Dr. Nanín is Assistant Professor of Community Health in the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Kingsborough Community College/CUNY.
Dr. Nanin's research interests include investigating behavioral and contextual factors affecting the biopsychosocial health of gay/bisexual men and assessing sexual protective and risk behaviors as well as psychological resilience among men of color who have sex with men and other sub-communities of gay and bisexual men. Through his affiliation with CHEST, he serves as a principal investigator on a CDC-funded study exploring content and contexts of HIV prevention communication among Black MSM and members of their social networks. He is also co-investigator on two federally-funded studies focusing on the use of motivational interviewing as an intervention to reduce sexual and drug-related risk behaviors among a) young men who have sex with men and b) women of transgender experience.
Dr. Nanín has a wealth of experience in HIV prevention, having worked at GMHC, the Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs, and Community Health, and the HIV Training Institute of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Dr. Nanín has been trained in motivational interviewing (MI) and MI supervision by the originators of these techniques, Drs. Miller, Rollnick, and Moyers. He has been a trainer in MI for the past 8 years and continues to conduct trainings for CBOs who work with at-risk populations.
Dr. Nanin continues to serve as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Education at Teachers College/Columbia University
Selected Publications:
Nanin, J ., Bimbi, D., Grov, C. & Parsons, J. (in press). Community reactions to a syphilis prevention campaign for gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles County. Journal of Sex Research.
Nanin, J ., Osubu, T., Walker, J., Powell, D., Powell, B., & Parsons, J. (2008). “HIV Is Still Real”: Perceptions of HIV testing and HIV prevention among Black men who have sex with men in New York City. American Journal of Men’s Health (in press). DOI: 10.1177/1557988308315154.
Nanín, J ., Fontaine, Y., and Wallace, B. (2008). Recommendations for researchers and clinicians working at the intersection of the HIV/AIDS and methamphetamine epidemics with MSM. In B. Wallace (ed.). Toward Equity in Health: A New Global Approach to Health Disparities (Chapter 22) (pp. 393-412) . New York: Springer Publishing.
Nanin, J ., Parsons, J., Bimbi, D., Grov, C. & Brown, J. (2006). Community reactions to campaigns addressing crystal methamphetamine use among gay and bisexual men in New York City. Journal of Drug Education, 36(4), 285-303.
Bimbi, D.S., Nanin, J.E., Parsons, J.T., Vicioso, K., Missildine, W., & Frost, D.M. (2006). Assessing gay and bisexual men’s outcome expectancies for sexual risk under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Substance Use and Misuse, 41, 643-652.
Nanin, J. and Parsons, J. (2006). Club drug use and risky sex among gay and bisexual men in New York City. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, 10(3/4). (Simultaneously published in Crystal Meth and Men Who Have Sex with Men: What Mental Health Care Professionals Need to Know by Milton L. Wainberg, MD, Andrew Kolodny, MD, Jack Drescher, MD, eds.)
Vicioso, K., Parsons, J., Nanin, J., Purcell, D., and Woods, W. (2005). Experiencing Release: Sex Environments and Escapism for HIV-Positive Men who have Sex with Men. Journal of Sex Research, 42(1), 1-10.
Wallace, B., Carter. R., Nanín, J., Keller, R., & Alleyne, V. (2002). Identity development for “diverse and different others”: Integrating stages of change, motivational interviewing, and identity theories for race, people of color, sexual orientation, and disability. In B. Wallace and R. Carter (eds.), Understanding and Dealing With Violence: A Multicultural Approach
(Roundtable Series on Psychology and Education, 379). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
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