
Mariah received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Sience from the University of California, San Diego in 2013, followed by her MPH in Behavioral Science and Health Education from Emory Rollins School of Public Health in 2016. During her time at UCSD she was involved in social justice work as an intern with both the UCSD LGBT Resource Center and UCSD Women’s Center. Her interest in public health, and HIV prevention specifically, was sparked during her time studying and working abroad as a medical assistant with the West Africa AIDS Foundation in Ghana during her junior year of college. During her time at Rollins, Mariah worked for two years as a Graduate Research Assistant with the Women’s Interagency HIV Study at Grady Infectious Disease Program. She has worked with PRISM Health as a Public Health Program Associate since 2016 coordinating the Engage[men]t Study, a cohort study of men living with HIV in Atlanta.
Recent Publications
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cumulative Incidence, United States, August 2020–December 2020
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Understanding disparities in viral suppression among Black MSM living with HIV in Atlanta Georgia
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Disparities in Care Outcomes in Atlanta Between Black and White Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study (Engage[men]t)
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At-home self-collection of saliva, oropharyngeal swabs and dried blood spots for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and serology: Post-collection acceptability of specimen collection process and patient confidence in specimens
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Suitability and Sufficiency of Telehealth Clinician-Observed, Participant-Collected Samples for SARS-CoV-2 Testing: The iCollect Cohort Pilot Study
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Performance evaluation of the Aptima HIV-1 RNA Quant assay on the Panther system using the standard and dilution protocols
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA and Antibodies in Diverse Samples: Protocol to Validate the Sufficiency of Provider-Observed, Home-Collected Blood, Saliva, and Oropharyngeal Samples