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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.

Proscovia Nabunya

Areas of Focus:

  • HIV stigma and shame
  • Mental health
  • Family and community-based support systems
  • Children, youth and families impacted by HIV
  • Intervention research and mixed method approaches

In The News

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

NIH funding to build research capacity among refugee youth in Uganda
September 20, 2024

Study to focus on support for young adults in Uganda
August 26, 2024

Group-Based Interventions Potentially Address HIV Stigma Among Adolescents Living with Virus 
March 22, 2024

ICHAD Celebrates its 10th Anniversary, and the Lives it Has Changed in Sub-Saharan Africa
April 10, 2023

Nabunya, Cavazos-Rehg Awarded $1.2M Funding to Study Depression Among Youth With HIV in Uganda
October 17, 2022

Brown School Welcomes 12 Dynamic New Faculty Members, Fall 2022
September 8, 2022

NIMH Awards $2.4 Million for HIV/AIDS Research with Orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa
April 2, 2022

Ssewamala Awarded $3.2 Million by NIMH to Address HIV Stigma in Ugandan Boarding Schools
September 27, 2021

$3.4 million NIH Grant Funds Research for HIV-Positive Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
August 25, 2020

Ssewamala Nabunya to lead NIHfunded study on ways to reduce the stigma of HIVAIDS among adolescents in Uganda
July 13, 2020

Brown School Recognizes Faculty Authors and Editors
May 7, 2020