Director of Epidemiology Projects, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA
Dana Pardee received his BS degree in Community Health Sciences from the University of Nevada, Reno and is currently pursuing an MBA in Health Sector Management at Boston University. He is currently the Director of Epidemiology Projects at The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health in Boston, MA. In this role, he oversees the development, implementation, and operations of multiple transgender health studies under the direction of Dr. Sari Reisner. His areas of focus are preventive sexual health screening, and development and implementation of HIV prevention interventions with transgender individuals. Dana is also a consulting trainer for the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center at Fenway Health.
Dana is an out-and-proud queer trans man who has been working on behalf of the transgender community for many years, both in Boston and in his home state of Nevada, where he helped conduct the first ever needs assessment of the transgender community in Nevada. Dana is passionate about promoting transgender health education, awareness, access, and compassion within the healthcare industry and beyond.
Representative Publications
- Potter J, Peitzmeier SM, Bernstein I, Reisner SL, Alizaga NM, Agénor M, Pardee DJ. Cervical cancer screening for patients on the female-to-male spectrum: a narrative review and guide for clinicians. J Gen Intern Med. 2015;30(12):1857-1864. doi:10.1007/s11606-015-3462-8
- Reisner SL, White Hughto JM, Pardee DJ, Sevelius J. Syndemics and gender affirmation: HIV sexual risk in female-to-male trans masculine adults reporting sexual contact with cisgender males. Int J STD AIDS. Published online 2016. doi:10.1177/0956462415602418
- Reisner SL, Hughto JMW, Pardee DJ, Kuhns L, Garofalo R, Mimiaga MJ. LifeSkills for Men (LS4M): Pilot evaluation of a gender-affirmative HIV and STI prevention intervention for young adult transgender men who have sex with men. J Urban Heal. 2016;93(1):189-205. doi:10.1007/s11524-015-0011-z
- McDowell M, Pardee DJ, Peitzmeier S, Reisner SL, Agénor M, Alizaga NM, Bernstein I, Potter J. Cervical cancer screening preferences among trans-masculine individuals: patient-collected human papillomavirus vaginal swabs versus provider-administered Pap tests. LGBT Heal. 2017;4(4):252-259. doi:10.1089/lgbt.2016.0187
- Reisner SL, Deutsch MB, Peitzmeier SM, White Hughto JM, Cavanaugh TP, Pardee DJ, McLean SA, Panther LA, Gelman M, Mimiaga MJ, Potter J. Test performance and acceptability of self- versus provider-collected swabs for high-risk HPV DNA testing in female-to-male trans masculine patients. PLoS One. 2018;13(3):e0190172. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190172
- Agénor M, White Hughto JM, Peitzmeier SM, Potter J, Deutsch MB, Pardee DJ, Reisner SL. Gender identity disparities in Pap test use in a sample of binary and non-binary transmasculine adults. J Gen Intern Med. 2018;33(7):1015-1017. doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4400-3
- Hereth J, Pardee DJ, Reisner SL. Gender identity and sexual orientation development among young adult transgender men sexually active with cisgender men: ‘I had completely ignored my sexuality … that’s for a different time to figure out.’ Cult Health Sex. Published online 2019. doi:10.1080/13691058.2019.1636290
- Deutsch MB, Reisner SL, Peitzmeier S, Potter J, Cavanaugh TP, Pardee DJ, White Hughto JM. Recent penile sexual contact is associated with an increased odds of high-risk cervical human papillomavirus infection in transgender men. Sex Transm Dis. Published online 2019. doi:10.1097/olq.0000000000001072
- Reisner SL, Moore CS, Asquith A, Pardee DJ, Sarvet A, Mayer G, Mayer KH. High risk and low uptake of pre‐exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV acquisition in a national online sample of transgender men who have sex with men in the United States. J Int AIDS Soc. Published online 2019. doi:10.1002/jia2.25391
- Reisner SL, Moore CS, Asquith A, Pardee DJ, Mayer KH. Gender non-affirmation from cisgender male partners: development and validation of a brief stigma scale for HIV research with transgender men who have sex with men (trans MSM). AIDS Behav. Published online 2020. doi:10.1007/s10461-019-02749-5