This chapter profiles Dr. Oni Blackstock, an HIV physician and health equity advocate who has transformed public health approaches to marginalized communities (Health Justice, About. https://www.healthjustice.co/about/ , n.d.). Born alongside fraternal twin Uché, Dr. Blackstock was inspired by her mother Dr. Dale Gloria Blackstock, who died of leukemia at age 47 (Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Alumni profile: Oni Blackstock, A.B. ‘99, MD ‘05. https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2024/12/alumni-profile-oni-blackstock-ab-99-md-05 , 2024, December 11; Harvard Medicine Magazine, Family. https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/family , n.d.). After graduating from Harvard Medical School and completing internal medicine training at Montefiore Medical Center, Dr. Blackstock pursued HIV fellowship at Harlem Hospital and earned a Master of Health Sciences through Yale’s Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (Health Justice, About. https://www.healthjustice.co/about/ , n.d.; Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), Oni Blackstock, M.D. https://cira.yale.edu/people/oni-blackstock-md , n.d.; National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD), Black History Month blog: Dr. Oni Blackstock, health equity champion. https://ncsddc.org/black-history-month-blog-dr-oni-blackstock-health-equity-champion/ , 2020, March 6). Her NIH- and CDC-funded research improved HIV prevention for women, particularly regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (Health Justice, About. https://www.healthjustice.co/about/ , n.d.; Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), Oni Blackstock, M.D. https://cira.yale.edu/people/oni-blackstock-md , n.d.). As Assistant Commissioner for NYC’s Bureau of HIV (2018–2020), she led interventions contributing to a 67% decline in new HIV diagnoses since 2001. During COVID-19, she led the city’s HIV bureau response while founding Health Justice (2020), a consulting firm that has worked with over 100 organizations nationwide to center antiracism and equity in healthcare (News-Medical, HIV diagnosis falls to a record low in NYC, finds report. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20191125/HIV-diagnosis-falls-to-a-record-low-in-NYC-finds-report.aspx , 2019, November 25; Regis College, The equalizer: Q&A with Dr. Oni Blackstock. https://www.regiscollege.edu/about-regis/news/equalizer-qa-dr-oni-blackstock , n.d.). Dr. Blackstock continues practicing at Harlem Hospital (NPR Diverse Sources Database, Oni Blackstock. https://training.npr.org/sources/oni-blackstock/ , 2022, July 17).

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This chapter profiles Dr. Oni Blackstock, an HIV physician and health equity advocate who has transformed public health approaches to marginalized communities (Health Justice, About. https://www.healthjustice.co/about/ , n.d.). Born alongside fraternal twin Uché, Dr. Blackstock was inspired by her mother Dr. Dale Gloria Blackstock, who died of leukemia at age 47 (Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Alumni profile: Oni Blackstock, A.B. ‘99, MD ‘05. https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2024/12/alumni-profile-oni-blackstock-ab-99-md-05 , 2024, December 11; Harvard Medicine Magazine, Family. https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/family , n.d.). After graduating from Harvard Medical School and completing internal medicine training at Montefiore Medical Center, Dr. Blackstock pursued HIV fellowship at Harlem Hospital and earned a Master of Health Sciences through Yale’s Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (Health Justice, About. https://www.healthjustice.co/about/ , n.d.; Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), Oni Blackstock, M.D. https://cira.yale.edu/people/oni-blackstock-md , n.d.; National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD), Black History Month blog: Dr. Oni Blackstock, health equity champion. https://ncsddc.org/black-history-month-blog-dr-oni-blackstock-health-equity-champion/ , 2020, March 6). Her NIH- and CDC-funded research improved HIV prevention for women, particularly regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (Health Justice, About. https://www.healthjustice.co/about/ , n.d.; Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), Oni Blackstock, M.D. https://cira.yale.edu/people/oni-blackstock-md , n.d.). As Assistant Commissioner for NYC’s Bureau of HIV (2018–2020), she led interventions contributing to a 67% decline in new HIV diagnoses since 2001. During COVID-19, she led the city’s HIV bureau response while founding Health Justice (2020), a consulting firm that has worked with over 100 organizations nationwide to center antiracism and equity in healthcare (News-Medical, HIV diagnosis falls to a record low in NYC, finds report. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20191125/HIV-diagnosis-falls-to-a-record-low-in-NYC-finds-report.aspx , 2019, November 25; Regis College, The equalizer: Q&A with Dr. Oni Blackstock. https://www.regiscollege.edu/about-regis/news/equalizer-qa-dr-oni-blackstock , n.d.). Dr. Blackstock continues practicing at Harlem Hospital (NPR Diverse Sources Database, Oni Blackstock. https://training.npr.org/sources/oni-blackstock/ , 2022, July 17).