Yarneccia D. Dyson, Ph.D., MSW

Presently, she is the Director of the Well-Being, Intersectionality & Sustainability Engagement-Empowerment-Equity Research Lab (The WIS3 Lab) and creator of the Engag3 Biomedical-Behavioral HIV Prevention Intervention that focuses on decreasing binge drinking while increasing protective sexual health behaviors. In addition, this project also explores the sexual decision making, perception of risk, well-being and physical health tenets related to Black College students. Furthermore, she has served as the Director and Principal Investigator for the HRSA BHWET funded Integrated Behavioral Health & Racial Equity Scholars (IBHRES) Project, a training program that focuses on increasing the knowledge and skills of graduate level students who are interested in joining the behavioral health workforce and serve communities in high need and high demand areas. In total, she has secured over $5 million in external funding across various funding mechanisms.

Finally, Dr. Dyson obtained a Ph.D. in Social Work Policy, Planning, and Administration & Social Science from the Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work at Clark Atlanta University, a Master of Social Work degree (Clinical Concentration) from The Florida State University, and a Bachelor of Social Work (Community Organizing Concentration) from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University.