Place of birth

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Occupation

Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Cornell University, Medical Degree from Yale University, Residency at Boston City Hospital, Infectious Disease Fellowship at Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center, Masters in Public Health from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC

Achievements

First Black woman to achieve tenure within UNC's Department of Medicine, elected twice as a North American representative on the International AIDS Society's Governing Council, elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Contributions

Investigated and advocated for solutions to racial and gender disparities in the HIV epidemic, characterized the epidemiology of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, highlighted the role of sexual network patterns and structural factors in racial disparities in the U.S. HIV epidemic, advocated for women's health

Leadership roles

Chair of the NIH HIV Prevention Trials Network Women at Risk Committee, member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS, served on various professional advisory and agenda-setting bodies

Awards

The UNC Thomas Jefferson Award, HIVMA Clinical Educator Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America Edward H. Kass Lecture, Johns Hopkins University B. Frank Polk Lectureship, University of Maryland John P. Johnson Memorial Lecture

Survivors

Two children - Alegro Nwanneka Adimora Godley and Bria Adimora Godley

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