Glenda Baguso, PhD, RN, MPH

Assistant Adjunct Professor
Institute for Health & Aging

Glenda N. Baguso, RN, PhD, MPH, CNS is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health & Aging and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the UCSF School of Nursing. As a Registered Nurse (RN) for over 20 years, she brings more than 13 years of clinical experience in acute care settings and as a volunteer Director of Nursing at a community clinic in San Francisco. She also holds a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) license.

Dr. Baguso is a nurse scholar whose research is grounded in her clinical work with marginalized communities. Her work focuses on improving health outcomes by increasing healthcare access and engagement, specifically in HIV prevention and care for transgender women. She earned her PhD and her first master’s degree (MSN) at UCSF School of Nursing, a Master of Public Health (MPH) from UC Berkeley, and completed her postdoctoral training at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies as a Trainee in AIDS Prevention Studies (TAPS) fellow.

Publications: 

Rapid Diffusion of Awareness and Uptake of Doxy-PEP among Men who Have Sex with Men in San Francisco.

AIDS and behavior

Moscatelli AAM, Ramirez PL, Suprasert B, Tate M, Cohen SE, Veras MASM, Baguso G, Wilson EC, McFarland W

Not Getting to Zero HIV Infections Among People Who Inject Drugs in San Francisco, California.

AIDS and behavior

Tate M, Suprasert B, Reagan D, McNaughton K, Ruiz R, Marr A, Taylor KD, Baguso G, Wilson EC, McFarland W

Assessing the Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men who have Sex with Men in San Francisco during COVID-19: A Socio-ecological Analysis.

AIDS and behavior

Hernandez CJ, Trujillo D, Tate M, Baguso G, Quintana J, McNaughten KC, Jain JP, Santos GM, Arayasirikul S, McFarland W, Wilson EC

High interest for long-acting injectable PrEP among men who have sex with men at most risk for HIV in San Francisco, 2021.

Sexual health

Hernandez CJ, Turner CM, Trujillo D, Tate M, Quintana J, Baguso G, McNaughton KC, Arayasirikul S, McFarland W, Wilson EC

Prevalence and correlates of substance use and associations with HIV-related outcomes among trans women in the San Francisco Bay Area.

BMC infectious diseases

Hsiang E, Gyamerah A, Baguso G, Jain J, McFarland W, Wilson EC, Santos GM

Mental Distress and Use of Stimulants: Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort of Transgender Women.

LGBT health

Baguso GN, Santiago-Rodriguez E, Gyamerah AO, Wilson EC, Chung C, McFarland W, Wesson P

Barriers to accessing and engaging in healthcare as potential modifiers in the association between polyvictimization and mental health among Black transgender women.

PloS one

Sherman ADF, Balthazar MS, Daniel G, Bonds Johnson K, Klepper M, Clark KD, Baguso GN, Cicero E, Allure K, Wharton W, Poteat T

Resilience, Physical Activity, and Depression in Women Living With HIV in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Cross-sectional Study.

The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC

Ambrose PR, Cuca YP, Baguso GN, Hoffmann TJ, Dawson-Rose C

Experiences and factors associated with transphobic hate crimes among transgender women in the San Francisco Bay Area: comparisons across race.

BMC public health

Gyamerah AO, Baguso G, Santiago-Rodriguez E, Sa'id A, Arayasirikul S, Lin J, Turner CM, Taylor KD, McFarland W, Wilson EC, Wesson P

Social and Behavioral Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men who Have Sex with Men who Use Alcohol in the San Francisco Bay Area.

American journal of men's health

Jain JP, Gyamerah AO, Baguso GN, Dawson-Rose C, Ikeda J, Santos GM

Successes and final challenges along the HIV care continuum with transwomen in San Francisco.

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Baguso GN, Turner CM, Santos GM, Raymond HF, Dawson-Rose C, Lin J, Wilson EC