Kurt C. Organista, PhD, is Professor at the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.

Carmen Albizu-Garcia
Department of Health Services Administration
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Hortensia Amaro
Bouvé College of Health Sciences and
Institute on Urban Health Research
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

Sonya G. Arreola
Urban Health Program
Research Triangle Institute, International
San Francisco, California

George Ayala
Global Forum on MSM &HIV (MSMGF)
Oakland, California

Jose A. Bauermeister
Health Behavior & Health Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Fernanda T. Bianchi
Department of Psychology
George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

Héctor Carrillo
Department of Sociology
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Lina Cherfas
Latino Commission on AIDS
New York, New York

Megan Comfort
Urban Health Program
RTI International
San Francisco, California

Lisa de Saxe Zerden
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Rafael M. Díaz
Cesar E. Chávez Institute
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California

Frank Galvan
Bienestar Human Services, Inc.
Los Angeles, California

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
Silver School of Social Work
New York University
New York, New York

Diane Hernandez
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia University
New York, New York

Jennifer S. Hirsch
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia University
New York, New York

JoAnne Keatley
Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Patricia Kissinger
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana

Alex H. Kral
Research Triangle Institute, International
San Francisco, California

Lisa M. Kuhns
Chidlren's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Haiyan Li
Chidlren's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Lena Lundgren
Center for Addictions Research and Services
Boston, Massachusetts

Luz Marillis Lopez
School of Social Work
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

Carlos Molina III
Political Science and Legal Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Miguel Muñoz-Laboy
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia University
New York, New York

Torsten B. Neilands
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Kurt C. Organista
School of Social Welfare
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Thomas M. Painter
National Center for HIV/AIDS
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Paul J. Poppen
Department of Psychology
George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

James Quesada
Department of Anthropology
California State University San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Anita Raj
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California

Jesus Ramirez-Valles
UIC School of Public Health
University of Illinois-Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Carol A. Reisen
Department of Psychology
George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

Scott D. Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Britt Rios-Ellis
National Council of La Raza/California State University
Long Beach, Center for Latino Community Health
Long Beach, California

Edgar Rivera-Colon
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, New York

Timoteo Rodriguez
Department of Anthropology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Sheilla Rodríguez-Madera
Criminal Justice Department
University of Puerto Rico at Carolina
Carolina, Puerto Rico

Jorge Sánchez
Cesar E. Chávez Institute
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California

Fernando M. Sañudo
Health Promotion Center
Vista Community Clinic
Vista, California

Kurt Schroeder.
Cesar E. Chávez Institute
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California

Michele G. Shedlin
College of Nursing
New York University
New York, New York

Monica D. Ulibarri
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California

Nelson Varas-Díaz
Center for the Study of Social Differences and
Health Graduate School of Social Work
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Emily E. Vasquez
Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, New York

Miriam Y. Vega
Latino Commission on AIDS
New York, New York

Antonia M. Villarruel
School of Nursing
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Paula Worby
Multicultural Institute
Berkeley, California

Maria Cecilia Zea
Department of Psychology
George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

"The number of Hispanics living in the US recently reached 50 million, making them the largest minority. This is also a population where the HIV/AIDS problem is growing and for which a comprehensive approach is direly needed. This book addresses the prevention of this disease from a medical, cultural, gender, and community perspective, which makes it unique and extraordinarily useful." -- Julio Frenk, MD, MPH, PhD, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health

"The sub rosa and stigmatized status of HIV and AIDS in U.S. Latino communities warrants much greater attention in American health and social services research. This book is a vital step in moving Latino HIV research to international visibility. The contents provide a rich compendium of knowledge and insights for academics, policymakers, and program developers. The chapters reflect experienced and authoritative authorships, and the volume responds to a void of pragmatic information and provides a scholarly foundation for a higher level of research intensity and analysis that is badly needed." -- William A. Vega, PhD, Provost Professor, University of Southern California