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LaRon E. Nelson is the Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing and Public Health at Yale University. Prof Nelson’s research interests include HIV prevention, intersectional stigma, multi-level intervention trials, global health, and implementation science. He is Co-Director of the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars at the Yale School of Public Health and is the Director of the Justice, Community Capacity and Equity Core in the Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research in AIDS. Prof. Nelson is an elected Fellow in the New York Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Nursing. He has been honored by professional nursing organizations, including the Excellence in HIV Prevention Award by the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care and the President’s Trailblazer Award by the National Black Nurses Association. In 2013 he received the Dr. Mark Colomb Award from National AIDS Education & Services for Minorities, Inc and in 2014 he received the Ball House & Pageant Service & Advocacy from Abounding Prosperity Inc. in Dallas, Texas. Prof. Nelson’s research has been funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Canadian Institute for Health Research, Grand Challenges Canada, the HIV Prevention Trials Network, and the Ontario HIV Treatment Network. He is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Urban Health, and Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.
