Chattiya Nitpolprasert, PhD Candidate

Chattiya Nitpolprasert is a social and behavioral researcher at Adam’s Love Global Foundation for MSM (men who have sex with men) and Transgender Health (ALGO), leading in implementing technology-based interventions and conducting behavioral research in HIV prevention and care. Since 2010, Nitpolprasert has successfully harnessed communications technology in engaging hard-to-reach, discreet and closeted MSM and transgender (TG) individuals into early HIV testing and treatment in Southeast and East Asia. She has extensive experience in designing innovative and culturally sensitive strategies to address HIV care, support and counseling needs of key populations living with HIV. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Department of Global Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Resources:

A qualitative study of the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) on psychological and financial wellbeing and engagement in care among men who have sex with men living with HIV in Thailand

A qualitative study of Thai HIV-positive young men who have sex with men and transgender women demonstrates the need for eHealth interventions to optimize the HIV care continuum

Innovative strategies using communications technologies to engage gay men and other men who have sex with men into early HIV testing and treatment in Thailand