Melonie Walcott
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MPH - University of the West Indies (UWI), Kingston, Jamaica 2010
DrPH - University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Alabama 2013
Dr. Walcott is a Visiting Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), and a scholar in the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN). Her research interests include social and structural factors associated with HIV risk behaviors and developing and implementing patient-centric biomedical and social-behavioral interventions to increase equity in HIV prevention and treatment among marginalized populations. Her current research focuses on assessing the association between patient-provider relationship and experience of racism in health care, and engagement in HIV care, and viral suppression among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM).
Areas of expertise:
- HIV prevention
- Engagement in HIV care
- Social determinants of health/structural factors
- Qualitative research
Committees or Policy Work:
- Move Up Global, Boston - Board Member