Cho-Hee Shrader, PhD, MPH, MSN

Cho-Hee-Shrader

Assistant Professor

Division of Nursing Science

Newark

ACK 320

(973) 353-3860

Specialty: Research/Scholarly interests: Social Networks and Norms, Health Equity, HIV, Drug & Alcohol Use, LGBTQIA+ Health, Racially/Ethnically Minoritized Communities

Cho-Hee Shrader, (she/her) is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Science, and Presidential Diversity Initiative Faculty Scholar whose interdisciplinary research bridges public health and clinical nursing. A PhD-prepared nurse clinician, Dr. Shrader’s work focuses on how social networks, social norms, and neighborhood environments influence substance use and HIV-related outcomes, particularly among racially, sexually and gender minoritized populations. Her scholarship is grounded in a commitment to health equity and examines multilevel determinants—neighborhood, network, and individual—that contribute to health outcomes. Her research prioritizes communities in the NYC MSA (including New Jersey), South Florida, the Southwest, and South Africa.

Dr. Shrader’s work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, AIDS and Behavior, and Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Through both research and clinical training, Dr. Shrader aims to inform equitable, systems-level change for minoritized populations both domestically and globally.

Education & Training

  • University of Cape Town and University of Iowa- BS Health and Human Physiology
  • Emory University- MPH Global Health
  • University of Miami- PhD Prevention Science and Community Health
  • Columbia University- Global HIV Implementation Science
  • Arizona State University- MSN Entry to Nursing Practice (MEPN)

Recent Research Activities/Funded Projects

  • Arizona State University Institute of Social Sciences Research- Stimulant use and HIV prevention among Latine SMM in Phoenix, AZ: A sequential exploratory mixed methods pilot study
  • Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) and the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Pilot Award Program- Feasibility of a sociocentric network-based respondent driven sampling recruitment method for HIV prevention programming among Black, Latino, and Caribbean men who have sex with men and use drugs: A multilevel implementation science study

Recent Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/cho-hee.shrader.1/bibliography/public/

  • Shrader CH, Duncan DT, Driver R, Arroyo-Flores JG, Coudray MS, Moody R, Chen YT, Skaathun B, Young L, Del Vecchio N, Fujimoto K, Knox JR, Kanamori M, Schneider JA. Investigating Social Network Peer Effects on HIV Care Engagement Using a Fuzzy-Like Matching Approach: Cross-Sectional Secondary Analysis of the N2 Cohort Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2025 May 8;11:e64497. doi: 10.2196/64497. PubMed PMID: 40338201; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12080284.
  • Shrader CH, Duncan DT, Santoro A, Geng E, Kranzler HR, Hasin D, Shelley D, Kutner B, Sherman SE, Chen YT, Durrell M, Eavou R, Hillary H, Goedel W, Schneider JA, Knox JR. Social network alcohol use is associated with individual-level alcohol use among Black sexually minoritized men and gender-expansive people: Findings from the Neighborhoods and Networks (N2) cohort study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2025 Apr;49(4):783-791. doi: 10.1111/acer.70009. Epub 2025 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 40146025.
  • Shrader CH, Jovanovski S, Saito S, Reed D, Ndagije F, Greenleaf A. HIV Vulnerability Typologies Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Lesotho: A Population-Based, Cross-Sectional, Latent Class Analysis. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2025 Jan 9;. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000520. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39787328; NIHMSID:NIHMS2055127.
  • Shrader CH, Stoler J, Arroyo-Flores J, Doblecki-Lewis S, Carrico A, Safren S, Fallon S, Kanamori M. Geographic Disparities in Availability of Spanish-Language PrEP Services Among Latino Sexual Minority Men in South Florida. J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Apr;25(2):374-381. doi: 10.1007/s10903-022-01412-x. Epub 2022 Oct 20. PubMed PMID: 36264402; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10034758.
  • Shrader CH, Arroyo-Flores J, Skvoretz J, Fallon S, Gonzalez V, Safren S, Algarin A, Johnson A, Doblecki-Lewis S, Kanamori M. PrEP Use and PrEP Use Disclosure are Associated with Condom Use During Sex: A Multilevel Analysis of Latino MSM Egocentric Sexual Networks. AIDS Behav. 2021 May;25(5):1636-1645. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03080-0. Epub 2021 Jan 2. PubMed PMID: 33387134; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8667162.
  • Shrader CH, Peters Jefferson K, Kanamori M, Rochat R, Siegler A. “I’d Rather Use a Refuse Bag:” A Qualitative Exploration of a South African Community’s Perceptions of Government-Provided Condoms and Participant-Preferred Solutions. Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Feb;50(2):615-627. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01701-2. Epub 2020 May 4. PubMed PMID: 32367483; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7609579.