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Stephanie M. DeLong, PhD, is an epidemiologist who is working to improve the physical and mental health of adolescents and young adults in eastern and southern Africa and the United States. Her lines of research encompass infectious diseases which can also become chronic (HIV, COVID-19/Long COVID), gender-based violence (GBV), and mental health. Currently, Dr. DeLong is a Co-Investigator on the IMPACT Long COVID Longitudinal Study being conducted in collaboration with the UNC COVID Recovery Clinic. Prior to conducting university-based research, Dr. DeLong worked for 10 years at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, where she served as a surveillance epidemiologist and as the CDC program coordinator for a global capacity and development program called the World Health Organization Global Foodborne Infections Network (WHO GFN).

Awards and Honors

• Loan Repayment Program- (2023)
• T32 Postdoctoral Fellow – Adolescent and Young Adult HIV Treatment and Prevention- (2020-2022)
• T32 Predoctoral STD/HIV Training Grant Fellow- (2017-2018)
• Nominated for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Award for the Advancement of Women- (2015)
• United States Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service On the Spot Award- (2011)

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