PhD student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
David R. Pletta, MPH is a PhD student in Population Health Sciences (field: Social and Behavioral Sciences) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research interests include: 1) the social and psychiatric epidemiology of mood disorders among sexual and gender minorities (SGM); 2) barriers and facilitators to mental healthcare access for SGM youth, particularly those experienced by transgender and/or nonbinary youth; and 3)how social and structural factors influence the treatment and management of chronic psychiatric conditions
David holds an MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the Boston University School of Public Health and a BS in Cognitive Science and BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Representative Publications
- Pletta DR, White Hughto JM, Peitzmeier S, Deutsch MB, Pardee D, Potter J, Reisner SL. Individual- and partnership-level correlates of protective barrier use in a sample of transmasculine adults with diverse sexual partnerships. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2020; 34(5): 237-46.
- Hammack PL, Frost DM, Meyer IH, Pletta DR. Gay men’s health and identity: Social change and the life course. Archives of Sexual Behavior 2018; 47(1): 59-74.
- Dodge B, Herbenick D, Friedman M, Schick V, Fu TC, Bostwick W, Bartelt E, Munoz-Laboy M, Pletta DR, Reece M, Sandfort T. Attitudes toward bisexual men and women among a nationally representative probability sample of adults in the United States. PLoS ONE 2016; 11(10): e0164430.