Tara McCrimmon, MPH, MIA

Tara McCrimmon is a doctoral student (DrPH) in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Her research focuses on HIV prevention and treatment, including access to services among vulnerable populations, structural interventions, the impacts of health and social policies on healthcare access, and implementation science. Tara has worked in Eastern Europe and Central Asia for over 15 years. Previously, she worked for the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, where she managed two HIV prevention and treatment intervention trials based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Tara holds an MPH from Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, an MIA from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a BA from the University of Chicago.