ohemaa Poku, PhD, mPH
Postdoctoral Fellow, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
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Dr. Ohemaa Poku’s research focuses on the cross-cultural interpretations of illness and how stigma impacts access to psychosocial care for individuals living with HIV, particularly for Africans and the African diaspora. She is particularly interested in utilizing community based participatory research methods and a variety of qualitative methods to culturally and contextually tailor HIV and mental health care for adolescents and young adults.
EDUCATION
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
BA - 2013 - History and International Development
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
MPH - 2018
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
PhD - 2021
