Victoria Money, Ph.D
VMONEY@email.sc.edu
Dr. Victoria Money earned her PhD and MA in Sociology from the University of South Carolina with training in medical sociology, social networks, and social psychology. A former U.S. Navy service member, she also holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Maryland (Europe Division). Her research examines how social relationships, stigma, and structural inequality shape health across the life course, with particular attention to stress, disclosure, and coping processes in marginalized communities. She has published in Social Psychology Quarterly and presented her work at national and international conferences. Dr. Money’s current projects span global and domestic contexts, from studying HIV stigma in China to investigating the effects of stress and discrimination on the cardiovascular health of young Black women in the U.S. South.
Rui Luo
RUIL@mailbox.sc.edu
Dr. Rui Luo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (HPEB) at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. He received his Ph.D. in Medical Statistics from the School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, in June 2025. Dr. Luo’s research focuses on mental and behavioral health among vulnerable populations, including but not limited to people living with HIV, men who have sex with men (MSM), sexual minority groups, and adolescents. His work involves cross-sectional and cohort studies using survey data, and he employs a range of analytic approaches such as social network analysis, structural equation modeling, and multilevel modeling for both cross-sectional and longitudinal data. In addition, Dr. Luo is interested in intervention research, particularly randomized controlled trials (RCTs), to explore the effectiveness and feasibility of interventions aimed at improving mental and behavioral health outcomes in these populations.