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Melissa Watt

Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health
Duke Global Health Institute
Box 90519, Trent Hall 333, Durham, NC 27708
Trent Hall, Room 329, BOX_90519, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


A stigma reduction intervention at time of entry into antenatal care to improve PMTCT services in Tanzania

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

Cancer Treatment Disparities in the HIV Population: Exploring the Impact of HIV on Physician and Patient Decision-Making

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

Postpartum HIV care engagement in the context of Option B+ in Tanzania

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019

Improving the health of South African women with traumatic stress in HIV care

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018

A stigma reduction intervention at time of entry into antenatal care to improve PMTCT services in Tanzania

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

Cancer Treatment Disparities in the HIV Population: Exploring the Impact of HIV on Physician and Patient Decision-Making

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

Postpartum HIV care engagement in the context of Option B+ in Tanzania

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019

Improving the health of South African women with traumatic stress in HIV care

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018

Development of Mental Health Treatment for Obstetric Fistula Patients

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016

HIV risk behaviors among methamphetamine users in Cape Town, South Africa

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015

Alcohol-Related HIV Risks Among South African Women

ResearchClinical Research Coordinator · Awarded by University of Connecticut · 2008 - 2014

The Sri Lanka Healthy Minds Study

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2014

Brief Care-based HIV Prevention for Newly Diagnosed Men

ResearchProject Coordinator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012