Public Health and Health Professions
Canidate Lab
Led by Shantrel S Canidate · Epidemiology
What we study
The Canidate Lab studies HIV and substance use disparities in marginalized groups, using electronic health records and AI to find ways to reduce racial disparities in care.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Coding helps
- Project
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- Papers
- 5
Current projects
A mixed methods study of factors associated with HIV outcomes in people living with HIV
Researching HIV outcomes in marginalized groups using health records and AI.
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Recent papers, explained
- HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis practices in Florida, USA: Clinicians’ perceptions of initiation, risk identification, barriers, and facilitators
2026 · PLoS ONE
Asks doctors about starting HIV prevention drugs and their challenges.
- Sociodemographic differences in clinical phenotypes among patients with COPD: a latent class analysis
2026 · BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Groups COPD patients into types based on health and social factors.
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- Perceived social support and its impact on alcohol treatment outcomes: a qualitative study among women with HIV enrolled in a clinical alcohol pharmacotherapy trial
2026 · AIDS Research and Therapy
Explores how social support affects alcohol treatment for women with HIV.
- Association of sexual trauma and demographic characteristics with cervical cancer screening among women with HIV
2026 · AIDS Care
Finds no link between sexual trauma and cervical cancer screening in women with HIV.
- Examining Survival of People Diagnosed With HIV in Florida Between 2015 and 2021 After a Late, Delayed, or Timely Diagnosis
2025 · JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Compares survival rates for people with late, delayed, or early HIV diagnoses.
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