Dr. Lauren Brown is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College, where she is the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Social Determinants of Health. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Infectious Disease Division; Fellow of the Inter-CFAR Implementation Science Fellowship with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; member of the Detroit Urban Research Center’s Community-Based Participatory Research Academy. Her work is currently supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (K01MH131471-01A1) and concentrates on the implementation of trauma-informed care in HIV clinics (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) and community-based settings (Nashville CARES). Previously, she served as the Director of Behavioral Health & Research at Nashville CARES and practiced as a psychotherapist for over a decade in various settings, concentrating on psychological trauma, intimate partner violence, mental health, and substance use. She also has extensive experience conducting prospective studies throughout the Southern United States as well as South Africa. Her past research has been funded by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) via Developmental Core Awards with the Tennessee (TN) Center for AIDS Research (TN-CFAR) (P30AI110527) and the Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) (U24MD15970) via the Southeast Collaborative for Innovative and Collaborative Solutions to Chronic Disease Disparities Center (1P50MD017347-01), ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action Southern Initiative, and Gilead Compass.