Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)

Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz

Professor and Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences
carod@bu.edu
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Biography

Carlos is an academic activist whose work focuses on the development, adaptation, implementation, and uptake of culturally congruent interventions to reduce health inequalities. Dr. Rodriguez-Diaz has developed several community-centered HIV prevention and care interventions, including e-health interventions. His current work is primarily with Latinx populations in the United States and communities in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean region, with a focus on HIV prevention and care among sexual and gender minorities. He is also developing strategies for community partnerships and achieving language justice in implementation science.

Publications

  1. Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Kopeka, M. P., Tun, W., Santiago-Rodriguez, E. I., Mulinelli-Rodriguez, J. J., Hickson, D., Watnick, D., & Conserve, D. F. (2025). Community started the end of the HIV epidemic: Experiences with and recommendations for conducting community-engaged HIV implementation research. Forthcoming in JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
  2. Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Jaramillo, J., Santiago-Rivera, Y., Harkness, A., Cantos, V. D., Liu, A., Buchbinder, S., Saldana, C. S., Gonzalez, K., Malavé-Rivera, S. M., Reyes, N., Vinson, J., Scott, J. Y., Lanzi, R., & Hidalgo, B. (2025). Language justice in implementation science: Experiences working with Latinxs to end the HIV epidemic. Forthcoming in JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
  3. St George, S. M., Harkness, A. R., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Weinstein, E. R., Pavia, V., & Hamilton, A. B. (2023). Applying Rapid Qualitative Analysis for Health Equity: Lessons Learned Using "EARS" With Latino Communities. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, 10.1177/16094069231164938. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231164938
  4. Zapata, J. P., Avila, A. A., Hurtado, M., de St Aubin, E., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., & Robles, G. (2023). Stakeholders' Perspectives About Cultural Strategies to Support PrEP for Latino Sexual Minority Men. AIDS Education and Prevention, 35(3), 185–200. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2023.35.3.185
  5. Harkness, A., Weinstein, E. R., Lozano, A., Mayo, D., Doblecki-Lewis, S., Rodriguez Diaz, C. E., Brown, C. H., Prado, G., & Safren, S. A. (2022). Refining an Implementation Strategy to Enhance the Reach of HIV-Prevention and Behavioral Health Treatments to Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men. Implementation Research and Practice, 3, 26334895221096293. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895221096293