Author

Ruban Nelson

Institution: Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy

Observed institutions: Humsafar Trust, Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy

ORCID: 0009-0006-8620-9551

Observed ORCID: 0009-0006-8620-9551

OpenAlex ID: A5076858139

Acceptability of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Implementation Challenges Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in India: A Qualitative Investigation

2015 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A. Newman, et al. · AIDS Patient Care and STDs · 95

Affirming and negotiating gender in family and social spaces: Stigma, mental health and resilience among transmasculine people in India

2021 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Ayden I. Scheim, et al. · Culture Health & Sexuality · 61

Acceptability of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Transgender Women in India: A Qualitative Investigation

2020 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Murali Shunmugam, et al. · AIDS Patient Care and STDs · 39

“If It’s Not Working, Why Would They Be Testing It?”: mental models of HIV vaccine trials and preventive misconception among men who have sex with men in India

2013 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A Newman, et al. · BMC Public Health · 35

PrEP eligibility, HIV risk perception, and willingness to use PrEP among high-risk men who have sex with men in India: A cross-sectional survey

2021 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A. Newman, et al. · AIDS Care · 32

Willingness to Use Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Preferences Among Men Who have Sex with Men in Mumbai and Chennai, India: A Discrete Choice Experiment

2021 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A. Newman, et al. · AIDS and Behavior · 25

“Like Holding an Umbrella Before It Rains”: Acceptability of Future Rectal Microbicides Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in India—A Modified Technology Acceptance Model

2017 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A. Newman, et al. · Qualitative Health Research · 16

Associations between sexual stigma, enacted HIV stigma, internalized HIV stigma and homonegativity, and depression: testing an extended minority stress model among men who have sex with men living with HIV in India

2022 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Trace Kershaw, et al. · AIDS Care · 11

Reducing sexual risk and promoting acceptance of men who have sex with men living with HIV in India: Outcomes and process evaluation of a pilot randomised multi-level intervention

2019 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Thilakavathi Subramanian, et al. · Global Public Health · 9

Stated preferences for new HIV prevention technologies among men who have sex with men in India: A discrete choice experiment

2024 · Michael P. Cameron, Peter A. Newman, et al. · PLoS ONE · 5

Efficacy of a Multi-Level Pilot Intervention (“Harmony”) to Reduce Discrimination Faced by Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Public Hospitals in India: Findings from a Pre- and Post-Test Quasi-Experimental Trial among Healthcare Workers

2023 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Smitha Nair, et al. · Venereology · 5

The moral-behavioural logic of silence: gender, stigma, and disclosure among long-term HIV survivors

2026 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Suman Kanougiya, et al. · AIDS Care

Mpox Awareness and Vaccine Acceptability Among Transgender Women and Men Who Have Sex With Men in India: Predictors and Implications for Outbreak Preparedness

2025 · Venkatesan Chakrapani, Aleena Sebastian, et al. · Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Works count: 13

Citation count: 333

H-index: 9

I10-index: 8