Subject Matter Expertise in HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Research


The following is a comprehensive list of Morehouse School of Medicine's HIV/AIDS subject matter experts.

Oluwatoyosi Adekeye, PhD, MPH, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine. Focus areas: HIV screening practices and policies, HIV screening monitoring and evaluation. Special focus on Aging Minority Populations.

Carey Roth Bayer, EdD, MEd, BSN, RN, CSE, Associate Professor, Departments of Community Health and Preventive Medicine/Medical Education; Director, Center of Excellence for Sexual Health; Satcher Health Leadership Institute; Focus areas: Human sexuality throughout the lifespan; human sexuality education for health professionals; curriculum development; learning communities.

Vincent C. Bond, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunnology; Principal Investigator, Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI), Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus areas: Understanding host-HIV-1 interactions leading to pathogenesis. Small Molecule Therapeutics. Host manipulation by HIV-1.

Jean Bonhomme, MD MPH, Public Health & General Preventive Medicine. Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry. Focus Areas:  Board certified in addiction medicine; treating persons with substance use disorders, especially heroin use, since 1980. I conduct an annual health screening aimed at African American males called CHAMPS that includes HIV testing and referral. HIV educator and tester under Dr. Ronald Braithwaite for Take CHARGE, a SAMHSA funded HIV testing and education initiative aimed at students in the Atlanta HBCU complex and high risk metro Atlanta zip codes.  Volunteer for the Fulton County AIDS Task Force. Contact: jbonhomme@msm.edu 

Ronald Braithwaite, PhD, Director, Center of Excellence in Health Disparities (CEHD). Focus area: HIV/AIDS in the prison population.

Dazon Dixon Diallo, MPH, Founder and Executive Director of SisterLove, Inc.; Chair, Metro Atlanta HIV/AIDS Services Planning Council; Member, AIDS Research Advisory Council, NIH;  Adjunct Faculty in Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus areas: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care for women of color; women’s health and reproductive justice.

Mesfin Fransua, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine; PI, Georgia AIDS Education and Training Center; Focus areas: HIV epidemiology, HCv and HBV.

Natalie Hernandez, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine; Prevention Research Center; Center of Excellence on Health Disparities. Focus Area: HIV research focuses on technological delivery of STIs, HIV, and unintended pregnancy prevention strategies to young adults. Major focus on special populations, Hispanics.

Rhonda Conerly Holliday, PhD, MA, Research Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus areas: HIV prevention, substance use.

Jammie Hopkins, PhD, MS, Project Director, TCC for Health Disparities Research and Faculty Instructor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus Areas: Social advocacy and community mobilization approaches to facilitate HIV risk reduction, linkage to care, and healthy sexual behaviors. Target population: African American gay and bisexual, and other same-sex oriented men.

Marshaleen King, MD, MSCR, FCCP, Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine.   Focus: Prevalence of HIV-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (HIV-PAH) and the role of HIV Nef in HIV-PAH pathogenesis. Target population: Black HIV-infected individuals.

Mary Langley, PhD, MPH, RN, ICPS, Professor, Department of Community Health/Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Focus areas: HIV Prevention/Education and Community Capacity Building to address HIV and at risk behavior that contribute to HIV. Target population: Adolescents and Young Adults.

David A. Levine, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Division of Predoctoral Education, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, Phone 404-756-1386, Fax 866-204-8302 (private and HIPAA compliant)

Sean McIntosh, MPH, CPH, Program Manager, Georgia AIDS Education and Training Program (AETC). Improving patient outcomes for those living with HIV/AIDS through education and training of medical providers with special interest in minority populations. Experienced grant reviewer and writer. Contact: SMcIntosh@msm.edu

Gale Newman, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus areas: Pathogenesis associated with HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN); HIV Diagnostics.

Michael D. Powell, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus areas: Role of exosomes in HAND; HIV Pathogenesis; Plant-based HIV Therapeutics.

Lerissa Smith, MPH, Health Policy Program Manager, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus areas: HIV Epidemiology. Contact: llsmith@msm.edu

Harold Stringer, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus areas: HIV/AIDS, HIV epidemiology, virology and infectious diseases.

Elleen Yancey, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine,  Department of  Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus areas: HIV prevention, community-based prevention research, translational research.

Shun Zhang, MD, MPH, Biostatistician Associate, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine. Focus area: HIV/AIDS health outcome research, big data, SAS programming.