Schenita Davis Randolph

Dr. Randolph is passionate about partnering with the community to address inequities in health through socially and culturally relevant strategies. The impact of Dr. Randolph’s work addresses sexual health inequities among Black male adolescents and young adults (AYA) and Black women in the United States through community and stakeholder engagement approaches.  Dr. Randolph’s research is shifting the approach to sexual health among Black AYA with the first nurse-led, parent-adolescent intervention providing tools for parents to address HIV risk transmission and racial discrimination as interrelated public health issues. She is also addressing sexual health inequities among Black women by addressing barriers to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (a medication if taken consistently decreases HIV risk) such as PrEP stigma and distrust, as PrEP uptake among Black women is low, and interventions are limited.