Harry Heiman is Clinical Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences at the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. Prior to joining Georgia State, he served as Director of the Division of Health Policy at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, where he was also Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine.

Thao Tran is a Post Doctoral Associate in the department of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences at the School of Public Health.

Alexander Kirpich is a biostatistician and an assistant professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. Kirpich expertise in infectious disease statistical modeling (cholera, dengue, HIV, anthrax, and others), epidemiology, and bioinformatics. Alexander worked on transmission models of cholera and HIV in collaboration with medical doctors and epidemiologists. Alexander also has expertise in spatial analysis of surveillance cancer data and in work with metabolomics data. His collaboration efforts also include statistical data analyses and relevant assistance for multiple epidemiologists, medical doctors and field scientists. Alexander has broader interests and goals in application of statistical methods to public health and biomedical research questions and policies and to address statistical challenges, such as missing data, asymptomatic infections, underreporting, and noise during data acquisition.

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Roby Greenwald is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences in the School of Public Health. His primary research interests are measuring the ways in which air pollution influences human health, and much of his work involves the development of unique sampling systems for assessing exposure to air pollution in special microenvironments, such as inside vehicles while commuting.

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Claire Spears is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Mindful Living Lab in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. She will discuss her research on mindfulness interventions for health promotion, including targeting tobacco use among underserved populations and using digital health tools to increase access.

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Ike Okosun is a Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences. His research focuses on investigating the epidemiology of metabolic syndrome, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia in populations of African origin.

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Terri Pigott is a professor at Georgia State University with a joint appointment in the School of Public Health and the College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on methods for meta-analysis, including power, missing data and individual participant meta-analysis.

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Carlos A. O. Pavão is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Undergraduate Program at the Georgia State University School of Public Health and Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

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Dr. Freire’s research interests include violence prevention, dissemination & implementation science, and evaluation of complex public health strategies. Before coming to GSU in 2021, Kimberley worked at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention for 13 years, most recently as the Evaluation Lead in CDC’s Program Performance & Evaluation Office.

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Dr. Christine Stauber is a Professor of Environmental Health and the Associate Chair for the Department of Population Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has over 15 years of experience in environmental health sciences.

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HIV-related stigma has been identified as one of the principal factors that undermine HIV prevention, treatment, and care in many countries, including Ghana. Understanding HIV-related stigma from the perspective of people living with HIV, medical practitioners, and community members can help inform the development of culturally appropriate and effective interventions to reduce and eventually eliminate the stigma associated with HIV.

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