SOGIE Health Equity Research Collaborative
The mission of the SOGIE Collaborative is to advance health equity for all communities, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
Bre Edison, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston University School of Public Health Department of Community Health Sciences
Briana Edison is a behavioral health researcher specializing in sexual behavior, sex education, and healthy relationship development among youth. She earned her PhD in Health Promotion and Behavior from Georgia State University’s School of Public Health and her MPH in Infectious Disease Management, Control, and Prevention from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health. Briana led three primary data collection studies for her dissertation, focusing on defining and measuring sexual health communication between young adult sexual partners using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Her research on adolescent sexual behavior has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, including a study recognized as part of the 2024 Distinguished Dozen by The Journal of Adolescent Health for its outstanding contribution to adolescent and young adult health. She has also presented her work at national conferences.
Representative Publications
- Edison, B., Bhochhibhoya, S., Baumler, E. R., Markham, C. M., Peskin, M. F., Shegog, R., … & Reidy, D. E. (2024). Self-efficacy to refuse sex mediates the relationship between dating violence victimization and sexual risk behavior. Journal of Adolescent Health, 74(3), 531-536.
- Edison, B., Austin, C., Kordas, C., Jones, R., Cortez, O., Laterra, A., & Reidy, D. (2025). Sexual Communication with Partners: Young Adults’ Reflections on Sources, Content, and Shortfalls of Sex Education. Sexuality & Culture, 1-19.
- Edison, B., Coulter, R. W., Miller, E., Stokes, L. R., & Hill, A. V. (2022). Sexual communication and sexual consent self-efficacy among college students: implications for sexually transmitted infection prevention. Journal of Adolescent Health, 70(2), 282-289.
- Bhochhibhoya, S., Edison, B., Baumler, E. R., Markham, C. M., Emery, S. T., Peskin, M. F., … & Reidy, D. E. (2024). Abstinence beliefs in early adolescence and sexual risk behavior two years later. Journal of Adolescence, 96(7), 1684-1690.
- Edison, B., Austin, C., Liu, G. S., & Reidy, D. E. (2025). Interpersonal violence: A threat to health and wellness. In APA handbook of health psychology, Volume 3: Health psychology and public health, Vol. 3 (pp. 383-400). American Psychological Association.