Sheldon D. Fields, Ph.D., ARNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, DPNAP, FAANP Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs and Health Policy and Associate Professor of Nursing Dr. Fields was appointed as the first ever Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs and Health Policy in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at FIU. In this role his focus is on cultivating faculty practice, clinical program innovation and integration, as well as legislative health policy initiatives. He also holds a faculty appointment as an Associate Professor of Nursing, in addition to serving as the Interim Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program. Dr. Fields received his Ph.D., in Nursing Science from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.S., in Family Nursing (with a certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner) and B.S., in Nursing from Binghamton University (State University of New York). He completed post-doctoral studies at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California San Francisco. He has an established program of research in HIV prevention with a focus on young men of color. He is involved in national level research within the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), and the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN). Dr. Fields is a former national director of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care and is an advanced HIV/AIDS certified registered nurse (AACRN). He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) and a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice (DPNAP). He has held faculty appointments at the University of Rochester and Binghamton University. In 2009 Dr. Fields was selected for the highly competitive and prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship and worked in the office of Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) and on her aging subcommittee of the Senate HELP committee during the height of the historic healthcare reform legislation.
HIV Among Young Racial/Ethnic Minority Men Who Have Sex With Men (YMSM)
HIV Testing Behaviors of a Cohort of HIV-Positive Racial/Ethnic Minority YMSM, AIDS Behav (2012)
The HIV epidemic in the United States has disproportionately affected young racial/ethnic minority men who...
Patterns of HIV Disclosure and Condom Use Among HIV-Infected Young Racial/Ethnic Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men., AIDS Behav (2012)
Recent findings highlight the continued rise in cases of HIV infection among racial/ethnic minority young...
Age of MSM sexual debut and risk factors: results from a multisite study of racial/ethnic minority YMSM living with HIV, AIDS Patient Care and STDs (2011)
The average reported age of sexual debut for youth in the United States is 14.4...
Racial and sexual identity-related maltreatment among minority YMSM: prevalence, perceptions, and the association with emotional distress, AIDS Patient Care and STDs (2011)
Bullying is a form of violence characterized as an aggressive behavior that is unprovoked and...
Roles and challenges of outreach workers in HIV clinical and support programs serving young racial/ethnic minority men who have sex with men., AIDS Patient Care and STDs (2011)
The federal government has established rapid identification, linkage, and engagement in medical care of HIV-positive...
Nursing Home Care for HIV-Infected African American Men
The love and belonging healthcare needs of HIV infected African-American men upon admission to an AIDS dedicated nursing home., Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA (2003)
The purpose of this study was to describe the love and belonging healthcare needs of...
The physiologic health care needs of HIV-infected black men on admission to an AIDS-dedicated nursing home., The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (2003)
The purpose of this study is to describe the physiologic health care needs of HIV-infected...
Childhood Abuse in Black MSM
Childhood sexual abuse in black men who have sex with men: results from three qualitative studies., Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (2008)
This report describes the high prevalence and context of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) among Black...