At Shrestha Lab, our aspiration is to make healthcare more accessible to the people who need it the most, be it across the United States or internationally.

Our current areas of research focus on interventions and implementation science at the interface of HIV and substance use with a particular focus on HIV prevention and treatment issues. Specifically, we are interested in enhancing the design, delivery, and placement of interventions that integrate evidence-based approaches (e.g., behavioral, biomedical, mHealth) aimed at improving the health outcomes of key populations, such as members of the LGBTQ+ community, people who inject drugs (PWID), migrant workers, and others.

Our research has been conducted in a wide range of settings, including community and healthcare, addiction treatment, and criminal justice settings, both domestically and internationally.