Career Development Awardee 2019-2021
Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Project Title: A Clinic-Based, Digital Health Intervention to Retain Adolescents in HIV care
Dr. Ritchwood’s overall research aim is to develop scalable and sustainable socio-structural interventions that improve outcomes among adolescents living with HIV (ALWH). Her REACH Equity project will develop a network-based, social support intervention to increase ALWH retention in HIV care and improve treatment adherence, and design a platform connecting ALWH with each other, providers, and social services.