While the epidemiology of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can be linked to migration, it is uncertain how much of an impact migration has in making certain groups at higher risk for contracting these infections.

Oralia Loza, Ph.D., a UTEP assistant professor of public health sciences, is collaborating with Jesus Vaca Cortes, a professor at the Universidad de Chihuahua in Mexico on a project that addresses risks for HIV/AIDS and STIs among Mixtec/Zapotec men who migrate within Mexico and to the United States.