Rodman Turpin, PhD, MS

Dr. Rodman Turpin is an assistant professor in the Department of Global and Community Health, College of Public Health. Turpin's research focuses on HIV and STI prevention among racial/ethnic and sexual minorities, with a focus on Black sexual minority men. His work employs applications of intersectionality and syndemic theory (particularly related to racism, homophobia, and related stigma) novel methodologic approaches (including latent variable analysis and causal inference modeling), and community engagement to understand social and structural risk factors for HIV/STI-related outcomes. Before coming to Mason, Turpin was a research assistant professor in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Maryland, College Park, School of Public Health, and the microbiology laboratory instructional coordinator at Howard University Hospital.

Research

Grants

A community-based intervention to increase PrEP initiation among Black sexual minority men in Prince George's County, Maryland: Reducing internalized stigma and increasing social support
Funders: NIMHD (K01MD016346), Dates: 03/22 to 12/26 Direct Costs: $608,828
Role: PI                                  

Synergistic epidemics of non-communicable diseases, stigma, depression, and material insecurities among sexual and gender minorities living with HIV in Nigeria
Funders: NIAID (R01HL165686), Dates: 09/22 to 09/27, Direct Costs: $3,810,280
Role: Co-I                               

University of Maryland, College Park Prevention Research Center
Funders: CDC (U48 DP006382), Dates: 08/19 to 08/24, Direct Costs: $2,457,819
The University of Maryland, College Park Prevention Research Center is committed to service, teaching, and research around issues of mental health and associated health disparities experienced by LGBTQ+ persons. The PRC’s core research focus is developing for training and evaluating mental healthcare providers in LGBTQ+ competency.
Role: Co-Investigator              

An integrated substance use, violence, and HIV/AIDS syndemic risk-reduction intervention for African American couples
Funders: NIDA (R03-DA044866), Dates: 07/20 to 7/22, Direct Costs: $50,000
Role: Collaborator and Analyst

HIV Prevention Trials Network Fellowship
Funders: NIAID, NIMH, NIDA (UM1AI068619, UM1AI068613, UM1AI1068617),
Dates: 06/19 to 12/20, Direct Costs: $91,846
Role: PI

Health disparities in STI incidence and the vaginal microbiome: the role of psychosocial stress and socioeconomic position
Funders: NIAID (R01-AI116799), NICHD (NO-1-HD-8-3293, Z01-HD002535), Dates: 06/18 to 06/21, Direct Costs: $17,330 (Subcontract)
Role: Analyst

Select Publications 

Turpin, R.E.; Hawthorne, D.J.; Rosario, A.D. (2022). Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Interventions among Black Sexual Minority Men: A Systematic Literature Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 1934. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph19041934

Turpin RE, Akre ER, Williams N, Boekeloo B, Fish J. Trends in Health Care Access and Experiences: Differential Gains Across Intersections of Sexual Identity and Sex Post-Marriage Equality (2022). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Turpin RE, Smith J, Watson L, Heine B, Dyer T, Liu H. Latent profiles of stigma and HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Black sexual minority men: an exploratory study. SN Soc Sci. In press.

Turpin, R.E., Akre E. R., Fish, J. In Reply to Cummings and Kumar. Acad Med. In press.

Turpin, R, Khan, M, Scheidell, J, Feelemyer, J, Hucks-Ortiz, C, Abrams, J, Cleland, C, Mayer, K, Dyer, T (2021). Roles of Racism and Homophobia in HIV Testing Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women With a History of Incarceration in the HPTN 061 Cohort. AIDS Education and Prevention 33.2 (2021): 143-157.

Turpin, R., Slopen, N., Borgogna, J. L. C., Yeoman, C. J., He, X., Miller, R. S., ... & Brotman, R. M. (2021). Perceived Stress and Molecular Bacterial Vaginosis in the National Institutes of Health Longitudinal Study of Vaginal Flora. American Journal of Epidemiology, 190(11), 2374-2383.

Turpin, RE, Watson, L, Mayer, K, Dyer, T. (2021). Latent Classes of Sexual Identity and Homophobia associated with Sexual Risk among Black sexual minority men in HPTN 061. J Sex Res.

Turpin RE, Tuddenham S*, He X, Klebanoff M, Ghanem K, Brotman R. Bacterial Vaginosis and Behavioral Factors Associated with Incident Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in the Longitudinal Study of Vaginal Flora. J Infect Dis. In Press. *Co-first author.

Turpin R, Akre ER, Williams N, Boekeloo B, Fish J (2021). Differences in Health Care Access and Satisfaction Across Intersections of Race/Ethnicity and Sexual Identity. Academic Medicine 96.11: 1592-1597.

Turpin R, Rosario A, Dyer T. Substance Use and Suicide Attempts among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males: A Comparison of Synthesized Substance Use Measures.  Am J Epidemiol. 2020; Apr 13. PMID: 32280963

Turpin R, Dyer T, Dangerfield D, Liu, H, Mayer, K. Latent transition analysis of a multi-component behavioral syndemic among Black men who have sex with men in the HPTN 061 cohort: Interactions between social support, trauma, and behavioral health. Drug Alcohol Depend, 214(108106)

Turpin R, Rosario A, Dyer T. Barriers to Syphilis Testing among Men who have Sex with Men: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Sex Hlth. 2020 Jun;17(3):201-213. doi: 10.1071/SH19044. PMID: 32586417.

Turpin R, Rosario A, Wang, M. Victimization, Depression, and the Suicide Cascade in Sexual Minority Youth. J Mental Health; 29(2):225-233.

Turpin R, Salerno J, Rosario A, Boekeloo B. Victimization, substance use, depression, and sexual risk in adolescent males who have sex with males: A syndemic latent profile analysis. Arch Sex Behav. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01685-z.

Turpin R, Slopen N, Boekeloo B, Dallal C, Chen S, Dyer T. Testing a Syndemic Index of Psychosocial and Structural Factors associated with HIV Testing among Black Men. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2019; 31(1), 455-470. PMID: 32037342.

Turpin R, Boekeloo B, Dyer T. Sexual Identity Modifies the Association between Bullying and Suicide Planning among Adolescents with Same-Sex Sexual Partners. J LGBT Youth 2019; 16 (3): 300-316.

Turpin R, Slopen N, Chen S, Boekeloo B, Dallal C, Dyer T. Latent Class Analysis of a Syndemic of Risk Factors on HIV Testing among Black Men. AIDS Care. 2018 Sept 22; 1-8. PMID: 30235943

Turpin R, Boekeloo B, Dyer T. Heterosexual Identity Moderates the Association between Healthcare Access and HIV Testing among Black Men. Ann Epidemiol. 2018 Aug 1;27(8):539.

Turpin, R., Brotman, R. M., Miller, R. S., Klebanoff, M. A., He, X., & Slopen, N. (2019). Perceived stress and incident sexually transmitted infections in a prospective cohort. Annals of epidemiology, 32, 20–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.01.0100

Turpin R, Slopen N, He X, Robinson C, Klebanoff MA, Ravel J, Brotman R (2019). Perceived stress and socioeconomic factors associated with vaginal microbiota in the longitudinal study of vaginal flora. Sex Trans Infect; 95:A146. Abstract.

Turpin R, Boekeloo B, Dyer T. Heterosexual Identity Moderates the Association between Bullying and Suicide Planning among Adolescents with Same-Sex Sexual Partners. Ann Epidemiol, 27 (8), 539. Abstract.

Please see CV for a full list of publications.

Community Service 

• Member (Scientific Advisory for Black Gay Men’s Health), Speak Out, Inc, 2019-Present
• Member, DMV Alliance Committee for MSM-Serving Organizations, 2019-Present
• Member, Gay Men’s Health Collaborative, 2018-Present

Reviewing Activities for Journals and Presses

• Pharmaceuticals, 2022
• Venereology, 2022
• Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2022
• Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2022
• Journal of Men’s Health, 2021-22
• LGBT Health, 2021
• Nature Microbiology, 2021-22
• Journal of Sex Research, 2021-22
• Addictive Behaviors, 2020
• Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2020
• Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2020
• International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020-21
• Journal of Urban Health, 2020
• Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2020
• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019-22
• Journal of Adolescent Health, 2019-20
• Health Promotion Practice, 2019-20
• Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 2019
• Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 2019
• Women’s Health, 2019
• AIDS and Behavior, 2018-21
• Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes, 2018-21

Affiliations

• American Public Health Association
• Society for Prevention Research
• HIV Prevention Trials Network
• Black Gay Research Group
• Gay Men’s Health Collaborative
• Delta Omega Public Health Society
• University of Maryland Flagship Fellowship Society
• American Society for Clinical Pathologists (Specialist in Microbiology)
• American Society for Clinical Pathologists (Medical Laboratory Scientist)

Degrees

• PhD, Epidemiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2018
• MS, Health Education, Howard University, Washington, DC, 2012
• BS, Clinical Laboratory Science, Howard University, Washington, DC, 2008