Examining the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Risk Behaviors for HIV/STIs among Black Women Accessing Publicly Funded STD Clinics in Baltimore, MD, USA

Argentina Servin, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Argentina E. Servin, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She is a bilingual (English/Spanish) clinician trained in preventive medicine, infectious diseases and clinical epidemiology. Dr. Servin’s research has included examination of gender-based violence (GBV) and risk for HIV and STIs among medically underserved women and girls, as well as identifying barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive services among medically underserved populations (e.g., at-risk-youth, sex workers, injection drug users, people living with HIV) in the U.S. and internationally. Additionally, Dr. Servin is a medical volunteer at UCSD’s Health Frontiers in Tijuana (HFiT) clinic where she provides quality healthcare to underserved populations such as migrants, deportees and refugees living in the US-Mexico border region.

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