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Dr. Marissa Robinson is a strategic-leader, visionary, and disruptor within the field of Infectious Disease. She focuses on HIV/AIDS research, educating the need to increase opportunities and diversity amongst the public health workforce. Currently within the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP), she serves as a Health Equity Specialist Lead and Black Women’s Initiative co-lead she oversees development and coordination of health equity promotion among teams including vaccines and immunization, blood and tissue safety and availability, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, antimicrobial resistance, and OIDP’s federal advisory committees. Her directive is to gain understanding and address health disparities among the underserved, racial, ethnic minority, and rural communities surrounding diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. Dr. Robinson provided dedicated leadership as the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S (EHE) coordinator for the past 5 years on the EHE initiative and served as a liaison for the OIDP Regional Engagement Teams Commissioned Corps Officers.

Dr. Robinson is a DMV native and is trained in infectious disease epidemiology. Dr. Robinson is a DMV native and is trained in infectious disease epidemiology. She has conducted extensive HIV/AIDS research for over a decade. She began her federal career when she joined the United States Peace Corps as a Community Health and Malaria Prevention volunteer in Togo, West Africa. After returning to the US, Dr. Robinson worked at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) on global infectious disease surveillance supporting the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) initiative. Following her time at HRSA, Dr. Robinson joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where she conducted and maintained data analytics for a Nursing and Midwifery initiative on behalf of PEPFAR for 13 African countries. After her time at CDC, Dr. Robinson joined the CDC Foundation on the Teens Linked to Care pilot program with the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health which focused on substance use and sexual risk among youth in rural populations.

In her spare time, Dr. Robinson serves in several organizations including Vice-President of the DrPH Coalition, TL1 National Representative for the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, workshop facilitator for the PH Spot Career Club and a dedicated member to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. When she is not working hard on all things surrounding health equity, Dr. Robinson is teaching Zumba where her love for people, health, wellness, and dance coincide!