B.A. University of Florida 1995
M.P.H. Indiana University 1997
Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2006

Position/Grant/Award/etc.

• 2023-2024 – Co-Sponsor: A digital health intervention to increase condom use among adolescent sexual minority males. NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00). National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health (1K99MD019060-01; $945,249). Principal Investigator: Javidi, H. (Impact Score: 26.0)
• 2022-2024 – Principal Investigator: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) information on social media. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (1R21HD108052-01A1; $445,333). (Impact Score: 22; Percentile: 8.0)
• 2022-2023 – Principal Investigator (for John Ferrand, Doctoral Student Applicant): Facilitators and Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Provision and Use in a Midwest College Health Center. Gilead Sciences, Inc. ($4,933.50).
• 2021-2023 (No cost extension to 2024) – Principal Investigator: The Esthetician's Perspectives and Practices Study (R03). Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (1R03HD104841-01; $158,500). (Impact Score: 29; Percentile: 13.0)
• 2023—Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
• 2022—Fellow, The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
• Associate Editor, American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), 2015–Present
• President, The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), 2017–Present
• 2018—Fellow, American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB)
• 2011—Darroch Award for Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research, Guttmacher Institute
• 2008—Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health

Scholarly Interest

Dr. Walsh-Buhi's research focuses on 1) understanding and promoting sexual health among young people, and 2) examining the influence of and employing innovative technologies for health promotion and behavior change (called Digital Health).

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Owora, A. H., Houghton, R. F., Ferrand, J. L.,S Parker, E., Anderson, P., Coyle, K., Guinosso, S., & Walsh-Buhi, E. R. (In press). Promoting healthy adolescent romantic relationships: Results of a multi-site, two-group parallel randomized clinical trial. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.02.025

Walsh-Buhi, M. L., Houghton, R. F., Valdez, D., & Walsh-Buhi, E. R. (2024). A theory-based assessment of mpox: Findings from a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults. PLoS ONE, 19(3): e0299599. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299599

Javidi, H., Anderson, P., Walsh-Buhi, E., Coyle, K, & Chen, X. (2024). Exploring the influence of romantic relationship communication on adolescents’ self-efficacy to ask for sexual consent. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2306475

Walsh-Buhi, E. R., Walsh-Buhi, M. L., & Houghton, R. F. (2024). Mpox knowledge in the U.S.: Results from a nationally representative survey. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 17(2), 359-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2023.12.009

Ferrand, J.,S Walsh-Buhi, E., Dodge, B., Svetina, D., & Herbenick, D. (2023). Variations in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and healthcare provider interactions in a nationally representative sample of American men aged 15-49 years: A cross-sectional study. AIDS and Behavior, 27, 2932-2943. doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-04016-0

Méndez, A.,S Rao, M.,S Rahnama-Moghadam, S., Gomaa, B., & Walsh-Buhi, E. R. (2023). Describing hidradenitis suppurativa misinformation diffusion among Facebook users: A content analysis. The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology, 16(6), 50-51. PMID: 37361366 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10286876/)

Edinger, A.,S Valdez, D., Walsh-Buhi, E., Trueblood, J. S., Lorenzo-Luaces, L., Rutter, L. A., & Bollen, J. (2023). Misinformation and public health messaging in the early stages of the Mpox outbreak: Mapping the Twitter narrative with deep learning. JMIR; 25: e43841. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/43841

Edinger, A.,S Valdez, D., Walsh-Buhi, E., & Bollen, J. (2023). Deep learning for topical trend discovery in online discourse about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). AIDS and Behavior, 27, 443-453. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03779-2

Fisher, C. M., Kauer, S., Singleton, A., & Walsh-Buhi, E. (2023). An examination of sexual health information sources, knowledge and behaviours among Australian teens: A latent class analysis. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 20(1), 75-83 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-021-00679-3

Marhefka, S. L., Noble, C. A.,S Walsh-Buhi, E. R., Turner, D.,S Mahony, H.,S Singleton, A., DeBate, R., & Daley, E. M. (2023). Key considerations and recommended strategies for conducting a school-based longitudinal RE-AIM evaluation: Insights from a 28-school cluster randomized trial. Health Promotion Practice. 24(1), 160-171. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399211042339