Dr. Nyblade is a Fellow and Senior Technical Advisor on Stigma and Discrimination in the division for global health, RTI International. Previously, she was the Director of Stigma, Discrimination, and Gender at ICRW. For the past twenty-five years, she has built and led a portfolio of research and programmatic work on HIV stigma with a focus on data utilization to support evidence-based program implementation and policy at local, national, and global levels. Most recently, with a focus on addressing HIV and intersecting stigmas in health facilities. Working in close collaboration with civil society and governments across Africa, South and South-East Asia and the Caribbean, Dr. Nyblade has led the design, roll out and evaluation of evidence-based HIV stigma reduction programs, the development of programmatic tools to engage multiple audiences, and the development and validation of stigma measures. Building on the HIV stigma work, Dr. Nyblade’s current research and programmatic interests include exploring commonalities across disease stigmas that can be leveraged for a more efficient and effective response to multiple health stigmas.
