Dovie Watson, MD, MSCE is an infectious diseases physician-scientist whose clinical HIV research program focuses on accelerating equitable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) service delivery and eliminating stigma and discrimination in sexual health, with particular attention to Black LGBTQ+ adults in the United States. She has particular expertise in clinical ID epidemiology, health equity, HIV prevention research, LGBTQ+ Health, and community-engaged research. Dr. Watson’s work has led to several publications delineating provider-level, structural, and systemic barriers and facilitators to PrEP equity for patients with multiple marginalized identities. She is the recipient of institutional and federal grants from the National Institutes of Health, including a Career Development Award (K23) from the National Institute of Mental Health, which is an equity-focused implementation science grant to design and pilot a novel multifaceted implementation strategy to address provider behaviors and organization-level practices that affect PrEP equity for Black patients in Philadelphia. Dr. Watson’s long-term goal is to eliminate behavioral and structural barriers to PrEP implementation within clinical and community settings in order to achieve PrEP equity among Black and LGBTQ+ populations.
Dr. Watson received her BA degree from Cornell University and her medical degree from Northwestern University. She completed her internship and residency at the University of Chicago, during which time she also completed a medical ethics fellowship at the University of Chicago MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. She subsequently completed her infectious diseases (ID) fellowship and obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Dovie Watson, MD, MSCE
- Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
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