Lakshmi Goparaju
Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center, Project Director, Women's Interagency HIV Study, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
Biography
Lakshmi Goparaju have a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Syracuse University, and an M.Phil. in social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Lakshmi Goparaju's research expertise has focused on qualitative methods and mixed methods. Lakshmi Goparaju have also worked with international public health organizations in program planning, monitoring & evaluation of programs and capacity building in gender. In WIHS, Lakshmi Goparaju have conducted research on women’s perspectives on men-on-down-low, aging with HIV, disclosure of HIV status, and alcohol consumption.
Research Interest
Research interests include HIV risk behaviors, sexuality, reproductive health and gender and conducted research in the US, India, Ghana and Nigeria.