APLA's Research & Evaluation
Core (REC) conducts applied research that explores various HIV/AIDS-related
issues
such as sexual risk and health behaviors, HIV/AIDS treatment behaviors,
substance use practices, quality of life, program satisfaction
and evaluation capacity. REC's study findings are used to identify
needs to develop new services, improve existing services and highlight
trends in the field. APLA's REC also develops evaluation and quality
improvement plans and assists community partners in their implementation.
This support includes designing surveys, developing survey administration
plans, managing databases, analyzing results and reporting findings.
REC's findings have been disseminated in academic and community
venues at local, statewide, national and international levels.
All REC staff have extensive research
and evaluation experience. For more information, please contact
Matt G. Mutchler, Ph.D. at 213.201.1522
or send an
e-mail.
Current Community Based Research Findings
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Matt
G. Mutchler Ph.D., is the Research and Evaluation
(REC) Program Manager. He
earned a Ph.D. in sociology at the University
of California, Santa Barbara. His
primary research interests include sexualities,
gender, AIDS/health and gay
and lesbian studies. At AIDS Project Los Angeles,
he conducts research focused on HIV prevention,
care and treatment issues. Dr. Mutchler is Principal
Investigator for a Universitywide AIDS Research
Program grant
that examines
intersections of sexual identities, behaviors and
HIV risk among HIV-positive men who have sex with men and
women.
mmutchler@apla.org /
phone: 213.201.1688 / fax: 213.201.1598
Lauren Kirkpatrick is a study coordinator for AIDS Project Los Angeles. She holds a master's degree from Claremont Graduate University in applied social research and evaluation and has research experience working with AIDS orphans in Kenya. Lauren coordinates the Network for AIDS Research in Los Angeles (NARLA) project for APLA. lkirkpatrick@apla.org / phone: 213.201.1447 / fax: 213.201.1598
Tara McKay is working
on the Positive Connections study as a
registration peer. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in psychology from Occidental College and
will be starting graduate work in sociology in the
fall. Tara is also working with REC on an exploratory
study considering young gay men’s perceptions
of sex drug use and HIV risk, to begin this spring. tmckay@alpa.org / phone:
213.201.1324 /
fax: 213.201.1598
Jaime Gutierrez, M.P.H. is study coordinator
for AIDS Project Los Angeles. He has years of research experience,
most recently
at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health,
where he coordinated a national behavioral surveillance research
of HIV and its related risk behaviors. Prior to receiving his
M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins University, Jaime coordinated the
Community Based Research and Evaluation Division for the Institute
for Gay Men’s Health and conducted research at the National
Development and Research Institute. jgutierrez@apla.org /
phone: 213.201.1653 / fax: 213.201.1598
He
earned a Ph.D. in sociology at the University
of California, Santa Barbara. His
primary research interests include sexualities,
gender, AIDS/health and gay
and lesbian studies. At AIDS Project Los Angeles,
he conducts research focused on HIV prevention,
care and treatment issues. Dr. Mutchler is Principal
Investigator for a Universitywide AIDS Research
Program grant
that examines
intersections of sexual identities, behaviors and
HIV risk among HIV-positive men who have sex with men and
women.
Lauren Kirkpatrick is a study coordinator for AIDS Project Los Angeles. She holds a master's degree from Claremont Graduate University in applied social research and evaluation and has research experience working with AIDS orphans in Kenya. Lauren coordinates the Network for AIDS Research in Los Angeles (NARLA) project for APLA. 
registration peer. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in psychology from Occidental College and
will be starting graduate work in sociology in the
fall. Tara is also working with REC on an exploratory
study considering young gay men’s perceptions
of sex drug use and HIV risk, to begin this spring. 
recently
at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health,
where he coordinated a national behavioral surveillance research
of HIV and its related risk behaviors. Prior to receiving his
M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins University, Jaime coordinated the
Community Based Research and Evaluation Division for the Institute
for Gay Men’s Health and conducted research at the National
Development and Research Institute.