Alida Bouris, Ph.D., MSW
Associate Professor in the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Alida Bouris, Ph.D., MSW is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice. In addition, she is Co-Director of the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE), the Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Sciences Core of the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research, and the Transmedia Story Lab of the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health. Dr. Bouris’ research elucidates the social-contextual factors that drive health inequities among sexual and gender minority communities of color, with a particular emphasis on HIV/AIDS among young Black sexual minority men, who carry the largest burden of HIV/AIDS in the United States. Dr. Bouris’ research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Ford Foundation.