Rodenie Arnaiz Olete is a Filipino registered nurse currently pursuing a PhD in Public Health at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, and a nursing clinical instructor at Iloilo Doctors’ College in the Philippines. As the technical consultant of Gabay sa Pulang Laso Inc. (GPLI), he spearheaded the development of a Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy (SEGT)-based psycho-socioeconomic intervention for people living with HIV experiencing homelessness in the Philippines. He was also the lead researcher of a nationwide survey exploring chemsex among Filipino men who have sex with men, in collaboration with the UNODC-Philippines. As the former programs manager of Sustained Health Initiatives of the Philippines (SHIP), he implemented capacity-building programs for health care professionals in the country. His work emphasizes the value of synergistic implementation of biomedical and non-biomedical HIV prevention approaches.
