<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Damian Denson Personal Resume]]></title><description><![CDATA[Damian Denson Personal Resume]]></description><link>https://www.damianjdenson.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:52:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.damianjdenson.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What Happens When Community HIV Prevention Loses Its Funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some of the most important HIV prevention work in this country never happens in a clinic. It happens in barbershops and church basements, at ballroom houses and pride events, in mobile vans parked outside nightclubs at 1 a.m. Community-based organizations, CBOs, have been the front door of HIV prevention for decades, and a lot of that work has historically been supported with federal funding. A recent analysis from amfAR asked a straightforward question: what happens if that funding goes...]]></description><link>https://www.damianjdenson.com/post/what-happens-when-community-hiv-prevention-loses-its-funding</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad97573e33efd9d54e5cee4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:35:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Damian Denson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Honesty, communication and trust are what bring peace of mind"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most HIV research asks some version of: what are people doing wrong? For this study, we flipped the question: what are people doing right? We interviewed 51 HIV-negative Latino gay and bisexual men across five Southern cities — not about their risks, but about how they navigate HIV in their daily lives. A strengths-based lens, grounded in resilience theory. The backdrop is heavy: a real climate of fear around both HIV and homosexuality, with stigma and taboo actively getting in the way of...]]></description><link>https://www.damianjdenson.com/post/honesty-communication-and-trust-are-what-bring-peace-of-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac6f5e24f0ef59df1e4a20b</guid><category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:46:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Damian Denson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The daily pill asks a lot. We asked young Black women what they'd prefer instead.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Think about what daily oral PrEP actually demands: remember a pill every single day, keep the bottle somewhere safe, have an answer ready if someone asks what it's for. For young Black women in the South — who carry a heavy share of new HIV diagnoses — that's a lot to ask, and uptake shows it. So we asked 75 Black women, ages 18 to 34, in Atlanta, Baton Rouge, and Jackson: if you could prevent HIV without a daily pill, what would you pick? We walked them through three options: a long-acting...]]></description><link>https://www.damianjdenson.com/post/non-oral-prep-preferences-young-black-women</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac6f5c32526eefdb7fe791f</guid><category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:45:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Damian Denson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We showed gay and bisexual men prototypes of future HIV prevention products. Here's what they said.]]></title><description><![CDATA[At one point we only had a pill that prevents HIV. Now we also have a long-acting shot. They work really well. Yet, not enough people take it — especially in the South, where the burden is heaviest. So our team asked a different question: what if the problem isn't just getting people to a pill or a shot, but the options themselves? What would people actually want to use? We sat down (virtually) with 98 Black, Latino, and White gay and bisexual men across the South — some already on PrEP, some...]]></description><link>https://www.damianjdenson.com/post/future-hiv-prevention-product-preferences</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac6f5a24f0ef59df1e4a1a3</guid><category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:45:17 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Damian Denson</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>