NINA HARAWA, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Pilot Investigator

Pilot Study
"Unstable sexual partnerships in older adults: exploring racial and gender disparities in potential HIV/STD risk and prevention." (2007-2008)

Address
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
1731 East 120th Street
Building N, #5
Los Angeles, CA  90059

Phone
(323) 563-5899

Fax
(323) 357-3477

Email
ninaharawa@cdrewu.edu

Biography
Nina T. Harawa, M.P.H., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Charles Drew University with an Assistant Adjunct Professor appointment at UCLA in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Harawa has 5 years of public health experience in the areas of HIV/AIDS and incarceration health including extensive experience in HIV research, serving as Epidemiologist at the HIV Epidemiology Program in Los Angeles. While in the HIV Epidemiology Program, Dr. Harawa was Principal Investigator for two CDC-funded HIV Testing Surveys and was the lead Epidemiologist and Co-Investigator on various other CDC- funded studies examining the prevalence of HIV infection, testing, and risky behaviors in high-risk populations such as men who have sex with men, low-income hotel residents, sexually transmitted disease clinic attendees, and new arrestees. Dr. Harawa is the Principal Investigator for a collaborative Universitywide AIDS Research Program award to develop and pilot a new HIV prevention intervention for African American men who have sex with men and women (MAALES Project). She has a pilot award to examine correlates of allostatic load in a subset of intervention participants and another pilot to examine predictors of HIV prevention utilization among male-to-female transgender and female sex worker in the HIV Testing Survey, and this RCMAR pilot award on sexual partnership instability and racial/ethnic disparities in STD and HIV risks among diverse elders in the U.S.