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Chenglin Hong
Chenglin Hong, PhD
University of Connecticut, School of Social Work - Assistant Professor
Email: chenglin.hong@uconn.edu
Education
PhD, Social Welfare, UCLA
MSW/MPH, University of Washington
Research Interests
Intimate partner violence, HIV/STI prevention and care, sexual and gender minority health, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use, syndemics, eHealth, mHealth, and technology-based interventions, implementation science, global health and mental health
BIO
Chenglin Hong is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Connecticut. His research is dedicated to addressing health disparities among sexual and gender minorities and the LGBTQ+ communities. Trained as a social worker and community-based participatory researcher, he focuses on developing and testing interventions to improve sexual health and mental health outcomes for gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority men (SMM), with a strong emphasis on HIV prevention and intimate partner violence (IPV) both in the U.S. and globally. His work bridges the fields of social work, public health, psychology, data science, and implementation science, aiming to create interventions that challenge violence, mental health, substance use, stigma, HIV, and other syndemic conditions within SMM communities. He is particularly interested in understanding the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of eHealth and other technology-based interventions to promote IPV help-seeking and HIV/STI prevention services through implementation science, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) among SMM. His research spans multiple regions in Global Health settings, including the U.S., China, Kenya, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Projects
Principal Investigator, Leveraging Implementation Science for Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention Among Young Sexual and Gender Diverse Individuals Who Use Substances. Active
Principal Investigator, Utilizing Machine Learning and Technology-Based Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention among Diverse Young Sexual Minority Men. Completed
Publications

Recent

Hong C (2026).
High rates of intimate partner violence among diverse young sexual minority men who use substances
Sexual Health, 23 (2), SH25201. doi: 10.1071/SH25201.

Hong C, Lunchenkov N, Schmidt D, Ustinov G, German E, Steinert JI (2026).
Intimate partner violence victimization and HIV PrEP adherence among gay, bisexual men, and other men who have sex with men in Ukraine
AIDS and Behavior [Epub 2026 Mar 9]. doi: 10.1007/s10461-026-05059-9.

Hong C, Huang W, Holloway IW, Sullivan PS, Siegler AJ (2026).
HIV testing and the PrEP care continuum among Chinese sexual minority men: A comparison by relationship status and sexual agreement
International Journal of STD and AIDS, 37 (4), :410-418. doi: 10.1177/09564624251405959.

Hong C, Pushpanadh S, Wang Y, Mowbray O, Manuel JI, Graham SM (2026).
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among people with criminal justice involvement in the United States: A systematic review
AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 40 (2), 50-67. doi: 10.1177/10872914251406718.

Boka C, Yonko EA, Beikzadeh M, Kärkkäinen K, Hong C, Sarrafzadeh M, Holloway IW (2026).
Utilizing machine learning for predicting PrEP use status among sexual and gender minority young adults
Prevention Science [Epub 2026 Jan 10]. doi: 10.1007/s11121-025-01872-1.

Dr. Hong's Google Scholar Profile
Selected Press