Tyriesa Howell, PhD

Dr. Howard Howell is an assistant professor in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research focuses on examining and understanding social and cultural determinants of sexual and reproductive health among adolescents and women. This includes socio-behavioral interventions using mixed-methods to examine the use of interactive video game and life simulation technology to encourage HIV treatment adherence and routinized HIV testing among adolescents living with and affected by HIV. Dr. Howell is particularly interested in the development of mHealth technology as an innovative approach to promoting sexuality health education for youth. Her emerging research also seeks to address maternal health disparities, specifically the disproportionality of maternal-related morbidity and mortality experienced by Black women living in the U.S.

Dr. Howard Howell worked with her mentors, Drs. Fred Ssewamala and Patricia Cavazos, on the analysis of data from the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) Suubi4Her study, an innovative combination intervention that aims to prevent HIV risk behavior in communities heavily affected by poverty and HIV/AIDS in Southern Uganda.  She also prepared 3 manuscripts from the mHealth data supplement.

Email: thhowell@wustl.edu