Guest Column: Use PrEP to combat HIV among people in Shelby County
Courtney Peasant Bonner
Courtney Peasant Bonner, PhD is Senior Research Psychologist at RTI International where she works to adapt and evaluate women-focused HIV prevention interventions. She has a bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University, a PhD from The University of Memphis and she completed her postdoctoral research at Yale University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS.
“By implementing a scientifically informed HIV prevention strategy and using tools that are known to be effective to prevent HIV, we can End the Epidemic among our young people.”
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