Aron Harold G. Pamoso
@aaronharoldp.bsky.social
Psych #PhDStudent @scienceanu.bsky.social
#CriticalHealthPsychology in #HIV #MentalHealth #LGBTQ+Health #LivedExperienceLeadership & #culture | Dog Dad |☕ | he/his 🌈 🇵🇭
ℹ️ https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/aron-harold-pamoso
#CriticalHealthPsychology in #HIV #MentalHealth #LGBTQ+Health #LivedExperienceLeadership & #culture | Dog Dad |☕ | he/his 🌈 🇵🇭
ℹ️ https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/aron-harold-pamoso
HIV Testing. HIV Counseling. Care.
Small acts, big impact. Grateful to continue this advocacy work with the community.
Small acts, big impact. Grateful to continue this advocacy work with the community.
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 AM
HIV Testing. HIV Counseling. Care.
Small acts, big impact. Grateful to continue this advocacy work with the community.
Small acts, big impact. Grateful to continue this advocacy work with the community.
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Frontier violence and introduced diseases saw deaths and devastation to First Nations peoples in Australia from the moment of colonisation. By the 1840s, the First Nations population had been more than halved by the brutality of colonisation. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Frontier violence and introduced diseases saw deaths and devastation to First Nations peoples in Australia from the moment of colonisation. By the 1840s, the First Nations population had been more than halved by the brutality of colonisation. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Almost a month ago, I attended my second Society of Australasian Social Psychology (SASP) conference in Naarm/Melbourne. I’m grateful for the chance to present two studies from my PhD—made possible with support from ANU Students’ Association and the Margaret Foddy Postgraduate Travel Award.
December 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Almost a month ago, I attended my second Society of Australasian Social Psychology (SASP) conference in Naarm/Melbourne. I’m grateful for the chance to present two studies from my PhD—made possible with support from ANU Students’ Association and the Margaret Foddy Postgraduate Travel Award.
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🕯️ On #WorldAIDSDay, we pay tribute to the strength & vision that drive the #HIV response.
We honour communities, scientists & people living with and affected by HIV, whose leadership guides our collective work toward a more equitable & sustainable future.
Join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise.
We honour communities, scientists & people living with and affected by HIV, whose leadership guides our collective work toward a more equitable & sustainable future.
Join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise.
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🕯️ On #WorldAIDSDay, we pay tribute to the strength & vision that drive the #HIV response.
We honour communities, scientists & people living with and affected by HIV, whose leadership guides our collective work toward a more equitable & sustainable future.
Join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise.
We honour communities, scientists & people living with and affected by HIV, whose leadership guides our collective work toward a more equitable & sustainable future.
Join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise.
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💬 As we mark #WorldAIDSDay, let's commit to #PutPeopleFirst in our language:
✅ "People living with HIV"
❌ "Infected people"
✅ "Acquired HIV"
❌ "Caught HIV"
✅ "HIV acquisition"
❌ "Infection"
🌐 Learn more & join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise:
iasociety.org/language-mat...
✅ "People living with HIV"
❌ "Infected people"
✅ "Acquired HIV"
❌ "Caught HIV"
✅ "HIV acquisition"
❌ "Infection"
🌐 Learn more & join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise:
iasociety.org/language-mat...
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
💬 As we mark #WorldAIDSDay, let's commit to #PutPeopleFirst in our language:
✅ "People living with HIV"
❌ "Infected people"
✅ "Acquired HIV"
❌ "Caught HIV"
✅ "HIV acquisition"
❌ "Infection"
🌐 Learn more & join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise:
iasociety.org/language-mat...
✅ "People living with HIV"
❌ "Infected people"
✅ "Acquired HIV"
❌ "Caught HIV"
✅ "HIV acquisition"
❌ "Infection"
🌐 Learn more & join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise:
iasociety.org/language-mat...
New Publication Alert! 🚨
My co-authors and I just published a new study examining how HIV stigma shapes HIV conversations and testing behavior among key populations in the Philippines.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/002214…#HIVStigmam#HIVResearchc#HealthEquityty
My co-authors and I just published a new study examining how HIV stigma shapes HIV conversations and testing behavior among key populations in the Philippines.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/002214…#HIVStigmam#HIVResearchc#HealthEquityty
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
New Publication Alert! 🚨
My co-authors and I just published a new study examining how HIV stigma shapes HIV conversations and testing behavior among key populations in the Philippines.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/002214…#HIVStigmam#HIVResearchc#HealthEquityty
My co-authors and I just published a new study examining how HIV stigma shapes HIV conversations and testing behavior among key populations in the Philippines.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/002214…#HIVStigmam#HIVResearchc#HealthEquityty
Reposted by Aron Harold G. Pamoso
“In this challenging year for global health, countries that bear the heaviest HIV burden are being forced to make difficult choices. Those choices have just got harder: who receives life-saving services, who goes without?”
- IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn
- IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn
Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall
World leaders pledge just over $11bn, short of the $18bn experts say is needed to stay on track to tackle challenges
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“In this challenging year for global health, countries that bear the heaviest HIV burden are being forced to make difficult choices. Those choices have just got harder: who receives life-saving services, who goes without?”
- IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn
- IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn
2019 ➜ a small meeting in Hong Kong, just starting my master’s and with Liz and Nic as my first research collaborators
2025 ➜ meeting them again, now as a PhD student in Australia. ✨
Time flies, but the friendship and collaboration stayed. Grateful for this full-circle moment
2025 ➜ meeting them again, now as a PhD student in Australia. ✨
Time flies, but the friendship and collaboration stayed. Grateful for this full-circle moment
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
2019 ➜ a small meeting in Hong Kong, just starting my master’s and with Liz and Nic as my first research collaborators
2025 ➜ meeting them again, now as a PhD student in Australia. ✨
Time flies, but the friendship and collaboration stayed. Grateful for this full-circle moment
2025 ➜ meeting them again, now as a PhD student in Australia. ✨
Time flies, but the friendship and collaboration stayed. Grateful for this full-circle moment
I had the privilege of visiting Tumut, a rural town in New South Wales, Australia. Together with @wingspan.bsky.social, we spent several days engaging with the Wiradjuri Men’s Group, listening, learning, and reflecting on how culture, community, & connection shape wellbeing. A THREAD
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I had the privilege of visiting Tumut, a rural town in New South Wales, Australia. Together with @wingspan.bsky.social, we spent several days engaging with the Wiradjuri Men’s Group, listening, learning, and reflecting on how culture, community, & connection shape wellbeing. A THREAD
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📢 RegNet is seeking a Research Fellow to support our teaching efforts and to carry out activities that develop their scholarly track record. Early career scholars from a range of backgrounds are welcome to apply!
Apply by 3 November 2025. Find out more: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...
Apply by 3 November 2025. Find out more: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...
October 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
📢 RegNet is seeking a Research Fellow to support our teaching efforts and to carry out activities that develop their scholarly track record. Early career scholars from a range of backgrounds are welcome to apply!
Apply by 3 November 2025. Find out more: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...
Apply by 3 November 2025. Find out more: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...
Words of the day: panacea and rigamole!
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Words of the day: panacea and rigamole!
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Join us for our October Salon from 5PM-6:30PM ET. The event is free, registrations are required: www.intersectionalitytraining.com/salon-archive/
#intersectionality #academicsky #healthequity
#intersectionality #academicsky #healthequity
September 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Join us for our October Salon from 5PM-6:30PM ET. The event is free, registrations are required: www.intersectionalitytraining.com/salon-archive/
#intersectionality #academicsky #healthequity
#intersectionality #academicsky #healthequity
Honored to speak at @upenn.edu @pennmedicine.bsky.social #RedRibbonConnect. Shared how communities—esp. MSM—turn lived experience into leadership in the HIV response. Imagine if every HIV policy & service was shaped by those most affected.
#HIV #EndingAIDS2030 #HealthEquity
@scienceanu.bsky.social
#HIV #EndingAIDS2030 #HealthEquity
@scienceanu.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Honored to speak at @upenn.edu @pennmedicine.bsky.social #RedRibbonConnect. Shared how communities—esp. MSM—turn lived experience into leadership in the HIV response. Imagine if every HIV policy & service was shaped by those most affected.
#HIV #EndingAIDS2030 #HealthEquity
@scienceanu.bsky.social
#HIV #EndingAIDS2030 #HealthEquity
@scienceanu.bsky.social
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"People living with #HIV in fear as impact of donor funding cuts begin to show in #eSwatini" via @mailandguardian.bsky.social
People living with HIV in fear as impact of donor funding cuts begin to show in eSwatini
HIV prevention services have been heavily affected by the pause on the US President's Emergency Plan for Aids in the country, with remote mobile clinics that served hard-to-reach people now closed
mg.co.za
September 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"People living with #HIV in fear as impact of donor funding cuts begin to show in #eSwatini" via @mailandguardian.bsky.social
Manifesting before the end of 2025 ✨💙
September 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Manifesting before the end of 2025 ✨💙
“Academic recognition is not just nice to have.
If we can't trust others and we don't reward each other for their contributions, then the system is broken.” 💯
If we can't trust others and we don't reward each other for their contributions, then the system is broken.” 💯
"The day the paper was published should have been a moment of pride. Instead, it felt like a quiet erasure."👇
This article is a story of how a researcher contributed meaningfully to a study, only to find themself excluded from authorship when the paper was published.
1/8
This article is a story of how a researcher contributed meaningfully to a study, only to find themself excluded from authorship when the paper was published.
1/8
September 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“Academic recognition is not just nice to have.
If we can't trust others and we don't reward each other for their contributions, then the system is broken.” 💯
If we can't trust others and we don't reward each other for their contributions, then the system is broken.” 💯
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🙋🏿 Are you an early-stage #investigator working on #paediatric or #adolescent #HIV in a low- or middle-income country?
The CIPHER Research #Grant Programme offers up to USD 140,000 to lead your own research project.
📝 Learn more now and apply in English or French by 30 September!
The CIPHER Research #Grant Programme offers up to USD 140,000 to lead your own research project.
📝 Learn more now and apply in English or French by 30 September!
CIPHER Research Grant Programme 2025/2026
www.iasociety.org
September 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🙋🏿 Are you an early-stage #investigator working on #paediatric or #adolescent #HIV in a low- or middle-income country?
The CIPHER Research #Grant Programme offers up to USD 140,000 to lead your own research project.
📝 Learn more now and apply in English or French by 30 September!
The CIPHER Research #Grant Programme offers up to USD 140,000 to lead your own research project.
📝 Learn more now and apply in English or French by 30 September!
Call of duty ✨💙
August 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Call of duty ✨💙
🌈 It started with a convo—then became action.
We hosted the first Co-Creating LGBTQIA+ Research Agendas in Southeast Asia symposium with 180+ registrants across the region.
Community-led. Southeast Asia-centered. Just the beginning.
📝 Join us: waikato.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We hosted the first Co-Creating LGBTQIA+ Research Agendas in Southeast Asia symposium with 180+ registrants across the region.
Community-led. Southeast Asia-centered. Just the beginning.
📝 Join us: waikato.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
July 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
🌈 It started with a convo—then became action.
We hosted the first Co-Creating LGBTQIA+ Research Agendas in Southeast Asia symposium with 180+ registrants across the region.
Community-led. Southeast Asia-centered. Just the beginning.
📝 Join us: waikato.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We hosted the first Co-Creating LGBTQIA+ Research Agendas in Southeast Asia symposium with 180+ registrants across the region.
Community-led. Southeast Asia-centered. Just the beginning.
📝 Join us: waikato.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Great talk from Aron Harold Pamoso on #Intersectionality #Stigma #HIV
Read their paper with Brett Scholz & Austin Ferolino here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#ISCHP2025
Read their paper with Brett Scholz & Austin Ferolino here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#ISCHP2025
“Because of HIV, It Opened My Mind”: Intersectional Stigma Experiences Among Filipino Gay and Bisexual Men Living With HIV - Aron Harold G. Pamoso, Brett Scholz, Austin Ferolino, 2024
Previous work has demonstrated that gay, bisexual men, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) living with HIV are likely to experience intersectional stigma....
journals.sagepub.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Great talk from Aron Harold Pamoso on #Intersectionality #Stigma #HIV
Read their paper with Brett Scholz & Austin Ferolino here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#ISCHP2025
Read their paper with Brett Scholz & Austin Ferolino here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#ISCHP2025
Attending my first ever @ischp.bsky.social conference #ISCHP2025 @uniofgalway.bsky.social was unforgettable.
It was an academic, emotional, and personal experience that made me reflect deeply on psychology, justice, and community.
A thread 🧵👇
#PhDLife #CritHealthPsych
It was an academic, emotional, and personal experience that made me reflect deeply on psychology, justice, and community.
A thread 🧵👇
#PhDLife #CritHealthPsych
July 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Attending my first ever @ischp.bsky.social conference #ISCHP2025 @uniofgalway.bsky.social was unforgettable.
It was an academic, emotional, and personal experience that made me reflect deeply on psychology, justice, and community.
A thread 🧵👇
#PhDLife #CritHealthPsych
It was an academic, emotional, and personal experience that made me reflect deeply on psychology, justice, and community.
A thread 🧵👇
#PhDLife #CritHealthPsych
🌈 Proud to join MeridianACT’s Service User Group in Canberra!
As a queer migrant & PhD student, this space lets me co-create inclusive, community-led services for LGBTQIA+ folks—centering lived experience in HIV, mental health & wellbeing.
#HealthEquity #LGBTQIA #CommunityCare
As a queer migrant & PhD student, this space lets me co-create inclusive, community-led services for LGBTQIA+ folks—centering lived experience in HIV, mental health & wellbeing.
#HealthEquity #LGBTQIA #CommunityCare
June 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🌈 Proud to join MeridianACT’s Service User Group in Canberra!
As a queer migrant & PhD student, this space lets me co-create inclusive, community-led services for LGBTQIA+ folks—centering lived experience in HIV, mental health & wellbeing.
#HealthEquity #LGBTQIA #CommunityCare
As a queer migrant & PhD student, this space lets me co-create inclusive, community-led services for LGBTQIA+ folks—centering lived experience in HIV, mental health & wellbeing.
#HealthEquity #LGBTQIA #CommunityCare
🌈 We’re hosting a symposium on Co-Creating #LGBTQ+ #Research Agendas in #SoutheastAsia!
Keynote by Assoc Prof Quah Ee Ling & Dr. @shawnatang.bsky.social, sharing stories of Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ migrants from Queer Southeast Asia.
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/dj2ED9QW
📚 Read more: lnkd.in/gqhxA3Yp
Keynote by Assoc Prof Quah Ee Ling & Dr. @shawnatang.bsky.social, sharing stories of Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ migrants from Queer Southeast Asia.
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/dj2ED9QW
📚 Read more: lnkd.in/gqhxA3Yp
June 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
🌈 We’re hosting a symposium on Co-Creating #LGBTQ+ #Research Agendas in #SoutheastAsia!
Keynote by Assoc Prof Quah Ee Ling & Dr. @shawnatang.bsky.social, sharing stories of Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ migrants from Queer Southeast Asia.
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/dj2ED9QW
📚 Read more: lnkd.in/gqhxA3Yp
Keynote by Assoc Prof Quah Ee Ling & Dr. @shawnatang.bsky.social, sharing stories of Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ migrants from Queer Southeast Asia.
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/dj2ED9QW
📚 Read more: lnkd.in/gqhxA3Yp
In our previous policy brief, we highlighted three key actions to tackle the #HIV and mental health crises in the 🇵🇭: 1) Engage communities in the HIV response; 2) Equitably increase funding and resources; 3) Enhance a multi-sectoral HIV response.
➡️ philippinesinstitute.anu.edu.au/content-cent...
➡️ philippinesinstitute.anu.edu.au/content-cent...
June 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
In our previous policy brief, we highlighted three key actions to tackle the #HIV and mental health crises in the 🇵🇭: 1) Engage communities in the HIV response; 2) Equitably increase funding and resources; 3) Enhance a multi-sectoral HIV response.
➡️ philippinesinstitute.anu.edu.au/content-cent...
➡️ philippinesinstitute.anu.edu.au/content-cent...
The #Philippines is facing one of the highest increases in people living with #HIV. Despite this public health emergency, efforts tackling HIV could be at risk due to uncertainty in global HIV funding, especially following the US's halt of #PEPFAR.
ℹ️ mb.com.ph/2025/06/02/p...
ℹ️ mb.com.ph/2025/06/02/p...
Philippines sees world’s fastest rise in new HIV cases: DOH calls for public health emergency
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa has urged President Marcos to declare a national public health emergency over Human Immunodeficiency Virus...
mb.com.ph
June 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The #Philippines is facing one of the highest increases in people living with #HIV. Despite this public health emergency, efforts tackling HIV could be at risk due to uncertainty in global HIV funding, especially following the US's halt of #PEPFAR.
ℹ️ mb.com.ph/2025/06/02/p...
ℹ️ mb.com.ph/2025/06/02/p...