Chenglin Hong, PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Hong’s research addresses health disparities among sexual and gender minorities, with a focus on improving sexual and mental health outcomes for gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority men (SMM). Trained as a social worker and community-based participatory researcher, he develops and tests interventions targeting intimate partner violence (IPV), substance use, mental health, and HIV/STI prevention. His interdisciplinary work bridges social work, public health, psychology, and implementation science, with particular emphasis on the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of technology-based interventions (eHealth and mHealth) to promote behavior change and health service utilization, including IPV help-seeking, and mental health and HIV/STI prevention services. His research spans multiple regions, including the United States, China, Kenya, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Dr. Hong has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including the Journal of the International AIDS Society, Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, and AIDS and Behavior. He has presented more than 70 abstracts at major interdisciplinary conferences, including the International AIDS Conference. His research has been funded by the American Psychological Association Science Directorate and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and has received recognition from the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE).

Dr. Hong earned his Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and holds dual master’s degrees in Social Work (MSW) and Public Health (MPH) from the University of Washington, Seattle. He has advanced training in implementation science through programs at Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, and UCSF. He currently leads the Health and Equity Innovation and Collaboration Lab (HEIC Lab).