Paula Frew, PhD, MPH

Dr. Paula Frew is currently Assistant Professor of Medicine within the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine and she holds a secondary appointment at the same rank within the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health.

She currently serves as the Director of Health Communication and Applied Community Research at The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine. She is an active investigator with a focus on issues pertaining to women and minorities and HIV prevention.

She currently serves as Principal Investigator on the HIV Prevention Trials Network women’s seroincidence estimation study and co-Investigator on the “Brothers” project and other HIV and vaccine prevention projects.

She has authored several published papers in peer reviewed journals on health communication practices, HIV/AIDS clinical trial and prevention product acceptability issues, and the role of community engagement in prevention research. Having conducted a number of community-based and systems evaluation studies in the HIV/AIDS arena, she brings a unique expertise to new initiatives.

Her team recently led an evaluation study for the Project LINK initiative – a project developed in collaboration with the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund (AAPF) and the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta along with partner agencies and community - to reduce HIV incidence among minority women living in one of Atlanta's high risk zones. As an evaluator with the National AIDS Fund, Dr. Frew works with AIDS service organizations and community-based agencies throughout the Southeastern United States to gauge progress on policy and advocacy initiatives in communities most affected by HIV/AIDS.

She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California at San Diego, an MA degree in Liberal Arts: Health, Culture, and Society from San Diego State University, an MPH degree from Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, and a PhD in Health Promotion and Behavior from the University of Georgia (College of Public Health).

She recently was awarded the Gerald Ludd Lifetime Achievement Award for HIV/AIDS Community Service from the National AIDS Education and Services for Minorities.