Felicia Browne

Felicia A. Browne, ScD, MPH, is a senior research social epidemiologist in RTI’s Transformative Research Unit for Equity (TRUE). Dr. Browne has more than 18 years of experience working on HIV behavioral intervention studies for key populations in the United States and South Africa. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Health Behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health and Associate Core Director of the UNC Center for AIDS Research’s Social and Behavioral Science Core. Her expertise and research areas include the use of mixed methods in the adaptation and evaluation of multilevel HIV risk-reduction interventions, mobile health (mHealth) technology, and understanding and addressing the social determinants of HIV—with a focus on gender, stigma, equity, health disparities, and implementation science research. Dr. Browne currently serves as a Principal Investigator of one NIH-funded R01 study, Multiple Principal Investigator of two NIH-funded R01 studies, and Principal Investigator of an R21 study.