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Abigail Harrison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University's School of Public Health. She is also a Faculty Associate in the Center for Global Public Health. Her research focuses on global HIV prevention, reproductive health, and health disparities among adolescents and young women, particularly in South Africa, Nigeria, and the U.S. She collaborates with institutions like the Population Studies and Training Center, Center for AIDS Research, and the Africa Initiative. Harrison teaches global health courses and directs Brown's Global Health Concentration for the MPH program.
Her education includes a PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and an MA/MPH in International Health from Johns Hopkins University.
Research Interests: Her work integrates qualitative methods, community-based participatory research, and implementation science. Current projects include Safe South Africa (addressing HIV and violence prevention among adolescents), Masibambane (gender-focused PrEP interventions), and studies on adolescents living with HIV. She has been awarded grants from NIH, Fogarty International Center, and Brown University.
Articles Trends: Her recent work emphasizes resilience among young women, PrEP uptake challenges, and structural determinants of HIV risk. She also explores contraceptive use patterns and gender dynamics in healthcare decision-making.
Awards: Includes the 2021 Collaborative Humanities Award, 2016 Dean's Award for Mentoring, and multiple NIH grants. She mentors emerging scholars through programs like BRIDGES and the Fogarty-funded HIV social science training initiative.
Advising & Grants: Co-investigator on NIH-funded projects, including R01 and R34 grants for intervention development. Her mentorship focuses on training researchers in HIV social science and women's reproductive health globally.
Labs/Teams: Affiliated with Brown's Center for Global Public Health, Center for Global Health Equity, and collaborates with South African institutions like the Medical Research Council and Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute.
