Black HIV Researchers’ Directory

The Black HIV Researchers Directory is a newly launched online resource where Black researchers can elevate their visibility, expertise, and desire to serve Black communities, while Black-led community organizations can easily connect with researchers to bolster their work. The Directory offers an easy and streamlined way for anyone in need of the expertise, knowledge, and cutting-edge research that can push our collective work forward and end the HIV epidemic for Black people.

The Directory is free to use and only requires a few minutes for researchers to sign up, create a profile, and get connected. The Directory offers users multiple pathways for connection and collaboration – Black researchers can connect with other Black researchers and Black-led community organizations can find researchers that align with their interests and needs. Additionally, researchers with varying backgrounds and experience can achieve visibility that can be challenging to gain with more organic opportunities.

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NOTE: Registration is required in order to submit an entry into the Black HIV Researchers’ Directory. Profiles will appear in the directory once they are approved by UWR. Read the instructions below or Click Here to view the video tutorial.

Registration and Update Instructions

Registration

Click on the New Registration button and enter the required fields to create an account.
Check your e-mail for a message from United We Rise to set your password. If the message did not reach your inbox, check the spam/junk folder and mark the message as “not spam”.
Click on the link or copy and paste the link provided in the e-mail into a web browser and set your password.
Login to the directory. After logging in you will be taken to your profile page.
In the left sidebar menu, click on the Your Directory Entry link and fill out the necessary fields and categories. To ensure that your profile will be approved please fill out the following required fields: Name, Email, Title, Organization, Image or Logo (select one), Categories, and Biographical Info.
Click on the Add Entry blue button in the right sidebar.
The Logout link is located in the top right corner under your profile user name.

Update Profile

Click on the Update My Profile button and login to the dashboard.
Click on the Your Directory Entry link located in the left sidebar.
Update the necessary information and click the Update button located in the right sidebar.

New Registration

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Dr. Whitney C Irie

Assistant Professor

Dr. Whitney Irie is an Assistant Professor at Boston College’s School of Social Work, Lecturer on Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Research Faculty at the Fenway Institute in Boston, MA. Dr. Irie’s primary research focuses on equitable access and effective implementation of biomedical HIV prevention strategies such as preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for Black Women in the United States.…

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Dr. Karen Andrene Johnson

Assistant Professor

My passion lies in empowering women facing incarceration, homelessness, and addiction to prioritize their sexual health and wellness. As an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama’s School of Social Work and a Visiting Scholar at Yale University, I leverage my twenty years of direct practice experience and post-doctoral training in Mental Health and Implementation Science to develop and implement evidence-based interventions tailored to these populations.

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Marguerita Lightfoot

Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Programs

Dr. Lightfoot currently serves as the Associate Dean for Research at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. Dr. Lightfoot is a counseling psychologist whose research focuses on improving the health and well-being of adolescents and young adults, as well as the development of culturally competent, efficacious preventive interventions for populations disproportionately burdened by health disparities. She has a passion for research that promotes the health and well-being of adolescents and young adults from disenfranchised populations and enables them to live their best lives.…

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Prof LaRon E Nelson

Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing

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.…

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Dr. Latrice C. Pichon

Professor

Latrice C. Pichon, PhD, MPH, CHES is a Professor in the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Memphis School of Public Health. Dr. Pichon received post-doctoral training in the application of community-based participatory research approaches in the Kellogg Health Scholars Program at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.…

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Wakefield Other S.

I have had the privilege of a working career in academia and nonprofit organizations where I have been able to ensure a moral compassionate commitment to better living while fighting the HIV virus. In retirement from “employment” my personal mission is to ensure my energies center on opportunities to support and lead friends, institutions, governments, grassroots activists, and communities to HIV prevention in a manner that saves lives – prioritizing strategies which improve quality of living for Black Gay Men. …

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Dr. Zandraetta Tims Cook, MD, MPH

Physician

I am a board-certified internist and infectious diseases physician in Atlanta, GA. I developed an interested in the health concerns of women while studying Public Health at Columbia University in New York, NY in 1990s. I became especially concerned about HIV health disparities involving African-American women upon learning that the disease was the #1 cause of death for a woman of my age at the time.…

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