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Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, PhD MHS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is a sexual and reproductive health behavioral scientist with methodological skills in epidemiology, biostatistics, and qualitative science.

Dr. Jennings Mayo-Wilson’s research focuses on improving sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including HIV prevention, in vulnerable adolescents and young adults in the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, she is interested in: (i) design and evaluation of economic-strengthening interventions to reduce inequities in HIV/SRH, including microenterprise, cash transfers, savings, and financial incentives; (ii) analysis of economic and structural causes of disparities in HIV/SRH, and (iii) use of mobile health technologies to improve implementation and evaluation of HIV/SRH interventions. Her research also examines socio-economic influences on maternal health care-seeking and uptake of assisted reproductive technologies. As part of this work, Dr. Jennings Mayo-Wilson is a faculty fellow at the Carolina Population Center, a research fellow at the Cecil. G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, and Adjunct Associate Professor at the UNC School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Awards and Honors:

• Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award, K01 2020, National Institutes of Health
• Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Award 2018, National Institutes of Health
• Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award 2015, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• PRIDE Scholars Training Award, Comparative Effectiveness Research 2015, National Institutes of Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
• HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) Scholar 2014, National Institutes of Health
• Leopold Schepp Scholar 2007, The Leopold Schepp Foundation, New York
• Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society 2005, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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