Research Interests
Sexual Health
Health promotion and disease prevention
Health disparities
Health Equity
Community engaged research
Clinical education
Health promotion and disease prevention
Health disparities
Health Equity
Community engaged research
Clinical education
Selected Grants
Cluster Randomized controlled trial of Using PrEP, Doing it for Ourselves [UPDOs] Protective Styles: A salon-based intervention to improve PrEP uptake among Black cis-gender women."
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029A Multi-level, Salon-Based Intervention to Promote Awareness, Accurate Knowledge and Uptake of PrEP Among Black Women Living in the United States South
ResearchResearcher · Awarded by Gilead Sciences, Inc. · 2020 - 2024The TALK: A Novel Mobile Application marketed in Barbershops and Beauty Salons for Black Fathers and Mothers to promote sexual health among Black male adolescents living in the United States South
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Davis · 2020 - 2023The Cutting E.D.G.E. (Empowering Dads to Guide and Educate): A nurse driven mobile application to promote father-son sexual health communication and healthy sexual behaviors among Black male adolescents in the United States South
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation · 2019 - 2021IPA - Ragan Johnson
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEFaculty Member · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020Cluster Randomized controlled trial of Using PrEP, Doing it for Ourselves [UPDOs] Protective Styles: A salon-based intervention to improve PrEP uptake among Black cis-gender women."
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029A Multi-level, Salon-Based Intervention to Promote Awareness, Accurate Knowledge and Uptake of PrEP Among Black Women Living in the United States South
ResearchResearcher · Awarded by Gilead Sciences, Inc. · 2020 - 2024The TALK: A Novel Mobile Application marketed in Barbershops and Beauty Salons for Black Fathers and Mothers to promote sexual health among Black male adolescents living in the United States South
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Davis · 2020 - 2023The Cutting E.D.G.E. (Empowering Dads to Guide and Educate): A nurse driven mobile application to promote father-son sexual health communication and healthy sexual behaviors among Black male adolescents in the United States South
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation · 2019 - 2021IPA - Ragan Johnson
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEFaculty Member · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020IPA - Ragan Johnson
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEFaculty Member · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2017 - 2019External Relationships
- Viiv (GlaxoSmithKline)
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