Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong
PhD, MPH, MA
Research Topics
Global HIV/AIDS prevention and care; immigrant and refugee health; health disparities and health equity; technology-based research methods (e.g., social media platforms such as WhatsApp); implementation science; reproductive and sexual health; mixed-methods research
Summary
Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong joined the University at Buffalo as an assistant professor in 2024. Her previous roles include a T32 NIMH postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at the Yale University School of Public Health and adjunct instructor at Ohio University. As a health equity researcher, she incorporates social and implementation science theories and mixed methods to study reproductive and sexual health, with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS prevention care in the immigrant and refugee population.
She earned her doctoral degree in philosophy from the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions, as well as an MPH and MA in international studies at Ohio University.
Education and Training
- Postdoctoral fellow, T32 NIMH Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention Training Program Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program (Y-APT), Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), School of Public Health, Yale University
- PhD, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo
- MPH, Department of Social and Public Health, College of Health Sciences and Health Professions, Ohio University
- MA, international studies, Center for International Studies, Ohio University
- BA, communication studies, African University College of Communications, Accra-Ghana