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    Dini Harsono, MSc

    Program Director, Health Services and Global Research

    Additional Titles

    Research Associate 3, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

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    Titles

    Program Director, Health Services and Global Research

    Research Associate 3, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

    Biography

    Dini Harsono is a program director at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), Yale School of Public Health, and a researcher in the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine.

    She oversees the coordination of CIRA's programs that support HIV health services and global research, including the Clinical and Health Services Research Core, international research programs, the Yale Global HIV/AIDS Research Network, and the HIV, mobility, and displacement initiatives. As a researcher, she applies mixed methods approaches in support of studies and clinical trials that aim to improve engagement in and outcomes across the HIV and addiction care cascades.

    Before coming to Yale, Dini held research and programmatic roles in the UK and Indonesia working in the fields of addiction, mental health, and HIV prevention. She earned her MSc in Psychological Approaches to Health at University of Leeds, and Bachelor in Psychology at Universitas Indonesia.

    Last Updated on March 26, 2025.

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    Overview

    Trained in health psychology, Dini’s research interests are the ethical considerations in health research and the socio-ecological factors affecting the uptake of evidence-based practices related to HIV, mental health, and substance use. She has led and published literature review projects and has extensive experience in designing and implementing qualitative and mixed methods research studies.

    A SMART Approach to Treating Tobacco Use Disorder in Persons Living with HIV (2019-2024)

    Principal investigators: Drs. E. Jennifer Edelman and Steve Bernstein

    Promoting HIV Risk Reduction among People who Inject Drugs: A Stepped Care Approach Using Contingency Management with PrEP Adherence and Support Services (2020-2026)

    Principal investigator: Dr. E. Jennifer Edelman

    Managing Health during Humanitarian Crises: Resilience, Establishing Health Priorities, and Impact on Health Care Workers (2023-2024)

    Principal investigators: Drs. Julia Rozanova and Sheela Shenoi

    HIV/AIDS in Humanitarian Crises (2020-2022)

    Principal investigators: Drs. Kaveh Khoshnood and Luke Davis

    Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals with HIV with Tobacco Use: A Mixed-Methods Study (2020-2022)

    Principal investigator: Dr. E. Jennifer Edelman

    Project CIRCLE: CIRA International HIV Research Capacity and Collaboration: An Exploratory Study (2019-2021)

    Principal investigators: Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood and Ms. Dini Harsono

    Medical Research Interests

    Community Health Services; Ethics; Global Health; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; HIV; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Telemedicine

    Public Health Interests

    Global Health; Ethics; Behavioral Health; HIV/AIDS; Mental Health; Qualitative Methods; COVID-19; Conflict and Health; Substance Use, Addiction

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Dini Harsono's published research.

    Publications

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    • Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

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      135 College Street, Ste 200

      New Haven, CT 06510

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