Stephanie DeLong, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Stephanie M. DeLong, PhD, MPH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at UNC Gillings School of Global Health. She received her PhD in Epidemiology with a Minor in Health Behavior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. DeLong’s injury-related research focuses on gender-based violence, specifically intimate partner violence in eastern and southern Africa, in particular as it pertains to HIV prevention. Her non-injury-related research focuses on infectious diseases which can become chronic (HIV, COVID-19/Long COVID) and mental health.
DeLong serves as the faculty lead for the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center IVP Fellows program and for all UNC IPRC-Affiliated Student Groups (UNC Gender-Based Violence Research Group, Opioid Student Research Group, and Child Maltreatment Prevention Research and Practice Network) by providing mentoring and support.
Prior to pursuing her PhD at UNC Chapel Hill, DeLong worked for 10 years at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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