Julia Lechuga completed her PhD in psychology in 2008 from the University of Texas at El Paso and her postdoctorate in 2010 at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is currently Associate Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso in the Department of Public Health Sciences.

• Effective teaching practices fellowship award - Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), University of Texas System (09/01/2021-09/30/2021)
• Outstanding performance for securing Extramural funding - The University of Texas at El Paso (09/01/2021-09/30/2021)
• Outstanding performance for securing Extramural funding - The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) (11/01/2020)

• NIH/NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow , Medical College of Wisconsin (2010)
• Ph D in General Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) (2008)

• The Influence of Perceived Immigration Context and Healthcare Utilization Immigration Law Concerns on Latinx Immigrants’ HIV Testing The Journal of Latinx Psychology 10 2 (2022), Beatriz Suro, Julia Lechuga.
• Latinx Immigrants’ Legal Concerns About SARS‑CoV‑2 Testing and COVID‑19 Diagnosis and Treatment Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 24 (2022), Julia Lechuga.
• Validation of Brief Condom Use Attitudes Scales for Spanish Speaking People who use crack cocaine in El Salvador Archives of Sexual Behavior 51 (2022), Sarah Beachy, Lechuga.
• US Latinx immigrants' COVID19-related immigration concerns JAMA Network 4 7 (2021), , Julia Lechuga.
• Testing for differences in reporting of somatic symptoms of depression in racial/ethnic minorities Health Education and Behavior 48 3 (2021), , , , , Julia Lechuga.
• Culture and sexuality-related communication as sociocultural precursors of HPV vaccination among mother-daughter dyads of Mexican descent. Preventive medicine reports 19 (2020), Julia Lechuga, C Prieto, Holly J. Mata, R A. Belknap, I Varela.
• Documenting best practices for maintaining access to HIV prevention, care and treatment in an era of shifting immigration policy and discourse. PloS one 15 2 (2020), E A. Arnold, S M. Fuller, O Martinez, Julia Lechuga, W T. Steward.
• African-American parents' and daughters' beliefs about HPV infection and the HPV vaccine PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 36 2 (2019), Kayoll V. Galbraith-Gyan, Julia Lechuga, Coretta M. Jenerette, Mary H. Palmer, Angelo D. Moore, Jill B. Hamilton.
• HIV Testing and Mistaken Beliefs about Immigration Laws JOURNAL OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES 6 4 (2019), Carol L. Galletly, Julia Lechuga, Laura R. Glasman, Wayne DiFranceisco, Michelle R. Broaddus, Julia B. Dickson-Gomez, Timothy L. McAuliffe, Miriam Vega, Sara LeGrand, Carla A. Mena, Morgan L. Barlow, Montenegro, Judith, I.
• HPV vaccine acceptance among African-American mothers and their daughters: an inquiry grounded in culture ETHNICITY & HEALTH 24 3 (2019), Kayoll V. Galbraith-Gyan, Julia Lechuga, Coretta M. Jenerette, Mary H. Palmer, Angelo D. Moore, Jill B. Hamilton.
• Intervention Reach and Sexual Risk Reduction of a Multi-level, Community-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for Crack Users in San Salvador, El Salvador AIDS AND BEHAVIOR 23 5 (2019), Julia Dickson-Gomez, Sergey Tarima, Laura R. Glasman, Julia Lechuga, Gloria Bodnar, de Mendoza, Lorena Rivas.
• The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Immigration Law Concerns Scale (ILCS) for HIV Testing JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH 20 5 (2018), Julia Lechuga, Carol L. Galletly, Michelle R. Broaddus, Julia B. Dickson-Gomez, Laura R. Glasman, Timothy L. McAuliffe, Miriam Y. Vega, Sarah LeGrand, Carla A. Mena, Morgan L. Barlow, Erik Valera, Judith I. Montenegro.

• A research collaboration to support people who inject drugs: A multidisciplinary team approach to HIV research (2022), Volume The Binational US-Mexico Border Commission, Julia Lechuga.
• The intersection of opiate use disorder, ageism, and stigma: Opportunities for creating supportive environments (2022), Volume Virtual, Julia Lechuga.
• Creating supportive treatment environments for BIPOC, tailoring treatment to the realities of drug use at the border (2022), Volume Corpus Christi, Texas, Julia Lechuga.
• The perpetuation of HIV risk in Latinx immigrants: A cross-national perspective (2022), Volume Montreal, CA, Jesus Aleman, Julia Lechuga.
• Immigration concerns and the utilization of healthcare including HIV prevention services (2020), Volume virtual, Julia Lechuga.
• HIV risk patterns among women who use drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border. A comparison by sex work status (2020), Volume Virtual, Julia Lechuga.
• The influence of victimization by law enforcement and drug selling traders on the social network characteristics of people who use drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border (2020), Volume Virtual, Julia Lechuga.

• R01: OPTIMIZING A BIO-BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE VIRAL SUPPRESSION AMONG HIV+ PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS ON THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER
• Adaptation, Implementation, and Testing of Project Encuentro in the U.S-Mexico Border
• Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California San Francisco (CAPS)
• Perceived Immigration Laws Impact on Hispanic Immigrants HIV Health Behavior
• Adaptation, Implementation, and Testing of Project Encuentro in the U.S-Mexico Border