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Michelle Birkett, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences and directs the CONNECT Complex Systems and Health Disparities Research Program within the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. Dr. Birkett’s research uses network and quantitative methodologies to understand the social contextual influence of stigma on the health and wellbeing of marginalized populations, and in particular, sexual and gender minority youth. This work is influenced by a multilevel perspective of health that considers direct and indirect influences of multiple levels of the social and physical environment. This multilevel approach to understanding health underlies her interest in network data and her commitment to conducting research that leads to social change at multiple levels of society to eliminate health disparities. Dr. Birkett has led multiple NIH-funded projects. She is the recipient of a NIH Career Development Award focused on understanding network, multilevel, and contextual influences on racial disparities in HIV within young men who have sex with men (K08 DA037825). She also directs Network Canvas (R01 DA042711; Dual PIs: Birkett & Phillips), a software development project which seeks to simplify the collection and streamline the management of social data, thereby allowing health researchers to assess more nuanced associations between social contextual factors and disease. She co-leads with Noshir Contractor the Network Data Core of RADAR (U01 DA036939), which is in charge of the collection and analysis longitudinal observations of sexual, drug, and support networks of over 1200 YMSM. Finally, she is an member of the Executive Board of the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO).
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
… → 2010
Research interests
- AIDS
- Adolescent Health
- Big Data
- Bisexual
- Gay
- HIV Infection
- Health Disparities
- Lesbian
- Network Science
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Social Science
- Systems Science
- Transgender (LGBT) Healthcare
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Off-Campus Expenses for Lead Developer Joshua Melville
National Institute on Drug Abuse
8/1/20 → 6/30/23
Project: Research project
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Developing and Testing a Social Network Data Capture Tool to Improve Partner Services
Birkett, M. A., Janulis, P. F. & Phillips ii, G. L.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
8/1/20 → 6/30/23
Project: Research project
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EpiModel 2.0: Integrated Network Models for HIV/STI Prevention Science
Birkett, M. A., Janulis, P. F., Mustanski, B. & Phillips ii, G. L.
Emory University, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
7/12/18 → 6/30/21
Project: Research project
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Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology for Drug Use and HIV (Ce-PIM)
Amaral, L. A. N., Amaral, L. A. N., Benbow, N. D., Birkett, M. A., Birkett, M. A., Brown, C. H., Gallo, C., Gallo, C., Mustanski, B., Phillips ii, G. L., Phillips ii, G. L., Smith, J. D., Teplin, L. A., Vermeer, W., Wilensky, U. & Wilensky, U.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
9/1/16 → 6/30/21
Project: Research project
Research Output
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A Response to Cimpian and Timmer (2020): Limitations and Misrepresentation of “Mischievous Responders” in LGBT+ Health Research
Phillips, G., Felt, D., Fish, J. N., Ruprecht, M. M., Birkett, M. & Poteat, V. P., Jul 1 2020, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior. 49, 5, p. 1409-1414 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Assessing the stability of egocentric networks over time using the digital participant-Aided sociogram tool Network Canvas
Hogan, B., Janulis, P., Phillips, G. L., Melville, J., Mustanski, B., Contractor, N. & Birkett, M., 2020, In: Network Science. 8, 2, p. 204-222 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Changes in Victimization Risk and Disparities for Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth: Trends From 2009 to 2017
Poteat, V. P., Birkett, M., Turner, B., Wang, X. & Phillips, G., Feb 1 2020, In: Journal of Adolescent Health. 66, 2, p. 202-209 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differential decline in illicit drug use by sexual identity among united states high school students, 2005-2017
Felt, D., Wang, X., Ruprecht, M. M., Turner, B., Beach, L. B., Philbin, M. M., Birkett, M. & Phillips, G., Nov 1 2020, In: LGBT Health. 7, 8, p. 420-430 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Landscape of HIV Implementation Research Funded by the National Institutes of Health: A Mapping Review of Project Abstracts
Smith, J. D., Li, D. H., Hirschhorn, L. R., Gallo, C., McNulty, M., Phillips, G., Birkett, M., Rafferty, M., Rao, A., Villamar, J. A., Baral, S., Mustanski, B., Brown, C. H. & Benbow, N. D., Jun 1 2020, In: AIDS and behavior. 24, 6, p. 1903-1911 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations