Ethan Morgan
PhD
Associate Professor
Co-Director, PhD Program
Biography
- Research interests
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- HIV, sexually transmitted infections (e.g. HPV, chlamydia), and co-infections
- Systemic inflammation and immunology
- Genetic epidemiology (e.g., GWAS, RNAseq)
- Substance use and treatment
- Morgan E, McDade TW, Manning W, Kamp Dush CM. Assessing Inflammatory Biomarkers at the Intersection of Marijuana and PrEP Use: Preliminary findings from the NCHAT-BIO study. JAIDS 2025
- Morgan E, Kamp Dush CM, McDade TW, Peng J, Andridge RR, Cole SW, Manning W, Christian LM. LGBTQ+ identity and its association with inflammation and cellular immune function. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 2025;126:333-341
- Morgan E, Dyar C, Feinstein B, Hudson H, D’Aquila R, McDade T, Mustanski B. Inflammation Assessed by Latent Class Profiling Is Associated With Stress And Suicidality But Not Depression Among Young Sexual Minority Adults. Annals LGBTQ Health 2021
- Christian LM, Wilson S, Madison AA, Kamp Dush CM, McDade TW, Peng J, Andridge RR, Morgan E, Cole SW. Sexual Minority Stress and Epigenetic Aging among Bisexual Women. Brain Behavior and Immunity 2025;126:24-29
- Morgan E^, Mallory A, Albright N*, Dyar C. Alcohol and inflammation: Examining differences at the intersection of sexual identity and race/ethnicity. Alcohol 2024; 118:1-7
- Christian LM, Cole SW, McDade T, Pachankis JE, Morgan E, Strahm AM, Kamp Dush C. A biopsychosocial framework for understanding sexual minority health: A call for action. Neuro Bio Rev 2021;129:107-116
- Morgan E, Meites E, Markowitz LE, Xavier Hall CD, Querec T, Unger ER, Crosby RA, Newcomb ME, Mustanski B. Sexual positioning practices and anal human papillomavirus infection among young men who have sex with men and transgender women — Chicago, Illinois, 2016–2018. Sex Trans Dis 2021;48(10):709-713.
- Morgan E, Taylor HE, Ryan DT, D’Aquila R, Mustanski B. Systemic inflammation is elevated among both HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected young MSM. AIDS 2019;33(4):757-759