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Julia Lechuga, PhD

Title(s)Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #3148
San Francisco CA 94158
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    1. How Anti-Immigrant Policies Impact Research Among Latinx and Undocumented People Who Use Drugs. Am J Public Health. 2025 Nov; 115(11):1877-1886. Coronado ZK, Koenders SL, Knight KR, Lechuga J, López AM, Martinez C. PMID: 40906966; PMCID: PMC12510102.
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    2. PKA-driven SPP1 activation as a novel mechanism connecting the bone microenvironment to prostate cancer progression. Oncogene. 2025 Oct; 44(38):3568-3579. Sanchis P, Sabater A, Lechuga J, Rada J, Seniuk R, Pascual G, Gatti M, Bizzotto J, Shepherd PDA, Yang J, Cotignola J, Vazquez E, Mateo J, Valacco P, Labanca E, Logothetis C, Gueron G, Anselmino N. PMID: 40753365; PMCID: PMC12436191.
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    3. A Thematic Analysis of Resilient Experiences of People Who Inject Drugs Living with HIV Remaining in HIV Care. Int J Behav Med. 2025 Jun 23. Lechuga J, Perez G, Dueñas V, Ramos ME, Ramos L. PMID: 40551081.
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    4. Safety and preliminary efficacy of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on chronic knee pain: A pilot trial. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2025 Mar; 7(1):100545. Aoyagi K, Rivas E, Shababi R, Edwards R, LaValley M, Lechuga J, Napadow V, Neogi T. PMID: 39687279; PMCID: PMC11647485.
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    5. Institutional violence from police militarization and drug cartel wars as a 'Big Event' and its influence on drug use harms and HIV risk in people who inject drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 09; 119:104125. Lechuga J, Ramos R, Dickson-Gomez J, Beachy S, Perez G, Nevola O, Varela A, Ramos ME, Sauceda J, Ludwig-Barrron N, Salazar J. PMID: 37499305.
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    6. Social and environmental determinants influencing injection drug use and HIV risk among two sister cities on the US-Mexico border: a comparative cross-sectional study, 2016-2018. Harm Reduct J. 2023 07 03; 20(1):84. Lechuga J, Ramos R, Ludwig-Barron N, Perez G, Ramos ME, Ferreira-Pinto JB, Cordero JI, Sauceda J, Salazar J. PMID: 37400843; PMCID: PMC10318714.
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    7. A factorial experiment grounded in the multiphase optimization strategy to promote viral suppression among people who inject drugs on the Texas-Mexico border: a study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2023 02 10; 23(1):307. Sauceda JA, Lechuga J, Ramos ME, Puentes J, Ludwig-Barron N, Salazar J, Christopoulos KA, Johnson MO, Gomez D, Covarrubias R, Hernandez J, Montelongo D, Ortiz A, Rojas J, Ramos L, Avila I, Gwadz MV, Neilands TB. PMID: 36765309; PMCID: PMC9921633.
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    8. Validation of Brief Condom Use Attitudes Scales for Spanish-Speaking People Who Use Crack Cocaine in El Salvador. Arch Sex Behav. 2022 07; 51(5):2679-2688. Beachy S, Lechuga J, Dickson-Gomez J, Liang CTH. PMID: 35508750.
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    9. The Influence of Perceived Immigration Context and Healthcare Utilization Immigration Law Concerns Latinx Immigrants' HIV Testing. J Lat Psychol. 2022 May; 10(2):156-167. Suro B, Lechuga J, Galletly CL, Glasman L. PMID: 37034822; PMCID: PMC10081501.
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    10. US public charge policy and Latinx immigrants' thoughts about health and healthcare utilization. Ethn Health. 2023 Jan; 28(1):96-113. Galletly CL, Barreras JL, Lechuga J, Glasman LR, Cruz G, Dickson-Gomez JB, Brooks RA, Ruelas DM, Stringfield B, Espinoza-Madrigal I. PMID: 35166623; PMCID: PMC9376191.
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    11. Latinx Immigrants' Legal Concerns About SARS-CoV-2 Testing and COVID-19 Diagnosis and Treatment. J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Feb; 24(1):1-9. Lechuga J, Galletly CL, Glasman LR, Dickson-Gomez JB, McAuliffe TL. PMID: 35013844; PMCID: PMC8747869.
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    12. Assessment of COVID-19-Related Immigration Concerns Among Latinx Immigrants in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 07 01; 4(7):e2117049. Galletly CL, Lechuga J, Dickson-Gomez JB, Glasman LR, McAuliffe TL, Espinoza-Madrigal I. PMID: 34279648; PMCID: PMC8290301.
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    13. Testing for Differences in the Reporting of Somatic Symptoms of Depression in Racial/Ethnic Minorities. Health Educ Behav. 2021 06; 48(3):260-264. Sauceda JA, Patel AR, Santiago-Rodriguez EI, Garcia D, Lechuga J. PMID: 34080483.
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    14. Culture and sexuality-related communication as sociocultural precursors of HPV vaccination among mother-daughter dyads of Mexican descent. Prev Med Rep. 2020 Sep; 19:101105. Lechuga J, Prieto C, Mata H, Belknap RA, Varela I. PMID: 32426213; PMCID: PMC7225724.
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    15. Documenting best practices for maintaining access to HIV prevention, care and treatment in an era of shifting immigration policy and discourse. PLoS One. 2020; 15(2):e0229291. Arnold EA, Fuller SM, Martinez O, Lechuga J, Steward WT. PMID: 32069309; PMCID: PMC7028255.
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    16. Intervention Reach and Sexual Risk Reduction of a Multi-level, Community-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for Crack Users in San Salvador, El Salvador. AIDS Behav. 2019 May; 23(5):1147-1157. Dickson-Gomez J, Tarima S, Glasman LR, Lechuga J, Bodnar G, de Mendoza LR. PMID: 30341555; PMCID: PMC6474837.
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    17. HIV Testing and Mistaken Beliefs about Immigration Laws. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2019 08; 6(4):668-675. Galletly CL, Lechuga J, Glasman LR, DiFranceisco W, Broaddus MR, Dickson-Gomez JB, McAuliffe TL, Vega M, LeGrand S, Mena CA, Barlow ML, Montenegro JI. PMID: 30725380.
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    18. African-American parents' and daughters' beliefs about HPV infection and the HPV vaccine. Public Health Nurs. 2019 03; 36(2):134-143. Galbraith-Gyan KV, Lechuga J, Jenerette CM, Palmer MH, Moore AD, Hamilton JB. PMID: 30548324; PMCID: PMC6397063.
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    19. The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Immigration Law Concerns Scale (ILCS) for HIV Testing. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 Oct; 20(5):1109-1117. Lechuga J, Galletly CL, Broaddus MR, Dickson-Gomez JB, Glasman LR, McAuliffe TL, Vega MY, LeGrand S, Mena CA, Barlow ML, Valera E, Montenegro JI. PMID: 29119305.
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    20. HPV vaccine acceptance among African-American mothers and their daughters: an inquiry grounded in culture. Ethn Health. 2019 Apr; 24(3):323-340. Galbraith-Gyan KV, Lechuga J, Jenerette CM, Palmer MH, Moore AD, Hamilton JB. PMID: 28553758; PMCID: PMC6175663.
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    21. A systematic review of interventions for Hispanic women with or at risk of Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Sex Reprod Healthc. 2017 Oct; 13:14-22. Carolan-Olah M, Duarte-Gardea M, Lechuga J. PMID: 28844353.
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    22. The experience of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among Hispanic women in a U.S. border region. Sex Reprod Healthc. 2017 Jun; 12:16-23. Carolan-Olah M, Duarte-Gardea M, Lechuga J, Salinas-Lopez S. PMID: 28477926.
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    23. Using Peer-Referral Chains with Incentives to Promote HIV Testing and Identify Undiagnosed HIV Infections Among Crack Users in San Salvador. AIDS Behav. 2016 06; 20(6):1236-43. Glasman LR, Dickson-Gomez J, Lechuga J, Tarima S, Bodnar G, de Mendoza LR. PMID: 26687093; PMCID: PMC4867260.
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    24. Parental acceptance and uptake of the HPV vaccine among African-Americans and Latinos in the United States: A literature review. Soc Sci Med. 2016 06; 159:116-26. Galbraith KV, Lechuga J, Jenerette CM, Moore LA, Palmer MH, Hamilton JB. PMID: 27180256.
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    25. HPV Vaccine Awareness, Barriers, Intentions, and Uptake in Latina Women. J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 Feb; 18(1):173-8. Lechuga J, Vera-Cala L, Martinez-Donate A. PMID: 25432149; PMCID: PMC4449312.
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    26. A critical review: early life nutrition and prenatal programming for adult disease. J Clin Nurs. 2015 Dec; 24(23-24):3716-29. Carolan-Olah M, Duarte-Gardea M, Lechuga J. PMID: 26255862.
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    27. Latino community health workers and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health. Health Promot Pract. 2015 May; 16(3):338-44. Lechuga J, Garcia D, Owczarzak J, Barker M, Benson M. PMID: 25663055.
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    28. Impact of framing on intentions to vaccinate daughters against HPV: a cross-cultural perspective. Ann Behav Med. 2011 Oct; 42(2):221-6. Lechuga J, Swain GR, Weinhardt LS. PMID: 21533624; PMCID: PMC5045861.
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    29. Assimilation and Individual Differences in Emotion: The Dynamics of Anger and Approach Motivation. Int J Intercult Relat. 2011 Mar 01; 35(2):196-204. Lechuga J, Fernandez NP. PMID: 21625350; PMCID: PMC3103187.
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    30. [Complete triploidy in a liveborn premature (author's transl)]. An Esp Pediatr. 1980 Jan; 13(1):71-80. Rico S, Skinner C, Lechuga JL, Fernández E, Serrano J, Casanova M, Argemí J, López A, Castro JM. PMID: 7189392.
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