Monica Ulibarri, Ph.D.

Education
Ph.D., Arizona State University
M.A., Arizona State University
B.A., Claremont McKenna College
Research Statement
Dr. Ulibarri’s research focuses on HIV prevention in Latino/a communities, with an emphasis on how gender based violence, mental health, and substance use intersect with HIV risk behaviors. She is currently conducting a study on how individual- and relationship-level factors such as psychological... Read more
About Me
Dr. Ulibarri received her B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from Claremont McKenna College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Arizona State University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego. Dr. Ulibarri received a NIMH Research Supplement to... Read more
Recent Publications
Ulibarri M.D., Strathdee S.A., Lozada, R., Magis-Rodríguez, C., Amaro, H., O’Campo, P., Patterson, T.L. (2010). Intimate partner violence among female sex workers in two Mexico-U.S. border cities: Partner characteristics and HIV risk-behaviors as correlates of abuse. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2(4), 318-325.
Ulibarri M.D., Strathdee S.A., Ulloa, E.C., Lozada R., Fraga M., Magis-Rodríguez C., De La Torre A., Amaro H., O’Campo P., Patterson T.L. (2011). Injection drug use as a mediator between client-perpetrated abuse and HIV status among female sex workers in two Mexico-U.S. border cities. AIDS and Behavior, 15(1), 179-185.
Ulibarri, M.D., Raj, A., Amaro, H. (2012). Love, Sex and Power Revisited: Integration of Gender-based Context in HIV Prevention among Latinas. In K.C. Organista (Ed.), HIV Prevention with Latinos: Theory, Research, and Practice (63-81). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Ulibarri, M.D., Strathdee, S.A., Lozada, R., Staines-Orozco, H.S., Abramovitz, D., Semple, S.J., Martinez, G., Patterson, T.L., (2012). Condom use among female sex workers and their non-commercial partners: Effects of a sexual risk intervention in two Mexican cities. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 23(4), 229-234.
Ulibarri M.D., Strathdee S.A., Lozada R., Magis-Rodríguez C., Amaro H., O’Campo P., Patterson T.L. (in press). Prevalence and correlates of client-perpetrated violence among female sex workers in two Mexico-U.S. border cities. Violence Against Women.
NETWORK CONNECTIONS
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Jennifer Syvertsen | ![]() |
Angela Robertson |
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Victoria Ojeda | ![]() |
Shira Goldenberg |
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Emilio Ulloa | ||
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Thomas Patterson | ![]() |
Steffanie Strathdee |
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Hortensia Amaro | ||








