Provencio-Vasquez, E. The Contribution of Stress, Cultural Factors, and Sexual Identity on the Substance Abuse, Violence, HIV, and Depression Syndemic Among Hispanic Men. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. May 9, 2016;

• 2016 -- Pubmed # 27093905 McCabe, B. E., Mitchell, E. M., Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M., Peragallo, N., Mitrani, V. B. Transnational Motherhood: Health of Hispanic Mothers in the United States Who Are Separated From Children. J Transcult Nurs. April 19, 2016;

• 2016 -- Pubmed # 27077507 Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M., Ferranti, D., Halstead, V., Ilias, V. M. Experiences with Dating Violence and Help Seeking Among Hispanic Females in Their Late Adolescence. Issues Ment Health Nurs. April 1, 2016; 37(4); 229-38

• 2015 -- Pubmed # 26260135 Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M., Guerra, J. E., Cummings, A. A., Pino, K., Becerra, M. M. Examining the Preliminary Efficacy of a Dating Violence Prevention Program for Hispanic Adolescents. J Sch Nurs. December 1, 2015; 31(6); 411-21

Grant Funding (selected)

• Decisions to Disclose and Defining Patient-Centered Outcomes for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking During Healthcare Visits  
  Dean’s Award
  -00/0000
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Describe factors that influence the decision of victims of intimate partner violence and human trafficking to disclose abuse to their healthcare providers; describe victims’ desired outcomes from disclosures of abuse to healthcare providers.

• Project DYVA - Drugs and Violence in the Americas  
  Organization of American States (OAS), Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
  -00/0000
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Describe the relationships among substance abuse, violence, risk for HIV and mental health among Hispanic women; describe experiences with these conditions and preferences for prevention strategies.

• Project VIDA - Violence, Intimate Relationships and Drug Abuse in Hispanic Men  
  National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  1P60 MD002266-01
  -00/0000
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Describe the relationships among substance abuse, violence, risk for HIV and mental health among Hispanic heterosexual men and men who have sex with men (MSM); describe experiences with these conditions and preferences for prevention strategies.

• SEPA II: HIV Prevention Intervention Reducing Health Disparities among Hispanic Women  
  National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  1P60 MD002266
  -00/0000
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Test the efficacy of an HIV risk reduction program among Hispanic women in reducing sexually transmitted infections and decreasing risk behaviors for HIV.

• Cultural Linkages between Substance Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence and Risky Sexual Behaviors among Hispanic Women  
  University of Miami
  -00/0000
  Test the substance abuse, violence, HIV and depression syndemic among Hispanic women and identify cultural risk and protective factors that predict this syndemic.

• Partnership for Domestic Violence Prevention (PDVP): Eliminating Domestic Violence Health Disparities among Hispanics in Miami-Dade County  
  National Center on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NCMHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  1P60 MD002266-03
  -00/0000
  Establish a community-based participatory research partnership between the University of Miami and community agencies in Miami Dade County serving survivors of intimate partner violence; identify needs and preferences for the prevention of intimate partner violence among Hispanics.

• Partnership for Domestic Violence Prevention  
  University of Miami
  -00/0000
  Enhance a community-based participatory research partnership between the University of Miami and a large community organization serving survivors of intimate partner violence and conduct focus groups with survivors, community members and service providers to identify culturally tailored strategies to prevent intimate partner violence among Hispanics.

• JOVEN (YOUTH): Juntos Opuestos a la Violencia Entre Novios/ Together Against Dating Violence  
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  69341
  -00/0000
  Develop a theoretically grounded and culturally tailored dating violence prevention program for Hispanic adolescents; test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a dating violence prevention program for Hispanic adolescents.

• Disparities in HIV, STIs and Testing among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence  
  National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  5P60-MD002266-07
  -00/0000
  Role: Study PI
  Identify predictors of HIV/STI testing and HIV/STI acquisition among survivors of intimate partner violence; explore culturally informed strategies to increase testing and improve the quality of testing for this population.