Tawandra L. Rowell, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University. She received her doctorate in Social Welfare from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rowell is interested in the role of incarceration, substance abuse, and sexual behavior in HIV acquisition and transmission among African-American MSM. Prior to her appointment as a postdoctoral fellow, she conducted research at the Department of Justice and the Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies. She also worked on research projects in the Center for Addiction Studies, Center for Behavioral Health Services & Criminal Justice Research, and the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rowell received a National Institute on Drug Abuse Dissertation Research Fellowship for her study, “The Impact of Drugs on the Sexual Behavior of African-American Male Inmates”.

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