Ethan Morgan

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First Name

Ethan

Last Name

Morgan

Credentials

PhD

Assistant Professor

morgan.1691@osu.edu

614-292-6231

he/him/his

Address

390 Newton Hall

Address (Line 2)

295 W. 10th Ave.

City

Columbus

State

Zip Code

43210

Research Interest

HIV and sexually transmitted infections
Inflammation and chronic diseases
Substance use and misuse, and treatment
Sexual and gender minority populations
Health inequalities

NCBI

Publications

Sherman J, Dyar C, McDaniel J, Funderburg NT, Rose KM, Gorr M, Morgan E. Sexual minorities are at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease from a younger age than heterosexuals. J Behav Med 2022
Watson RJ, Morgan E, Sherman J, Caba A, Wheldon CW, Chan PA, Eaton LA. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, anticipated prep stigma, and bisexual identity among a Black and Hispanic/Latino sexual and gender diverse sample. Behav Med 2022
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
Dyar C, Morgan E, Kaysen D, Newcomb ME, Mustanski B. Risk factors for elevations in substance use and consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic among sexual and gender minorities assigned female at birth. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2021;227:109015
Sherman J, Dyar C, Morgan E. Substance use treatment partially mitigates association between methamphetamine use and STI risk: Findings from the NSDUH cohort. Sex Trans Infect 2021; doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-055004
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, Hudson H, D’Aquila R, Mustanski B. Plasma C-Reactive Protein is Lower Among Marijuana Using HIV-Negative Individuals but Not Among Persons Living with HIV. Scientific Reports 2021;11:4816
Munson E, Morgan E, Sienkiewicz L, Thomas Y, Buehler K, Ryan D, Clifford A, Mustanski B. Molecular screening in a longitudinal cohort of young men who have sex with men and young transgender women: Associations with focus on the emerging sexually-transmitted pathogen Mycoplasma genitalium. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020; doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054463
Morgan E, D’Aquila RT, Carnethon M, Mustanski B. Cardiovascular disease risk factors are elevated among a cohort of young sexual and gender minorities in Chicago. J Behav Med 2019;42(6):1073-1081
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

Recent Research Activities

National Institute on Drug Abuse, R03DA052651, 2022-2024
Improving Sexual Minority Health: Differences in Substance Use, Substance Use Treatment, and Associated Chronic Diseases among Rural versus Urban Populations
Role: PI
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, R01HD094081, 2018-2023
Mechanisms underlying sexual minority health disparities in the United States
Role: Co-I
Health Resources and Services Administration, T1PHP39099, 2018-2023
Nurse Education Practice Quality Retention – COVID Primary Care
Role: Co-I
NIH Loan Repayment Program, 2019-2023
Substance use, stress, and HIV influences on systemic inflammation among YMSM
Role: PI
National Institute on Drug Abuse (F32DA046313), 2018-2020
Substance use, stress, and HIV influences on systemic inflammation among YMSM
Role: PI

News

June 11, 2025

Jane E. Heminger Hall earns WELL Gold certification for health and wellness-centered design

College of Nursing home is first building at Ohio State to earn designation

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) has awarded The Ohio State University College of Nursing’s Jane E. Heminger Hall WELL Gold Certification for its construction and design features that promote and support health and well-being. It is the first building at Ohio State to earn this designation.

May 27, 2025

Tornwall awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Kyrgyzstan

Joni Tornwall, clinical professor, College of Nursing, has been awarded a 2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to teach student-centered nursing practices at Kyrgyz State Medical Academy.