Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Research Interests
Transgender health; pre-exposure prophylaxis; HIV prevention; qualitative research; mixed methods research
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2023
MSPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2017
BS
Northeastern University
2014
Overview
Erin Cooney is a social and behavioral public health researcher and Assistant Scientist in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Erin completed her doctoral training in qualitative and quantitative research methods at the Bloomberg School as a Ruth L. Kirschstein Fellow supported by the National Institutes of Health.
Erin has led and contributed to research focused on the HIV prevention needs of transgender women, with an emphasis on leveraging social determinants of health to optimize pre-exposure prophylaxis efficacy and address inequities in health outcomes among and within communities of transgender women. She has also been involved in several projects to document and address health inequities in terms of violence, mental health, and substance use outcomes among marginalized groups.
Erin has led and contributed to research focused on the HIV prevention needs of transgender women, with an emphasis on leveraging social determinants of health to optimize pre-exposure prophylaxis efficacy and address inequities in health outcomes among and within communities of transgender women. She has also been involved in several projects to document and address health inequities in terms of violence, mental health, and substance use outcomes among marginalized groups.
Honors & Awards
Inductee, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 2023
Gordis Teaching Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2022-2023
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, 2020-2023
Georgeda Buchbinder Memorial Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2020
Centennial Scholar Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2019
Inductee, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, 2017
Gordis Teaching Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2022-2023
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, 2020-2023
Georgeda Buchbinder Memorial Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2020
Centennial Scholar Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2019
Inductee, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, 2017
Select Publications
Selected publications from the last year:
- Cooney EE, Reisner SL, Saleem HT, Althoff KN, Beckham SW, Radix A, Cannon CM, Schneider JS, Haw JS, Rodriguez AE, Wawrzyniak AJ. Prevention-effective adherence trajectories among transgender women indicated for PrEP in the United States: a prospective cohort study. Annals of epidemiology. 2022 Jun 1;70:23-31.
- Wirtz AL, Humes E, Althoff KN, Poteat TC, Radix A, Mayer KH, Schneider JS, Haw JS, Wawrzyniak AJ, Cannon CM, Stevenson M, Cooney EE. HIV incidence and mortality in transgender women in the eastern and southern USA: a multisite cohort study. The Lancet HIV. 2023 May 1;10(5):e308-19.
- Poteat TC, Humes E, Althoff KN, Cooney EE, Radix A, Cannon CM, Wawrzyniak AJ, Schneider JS, Beyrer C, Mayer KH, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Characterizing arrest and incarceration in a prospective cohort of transgender women. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 2023 Feb 1;29(1):60-70.
- Sherman AD, Higgins MK, Balthazar MS, Hill M, Klepper M, Schneider JS, Adams D, Radix A, Mayer KH, Cooney EE, Poteat TC. Stigma, social and structural vulnerability, and mental health among transgender women: A partial least square path modeling analysis. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2023 May 16.
- Aguayo-Romero RA, Cannon CM, Wirtz AL, Cooney EE, Mayer KH, Reisner SL, American Cohort to Study HIV Acquisition among Transgender Women (LITE) Study Group. HIV awareness and prevention strategies among transgender women in the Eastern and Southern United States: findings from the LITE Study. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2022 Oct;25:e25999.