He is a bilingual (English/Spanish) health services researcher with over 10 years of research experience on sexually transmitted infections with a focus on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention. His research focus includes the impact, stigma, and ethics of human papillomavirus virus (HPV) and HIV and his research activities include work on HIV and HPV-related disease, and cancer prevention among underserved populations in the United States, Peru, Mexico and Nigeria.