Dr. Ha's research focuses on social and behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS, stigma, ART adherence and sexually risky behaviors among vulnerable populations including people living with HIV (PLHIV), men who have sex with men (MSM), young people and young migrants. He is currently PI on an R21 from NIH/NIMH that assesses HIV prevalence and multiple risk factors associated with HIV prevalence among young migrant female workers in the industrial zones in Vietnam. Previously, Dr. Ha was working on an multilevel and multifactorial intervention study assessing the impact of alcohol use on ART adherence among men living with HIV in India. He was also working as a postdoc fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Public Health focusing the research on social and behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS and sexual concurrency among MSM and “Money Boys” in China.
In addition, Dr. Ha is a public health physician cum data evaluation director in the MidAtlantic AIDS Education & Training Center (MAAETC) which provides HIV/AIDS education, consultation, technical assistance and resource materials to health care professionals throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
Dr. Ha possesses extensive experience in international health and public health practice, program implementation, policy advocacy and promoting international partnership. He previously worked the United National Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam. He has been working in the area of sexual and reproductive health and HIV/STIs for the past 15 years as a researcher, program manager, and policy advocate in the U.S., India, China and Vietnam
1991-1997 | Tay Nguyen University, Vietnam | Doctor of Medicine
1999-2000 | Copenhagen University | Master of International Health
2004-2008 | The University of Texas at Houston | Doctor of Public Health
2009-2010 | Virginia Commonwealth University |Postdoc Fellow
2015-2018 | University of Connecticut | Postdoc Fellow
Instructor|IDM 2025: Critical Evaluation of Public Health Journals
Guest Lecturer|IDM 2034, Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS
Guest Lecturer|IDM 2038, Prevention and Control of Global Infectious Diseases
Previously taught:
International Health at UConn Health
Global Health Promotion and Intervention at UConn Health
- Ha, T.; Shi, H.; Gaikwad, S. S.; Joshi, K.; Padiyar, R.; and Schensul. S. L. Trajectories of depression among men living with HIV in India. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2024; 344:674-681. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.10.057.
- Ha, T.; Shi, H.; Wen-Han Su, T.; Roman Shrestha, R.; Baumann, S.; Nguyen, S.; Nguyen, T.; Le Minh Giang, N.; Schensul, L. S. The mediation effects of sexual self-efficacy in the relationship between psychosocial wellbeing and depressive symptoms among female migrant workers in Vietnam. International Journal of Social Psychology. 2023 Dec;69(8):2068-2078.doi: 10.1177/00207640231188033.
- Ha, T.; Givens, D.; Shi, H.; Nguyen, T.; Nguyen, N. Factors Impacting HIV Testing Among Young Women Migrant Workers in the Industrial Zones in Vietnam. BMC Public Health 23, 1938 (2023).
- Ha, T.; Shi, H.; Singh, R. J.; Gaikwad, S. S.; Joshi, K.; Padiyar, R.; Schensul, J. J.; Schensul, S. L. Alcohol Use, HIV Stigma and Quality of Life Among Alcohol Consuming Men Living with HIV in India: A Mediation Analysis. AIDS Behav. 2023 Apr 8. doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-04047-7.
- Ha, T.; Givens, D.; Nguyen, N.; Nguyen, T. Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward People Living with HIV among Young Women Migrant Workers in Vietnam. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022. 19 (11): 6366. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116366.
- Ha, T.; Schensul, S. L.; Irving, M.; Brault, M. A.; Schensul, J. J.; Prabhughate, P.; Vaz, M. Depression Among Alcohol Consuming, HIV Positive Men on ART Treatment in India. AIDS Behav. 2019. 23:1623-1633. PMID: 30446854.doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2339-3
- Ha, T.H.; Liu, H.; Cai, Y.; Feng, T. Concurrent sexual partnership among men who has sex with men in Shenzhen, China. Sexually Transmitted Disease, 2010, 37:1-6. PMID:20453721.
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