Dr. Allysha C. Maragh-Bass is an HIV prevention scientist by training, with a focus on social and behavioral sciences and community health. Her expertise is in lifespan approaches to HIV prevention, and sexual and reproductive health more broadly. Most of her recent work has focused on young adults of color who identify as LGBTQ+. She has led global project funded by entities such as the NIH, the CDC, and USAID, and she is also a scholar of decolonization of global development. Additionally, she holds faculty appointments at several institutions including Duke Global Health Institute and the University of California at San Francisco.