Proscovia Nabunya

Proscovia Nabunya is an Associate Professor and Director of the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Her global research focuses on HIV prevention and stigma reduction interventions, mental health within the context of HIV, and family and community-based support systems as protective factors for the development and well-being of children and families in low resource settings. She has research expertise in poverty-reduction strategies that utilize asset-based interventions and their impact on children and families’ social, economic and health well-being in HIV-impacted communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Nabunya has had key leadership roles as a lead PI/MPI on several research studies funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Her current research focus on developing and testing a mobile health intervention for use among youth with comorbid HIV and depression; addressing HIV-related stigma among adolescents living with HIV and their families; improving pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) access and adherence among adolescent girls and young women, and evaluating the long-term HIV risk prevention and care continuum outcomes among youth affected by HIV and transitioning into young adulthood.

Additionally, Nabunya serves as an expert reviewer on HIV special emphasis panels of the National Institutes of Health. She currently co-chairs the International Social Work & Global Issues Cluster of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR).

Before joining the Brown School, Nabunya completed the Provost’s Post-Doctoral and Transitional Program for Academic Diversity Fellowship at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work.

In Brown School News

Faculty, PhD student receive grant to study adolescent girls in Ghana
October 15, 2025

Nabunya named ICHAD director
October 6, 2025

Faculty members awarded $3 million NIMH grant for HIV prevention in Africa
January 24, 2025

Ssewamala, Nabunya named 2025 SSWR Fellows
January 7, 2025

Naseh awarded grant to improve refugee health in Missouri
December 17, 2024