Sarah Gutin, PhD

Sarah A. Gutin, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Systems at the UCSF School of Nursing and the Division of Prevention Sciences in the UCSF Department of Medicine. She is a social behavioral scientist focused on addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs and rights of couples and people living with HIV (PLHIV) with a focus on interventions for couples and approaches for male engagement. Her research interests include the intersection of reproductive health and HIV care in global contexts, HIV care and prevention engagement strategies, family planning, and HIV stigma. She has 20 years of experience with HIV, male engagement, and reproductive health projects in the US and various sub-Saharan African countries, including Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Mozambique, and Botswana.

Over many years, Dr. Gutin’s research has been concentrated on the sexual and reproductive health needs of people affected by HIV across the continuum of care. She is leading an NIH-funded study (K01MH132435) focused on how to support the reproductive choices of couples in highly mobile communities in Kenya and how to improve male engagement in sexual and reproductive health to reduce HIV incidence. She is also piloting an innovative research study with a team in South Africa that is examining how HIV testing and linkage strategies can be taken outside of clinic spaces and can offer confidential results using HIV self-tests in community settings. Dr. Gutin employs mixed methods with a focus on qualitative methodology and has managed large projects and led intervention adaptation and curriculum development. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Gutin received her BS and PhD from the University of Michigan and her MPH from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.