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Kelly W. Gagnon PhD

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Member of the Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR)

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Research Experience

  • Community Health Centers
  • HIV
  • Harm Reduction
  • Mental Health
  • Population Health
  • Public Health
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Implementation Science

    • Methodologies and Techniques

  • Qualitative Research
  • Mixed Methods

    • MCW Program / Core Facilities

  • Center for AIDS Intervention Research

    • Publications (26)

  • Barriers and facilitators to implementing electronic patient reported outcome screening for mental illness and substance use disorders at HIV clinics in Alabama: a qualitative study. (Eaton E, McCollum CG, Gagnon KW, Kutsch AE, Burgan K) BMC Health Serv Res 2025 Nov 11;25(1):1462 PMID: 41219808 PMCID: PMC12607076 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105021440861 11/12/2025    
  • Characteristics of healthcare providers, healthcare systems, and patient strategies related to medical mistrust among black and African Americans. (Gagnon KW, Quinn K, Walsh JL, Amirkhanian YA, Kelly JA) BMC Prim Care 2025 Jul 02;26(1):203 PMID: 40604500 PMCID: PMC12218944 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105010119146 07/03/2025       5 Citations
  • Health Information Access Behaviors by Sexual Orientation: A Secondary Data Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey. (Gagnon KW, Corey SL, Gordon J, Risisky D, Coulter RWS) J Homosex 2026;73(6):1530-1546 PMID: 40590754 PMCID: PMC12240472 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105009542814 07/01/2025    
  • A Study Protocol to Increase Engagement in Evidence-Based Hospital and Community-Based Care Using a Serious Injection-Related Infections Checklist and Intensive Peer for Hospitalized PWID (ShaPe). (Baldwin M, Jeziorski M, Parman M, Gagnon KW, Nichols AC, Bradford D, Crockett K, Eaton EF) Subst Use Addctn J 2025 Oct;46(4):1047-1052 PMID: 40569256 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105010873629 06/26/2025    
  • Developing an implementation blueprint: Lessons learned from integrating electronic patient-reported outcomes in HIV clinics in Alabama. (Gagnon KW, Burgan K, Mulrain M, Baral S, Cropsey K, Mugavero M, Eaton E) PLoS One 2024;19(10):e0312782 PMID: 39475996 PMCID: PMC11524444 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85208117435 10/30/2024    
  • Occurrence of Stigmatizing Documentation Among Hospital Medicine Encounters With Opioid-Related Diagnosis Codes: Cohort Study. (Bradford WS, Bratches RWR, Porras H, Chen DR, Gagnon KW, Ascher SB) JMIR Form Res 2024 Oct 24;8:e53510 PMID: 39447164 PMCID: PMC11544335 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85207629036 10/25/2024       6 Citations
  • Rapid Response to the Legalization of Fentanyl Test Strips in Alabama: An Academic-Community Partnership. (McCollum CG, Ventrelli G, Gagnon KW, Loftis A, Famurewa A, Wimberly C, Eaton E) Am J Public Health 2024 Aug;114(8):785-788 PMID: 38870434 PMCID: PMC11224633 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85197964785 06/13/2024       3 Citations
  • Community-Based Services for Hospitalized Patients With Serious Injection-Related Infections in Alabama: A Brief Report. (Gagnon KW, Bradford W, Bassler J, Nassel A, Kay ES, Jeziorski M, Prados M, McCleskey B, Kobie J, Eaton E) Open Forum Infect Dis 2024 May;11(5):ofae231 PMID: 38813257 PMCID: PMC11134460 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85194944647 05/30/2024       1 Citation
  • Facilitators, Barriers, and Opportunities to Implementing Sexual History Screening and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis at a Federally Qualified Health Center. (Gagnon KW, Coulter RWS, Egan JE, Ho K, Hawk M) AIDS Patient Care STDS 2024 May;38(5):230-237 PMID: 38669122 PMCID: PMC11386997 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85192228638 04/26/2024       1 Citation
  • Hospitalization is a missed opportunity for HIV screening, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and treatment. (Bradford W, Akselrod H, Bassler J, Gagnon KW, Burkholder G, Carpenter JE, Steck A, Catalanotti J, Kuo I, McGonigle K, Mai W, Notis M, Brokus C, Kattakuzhy S, Rosenthal E, Eaton EF) Addict Sci Clin Pract 2024 Mar 26;19(1):22 PMID: 38528590 PMCID: PMC10964564 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188585527 03/26/2024       8 Citations
  • Patient and Clinician Sociodemographics and Sexual History Screening at a Multisite Federally Qualified Health Center: A Mixed Methods Study. (Gagnon KW, Coulter RWS, Egan JE, Ho K, Hawk M) Ann Fam Med 2023;21(5):395-402 PMID: 37748900 PMCID: PMC10519747 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169430495 09/26/2023       7 Citations
  • Relationship Between Patient and Provider Sociodemographics and Sexual History Screening at a Multi-site Federally Qualified Health Center in Connecticut: A Mixed Methods Study (Gagnon, KW., Coulter, RWS., Egan, JE., Ho, K., Hawk, M. ) Annals of Family Medicine 09/01/2023    
  • Delivery of the HIV Service and Telemedicine Through Effective Patient-Reported Outcomes (+STEP) Intervention to Increase Screening and Treatment of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders for People Living With HIV in Alabama: Protocol for an Effectiveness-Implementation Study. (Gagnon KW, Baral S, Long D, Guzman AL, Johnson B, Burkholder G, Willig J, Mugavero M, Baldwin M, Fogger S, Creger T, Cropsey K, Eaton E) JMIR Res Protoc 2023 Aug 15;12:e40470 PMID: 37581919 PMCID: PMC10466153 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169817063 08/15/2023       3 Citations
  • Associations Between Sexual History Documentation in Electronic Health Records and Referral to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Navigator on Prescription of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis at a Multi-Site Federally Qualified Health Center. (Gagnon KW, Coulter RWS, Egan JE, Ho K, Hawk M) AIDS Patient Care STDS 2023 Aug;37(8):403-415 PMID: 37566534 PMCID: PMC10457630 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85167763965 08/11/2023       5 Citations
  • Relationship between Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Disparities among Federally Qualified Health Center Adult Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study (Gagnon, KW., Bifulco ,L., Coulter, RWS., Patel, ND., Bryant, D., Damian, AJ., Haddad, M.) Annals of LGBTQ Population Health 08/01/2023    
  • Telemedicine for unhealthy alcohol use in adults living with HIV in Alabama using common elements treatment approach: A hybrid clinical efficacy-implementation trial protocol. (Gagnon KW, Levy S, Figge C, Wolford Clevenger C, Murray L, Kane JC, Bosomprah S, Sharma A, Nghiem VTH, Chitambi C, Vinikoor M, Eaton E, Cropsey K) Contemp Clin Trials Commun 2023 Jun;33:101123 PMID: 37063165 PMCID: PMC10090240 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85151232499 04/18/2023       4 Citations
  • Methamphetamines and Serious Injection Related Infections: Epidemiology and Opportunities to End Alabama’s Drug Crisis (Levy, S. , Bassler, J., Gagnon KW., Prados, M., Jeziorski, M., McClesky, B., Crockett, K., Li, L., Bradford, D., Cropsey, K., Eaton, E. ) Open Forum of Infectious Disease 12/30/2022    
  • Physicians’ experiences with buprenorphine: a qualitative study of motivations for becoming X waivered and barriers to and facilitators of prescribing the medication for opioid use disorder (McCollum, CG., Eaton, E., Creger, TN., Lee, A., Gagnon, KW., Li, L. ) Drug and Alcohol Dependence 08/01/2022    
  • ). Harm reduction principles in a street medicine program: A qualitative study (Frankeberger, J., Gagnon, KW., Withers, J., Hawk, ME. ) Culture, Medicine, Psychiatry 08/01/2022    
  • Exploring how U.S. high school staff support, protect, and affirm sexual and gender minority youth: A qualitative interview study (oulter, RWS., Henderson, ER., Corey, SL., Gagnon, KW., Chugani, CD., Egan, JE., Murphy, CE., Plenn, ER., Routh, N., Roig, A., Miller, E. ) International Journal of Qualitatie Methods 08/01/2022    
  • . Identifying Facilitators, Barriers, and Strategies to Implement Social Determinants of Health Screening, Referral, and Follow-up in the US: A Scoping Review Protocol (Gagnon, KW., Ortiz-Siberón, Á., Patel, N., James, R. Hawk, M. Damian, AJ, Beidas, R.) JBI Evidence Synthesis 08/01/2022    
  • Qualitative inquiry into barriers and facilitators to transforming primary care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in US federally qualified health centres. (Gagnon KW, Bifulco L, Robinson S, Furness B, Lentine D, Anderson D) BMJ Open 2022 Feb 17;12(2):e055884 PMID: 35177460 PMCID: PMC8860040 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124779096 02/19/2022       8 Citations
  • Gaming Preferences and Motivations Among Bullied Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: An Interview Study. (O'Brien RT, Gagnon KW, Egan JE, Coulter RWS) Games Health J 2022 Apr;11(2):79-84 PMID: 35049380 PMCID: PMC9057884 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85128792121 01/21/2022       11 Citations
  • Transforming Primary Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: A Collaborative Quality Improvement Initiative (Furness, B., Goldhammer, H., Montalvo, W., Gagnon KW., Bifulco, L., Lentine, D., Anderson, D. ) Annals of Family Medicine 08/01/2020    
  • Illicit and Prescription Drug Misuse among Sexual Minority Women in the United States: A Protocol for a Scoping Review. (Gagnon KW, Frankeberger J, Corey S, Folb BL, Mair C, VonVille H, Coulter RWS) Soc Sci Protoc 2020;3 PMID: 35284782 PMCID: PMC8916042 01/01/2020    
  • Arnold Gesell’s Developmental Assessment Revalidation Substantiates Child- Oriented Curriculum (Guddemi, M, Sambrook, A, Wells, S, Randel, B, Fite, K, Selva, G, Gagnon KW.) Sage Open 08/01/2014    
    • Last update: 01/13/2026