Megan Sullivan

About

Megan Sullivan is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and the Director of Inclusive Pedagogy at the Boston University Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning. She holds a BA in English from Albertus Magnus College, an MA in English from Southern Connecticut State University, and a PhD in British Literature from the University of Rhode Island. Her teaching interests include non-fiction writing such as essays, writing for social justice, literary journalism, public speaking, Irish literature, and women writers. Her research focuses on inclusive pedagogy, Irish literature and culture, women’s studies, and mass incarceration. Sullivan has authored several publications, including books on parental incarceration and women in Northern Ireland, and has contributed articles on higher education, supporting students with incarcerated parents, and children of incarcerated parents. She has received multiple awards for her service and contributions to education, including the Outstanding Service Award from Boston University’s College of General Studies, the Exemplary Program Award from the Association for General and Liberal Studies, and the Dr. Ishmail Sensel Award for Outstanding Professor. Her work emphasizes social justice, inclusive teaching practices, and the intersection of literature and social issues.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Computer Security
• Environmental health
• Internal medicine
• Family medicine
• Sociology
• Geography
• Pathology
• Nursing
• Demography

Selected publications

• Optimizing Delivery of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis for Women in the United States

  AIDS Patient Care and STDs · 2018-01-01 · 143 citations

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  Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective HIV prevention method; however, it is underutilized among women who are at risk for acquisition of HIV. Women comprise one in five HIV diagnoses in the United States, and significant racial disparities in new HIV diagnoses persist. The rate of new HIV diagnoses among black and African American women in 2015 was 16 times greater than that of white women. These disparities highlight the importance of HIV prevention strategies for women, includin…

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• COVID-19 Contact Tracing in Two Counties — North Carolina, June–July 2020

  MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 2020 · 75 citations

  Contact tracing is a strategy implemented to minimize the spread of communicable diseases (1,2). Prompt contact tracing, testing, and self-quarantine can reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (3,4). Community engagement is important to encourage participation in and cooperation with SARS-CoV-2 contact tracing (5). Substantial investments have been made to scale up contact tracing for COVID-19 in the United States. During June 1-July 12,…

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• HIV-infected individuals who use alcohol and other drugs, and virologic suppression

  AIDS Care · 2017-05-17 · 65 citations

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  People living with HIV (PLWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) who use substances were examined to (a) describe those with virologic control and (b) determine which substance use-factors are associated with lack of virologic control. Participants were adult PLWH taking ART with either past 12-month DSM-IV substance dependence or past 30-day alcohol or illicit drug use. Substance use factors included number of DSM-IV alcohol or drug dependence criteria and past 30-day specific substance use. Assoc…

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• Clinical and Sociobehavioral Prediction Model of 30-Day Hospital Readmissions Among People With HIV and Substance Use Disorder: Beyond Electronic Health Record Data

  JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 2018-12-06 · 37 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals receive reduced reimbursements for excessive 30-day readmissions. However, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services does not consider social and behavioral variables in expected readmission rate calculations, which may unfairly penalize systems caring for socially disadvantaged patients, including patients with HIV. SETTING: Randomized controlled trial of patient navigation with or without financial incentives in HIV-positive substance u…

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• Experiences Using Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for Safer Conception Among HIV Serodiscordant Heterosexual Couples in the United States

  AIDS Patient Care and STDs · 2017-07-18 · 33 citations

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  Antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a promising HIV prevention strategy for HIV serodiscordant couples (HIV-infected male, uninfected female) seeking safer conception. However, most research on PrEP for safer conception has focused on couples in sub-Saharan Africa; little is known about the perspectives or experiences of heterosexual couples in the United States. We conducted qualitative interviews with six couples (six women and five of their male partners) receiving PrEP for conc…

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Frequent coauthors

• Jeffrey H. Samet

  Boston Medical Center

  26 shared

• Mari‐Lynn Drainoni

  Boston University

  26 shared

• Thomas P. Giordano

  25 shared

• Alexander Y. Walley

  Boston University

  24 shared

• Alicia S. Ventura

  21 shared

• Richard Saitz

  21 shared

• Ashley A. Leech

  Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  17 shared

• Timothy Heeren

  Boston University

  13 shared

Awards & honors

• Outstanding Service Award, Boston University, College of Gen…
• Exemplary Program Award for Co-Curricular General Education…
• Dr. Ishmail Sensel Award for Outstanding Professor, Boston U…
• 2016 Larry D. Underwood Award in Children’s Literature, Shin…
• Anthony Award in Non-fiction Prose, Between the Lines Litera…

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