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Caroline Kuo serves as Department Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Studies at American University, leading academic initiatives in public health. She additionally holds an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University School of Public Health and an honorary faculty position in the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, demonstrating her global academic engagement.
Her educational background includes:
- Post-Doctoral Training in Child and Adolescent Biobehavioral HIV & Alcohol Intervention Treatment Outcome Research at Brown University
- DPhil in Social Policy and Intervention from Oxford University (Nuffield College)
- MPhil in Development Studies from Oxford University (St. Cross College)
- Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Social and Political Thought from the University of Virginia
Dr. Kuo's research centers on building resilience among vulnerable populations including orphaned children, women and girls, incarcerated individuals, sexual minorities, and sex workers across high-adversity contexts in South Africa, Kenya, Mexico, and the United States. She develops scalable evidence-based public health programs for low-resource communities while ensuring research directly informs policy through community-driven priorities. Her work integrates biobehavioral and social determinants of health to create sustainable interventions that enable populations to thrive despite systemic challenges.
No scientific awards were specified in the available information.
While specific student advisees aren't listed, Dr. Kuo directs the Youth and Family Resilience and Well-Being Lab, indicating active research mentorship. Her focus on large-scale program implementation suggests significant grant funding for community-based interventions, though exact grants remain unlisted. She teaches courses including HLTH-260 Advancing Global Health Ethics and HLTH-294 Community Service Learning Project, emphasizing practical application of ethical frameworks.
She founded and leads the Youth and Family Resilience and Well-Being Lab, which develops and evaluates interventions to strengthen resilience among at-risk youth and families in resource-constrained global settings through innovative, context-specific approaches.
