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Alberto Curotto, PhD

In my work at CAPS, my primary focus has been on qualitative and mixed-methods HIV-prevention research with gay and bisexual men. I’ve worked in various capacities—as co-investigator, interviewer, project coordinator, and project director—on a number of projects (funded by the CDC, the NIMH, and the CHRP) aimed at exploring the role of the Internet in the lives of gay men and its potential as a tool for HIV prevention and sexual-health promotion. I have also participated, as an ethnographer, in venue-based studies with the goal to evaluate the venues’ role in HIV-risk behaviors and to develop venue-specific interventions. Most recently, I have been working on collaborative research with community-based organizations and public-health organizations.

In a not-too-distant past, I was a college professor of foreign languages and literature, and a free-lance editor and published translator.

Research interests

Community collaborations; Cultural anthropology; Ethics; Ethnographic research; Gay men; Health disparities; HIV prevention; HIV-positive health; Internet; Intervention research; MSM; Sexual health; Sexuality; Sexual and Social networks; Social justice; Social marketing

Current research

Publications

Rebchook, G, Curotto, A. Sexual Networks Online in Herdt, G and Howe, C (Eds.) 21st Century Sexualities: Contemporary issues in health, education and rights. London: Routledge, 2007

Education

1993, PhD (ABD) (Comparative Studies in Culture, Theory, and Literature), Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1988, PhD (Linguistics and Anglo-American Studies), University of Florence, Italy
1980, BA (Foreign Languages and Literature), International College, Florence, Italy

Contact

50 Beale Street, Suite 1300
San Francisco , CA 94105
Voice: (415) 597-4996
Fax: (415) 597-9213
Email: alberto.curotto AT ucsf.edu