Meet Our Team
Doctoral Candidate Lacey Craker is a doctoral candidate in prevention science and community health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She earned a bachelor of science in human biology and a master of public health from Brown University. Her research focuses on the development of culturally relevant, social network– and game-based approaches to enhance engagement in biomedical HIV prevention services among communities disproportionately affected by HIV. She is also interested in applying implementation science frameworks to identify effective strategies that support access, uptake, adherence, and sustainment of HIV prevention services among racial, ethnic, and sexual minority men.
Lacey Craker, M.P.H.
Doctoral Candidate Kyle Self is a doctoral candidate in the counseling psychology doctoral program in the Department of Education and Psychological Studies at the University of Miami. He joined Kanamori’s lab in June 2021. He earned a bachelor’s degree in international business and Spanish from High Point University. Since graduating in 2014, Self has worked in health psychology research and research administration at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the San Francisco VA Health Care System. His work has focused on motivational interviewing, opioid use, and improving access to and quality of care for underserved populations. Self’s current research interests include using culturally adapted motivational interviewing to improve participant experiences in HIV prevention research and developing community-based participatory research approaches to the implementation of HIV prevention programs.
Kyle Self, B.S.
Doctoral Candidate Lilliana Vilchez is a doctoral student in prevention science and community health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She earned a bachelor of science in biology from Lynn University and a master of public health degree from the University of Miami. Her research focuses on HIV prevention among communities in South Florida. Her work examines how social networks, cultural factors, and social determinants of health influence engagement across the HIV prevention continuum. She is particularly interested in developing culturally tailored prevention strategies using community-based interventions and social network analysis.
Lilliana Vilchez, M.P.H.
