Rachel L. Kaplan, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
Affiliate Faculty, Center of Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, SFSU

Email: rachel.kaplan@ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Dr. Rachel L. Kaplan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and Affiliate Faculty in the Center of Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality at San Francisco State University. Dr. Kaplan is trained in Public Health and Social Science with experience in sexual and mental health and HIV prevention and treatment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).  With a focus on international HIV prevention among “key populations,” Dr. Kaplan is interested in the intersections of risk, gender, sexuality, conflict, and health in MENA. Having worked on HIV research in the region since 2006, Dr. Kaplan is Principal Investigator of an NIMH-funded study to determine potential strategies for addressing sexual and mental health risk and resilience among transgender women in Lebanon.

 

Areas of Interest:

  • HIV/AIDS prevention
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Gender and sexuality
  • Sexual and mental health
  • Transgender health

 

For a complete list of publications, please click here: Publications on PubMed

 

Updated October 2014

Citations:

  • Kaplan RL, Khawaja M, Linos N. Husband's control and sexual coercion within marriage: findings from a population-based survey in Egypt . Violence Against Women. 2011:11(17):1465-79.
  • Kaplan RL, Wagner GJ, Nehme S, Aunon F, Khouri D, Mokhbat J. Forms of Safety and Their Impact on Health: An Exploration of HIV/AIDS-Related Risk and Resilience Among Trans Women in Lebanon. Health Care Women International. 2014:.
  • Linos, N., Khawaja, M., & Kaplan, R.L.. Women's acceptance of spousal abuse in Iraq: Prevalence rates and the role of female empowerment characteristics. Journal of Family Violence. 2012:(27):625-633.
  • Wagner GJ, Aunon FM, Kaplan RL, Rana Y, Khouri D, Tohme J, Mokhbat J. A qualitative exploration of sexual risk and HIV testing behaviors among men who have sex with men in Beirut, Lebanon. PLoS One. 2012:9(7):e45566.
  • Brooks RA, Kaplan RL, Lieber E, Landovitz RJ, Lee SJ, Leibowitz AA. Motivators, concerns, and barriers to adoption of preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among gay and bisexual men in HIV-serodiscordant male relationships. AIDS Care. 2011:9(23):1136-45.