👏Congratulations to our PI Roman Shrestha for completing the 2024 NIH mHealth Training Institute hosted by UCLA. He learned about cutting-edge digital health technologies and is eager to apply these insights to our upcoming projects. #mHealth #DigitalHealth #NIH

We were so glad to meet our Yale team.

Our PI Roman Shrestha has received InCHIP at UConn Faculty Seed Grant to support a project using mobile-based EMA to predict short-term suicidal thoughts and behaviors among GBMSM individuals. This news has been featured in UConn Today. Check the full story here: shorturl.at/0x9Sk

Preliminary results from our RCT on the #JomPrEP mobile app, presented by our PI Roman Shrestha at #HIVR4P, show that the intervention has facilitated regular HIV testing and PrEP initiation among MSM in Malaysia. Promising findings for scalable HIV prevention!

Congratulations to our PI, Roman Shrestha who was honored last Friday at a ceremony for the Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship! This award recognizes his engagement with and for marginalized communities through intervention research.

Happy to share that our recent article on 'Transactional sex among GBMSM in Nepal' get published in Journal of Sexual Health! To read about the important findings of the study: publish.csiro.au/SH/SH24178

A great opportunity to learn and share. Please stop by board 7 and Table 3.

Back from an energizing #APHA2024 Honored to showcase Shrestha Lab at UConn research, connect with public health trailblazers, and dive into groundbreaking ideas. Feeling inspired by everyone working to make a difference! Here’s to pushing limits! @APHA2024 Shrestha Lab at UConn

#Hot_off_the_press🔥 Our new publication on 'User preferences for mHealth app to support HIV testing and Prep Uptake' in PLOS PLOS Digital Health reveals that tailored HIV prevention apps would be acceptable among MSM in Malaysia 🇲🇾. 👉doi.org/10.1371/journa… drsherrypagoto

Our lab member, Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan, presented our work at #APHA2024. He gained insights into new public health trends and connected with top professionals.

Happy to share that four of my abstracts from Shrestha Lab at UConn have been accepted for the upcoming Society of Behavioural Medicine (SBM) Conference! Honoured to contribute to advancing SBM through our research. Can't wait to connect and learn from fellow researchers.

Honored that our recent publication from Shrestha Lab at UConn is Editor’s Choice! Thanks to the journal for featuring it and sharing a free link for readers. Read it here: doi.org/10.1071/SH24178

CAHNR 2024 Impacts - Pioneering HIV Research Across Borders Researchers in the Department of Allied Health Sciences are playing a role in the continuing effort to protect people from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, close to home and across the globe. today.uconn.edu/2024/11/global…

Happy New Year!

Excited to share that 3 of my abstracts were accepted at #IAS2025 in Kigali, Rwanda AND I received a fully funded scholarship to attend! Huge thanks to Shrestha Lab at UConn for this constant support #HIV #IAS2025

We are proud to celebrate our PI, Dr. Roman Shrestha, on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in the UConn Allied Health Sciences Department! Thank you for your leadership and commitment to advancing research and mentorship. Congratulations, Dr. Roman Shrestha!

Grateful for the opportunity to represent Shrestha Lab at UConn on this global stage and to contribute to advancing digital health.

AHS Graduate Students “…had such a lovely time at Hops44. It’s been cool to see our group of PhD students grow closer. Connecting with each other matters more than ever, and I feel grateful to share moments like this with fellow AHS graduate students." UConn CAHNR

Spring 2025 was full of growth! Big thanks to my professor for his constant support & mentorship.

Excited to see our new opioid overdose study was just featured on UConn Today. Read the full feature here: [lnkd.in/eGVSu-H4] Article here: [lnkd.in/e3eZiMFN]