Adaora Adimora

Adaora Alise Adimora was an American doctor and academic. She was the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine and professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Her research centered on the transmission of HIV, as well as other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), among minority populations. She contributed to the development of national COVID-19 treatment guidelines in the United States. Her work highlighted the importance of social determinants of HIV transmission and the need for structural interventions to reduce risk. Her work also focused on how societal factors contribute to the spread of infectious diseases, most notably HIV, and brought minority healthcare into conversation among providers and researchers. In 2019, she became an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of her contributions.