Monica Malta
MPH, PhD
Qualification
- Postdoctoral degree (Epidemiology), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- PhD (Epidemiology), Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health.
- MPH (Epidemiology), Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health
- BSc (Social Psychology), University of Rio de Janeiro
Professional Memberships
- International AIDS Society (IAS)
- College on Problem Drug Dependence (CPDD)
- National Hispanic Science Network on Substance Abuse (NHSNSA)
Dr. Monica Malta is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She has been engaged in public health intervention research with a focus on the study of social and structural factors influencing the adoption of health-promoting behaviors related to metal health and HIV prevention/care since 2000. A significant portion of her research has focused on evaluating the role and impact of environmental-structural factors related to mental health and HIV outcomes among marginalized groups such as transgender women, people who use/abuse drugs, people living with HIV, and female sex workers. She recently directed a large-scale research portfolio funded by UNESCO, addressing mental health, gender-based violence and HIV vulnerability among transgender women from Brazil. Dr. Malta worked during several years at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and is a researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), the largest biomedical research institution in Latin America. Studies leaded by Dr. Malta have been funded by NIH, CDC, UN, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Duke University, and Ford Foundation. She has close to 50 peer-reviewed publications and her studies guided several updates in the Brazilian guidelines on HIV prevention and treatment.
Research Synopsis
* HIV prevention and care
* LGBTQ2 Health
* social and behavioral change
* environmental-structural factors
* gender
* stigma
* human rights
* mixed methods research
Recent Publications
HIV, HCV, HBV, and syphilis among transgender women from Brazil: Assessing different methods to adjust infection rates of a hard-to-reach, sparse population. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 May;97(1S Suppl 1):S16-S24.
Human rights and political crisis in Brazil: Public health impacts and challenges. Glob Public Health. 2018 Jan 25:1-8.
LGBTI Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean: Policy Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (In Press)
On being transgender in Brazil: Human rights violation and violence. Transgender Health (In Press)
Appointments
Independent Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and mental Health
Honours and Awards
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2014 Science Without Borders Fellowship (Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq)
2012 Rio de Janeiro Young Scientist (Rio de Janeiro Research Support Foundation - FAPERJ)
2011 ISAJE/WHO Young Scholars Award - Best Paper on Drug Abuse Epidemiology
2010 UNAIDS Young Leaders Award
2009 NIDA/CICAD Award – Best PhD Thesis on Drug Abuse Epidemiology
2004-2005 Fulbright Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship
2002 World Health Organization Mental Health Award