#  Francisco Ruiz 

Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights.

Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Fellow, Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, Harvard Kennedy School; Senior Advisor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

 

 



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**Research interests:** HIV policy; public health systems; health equity; community engagement; organizational change; cross-sector collaboration; policy implementation; syndemics; LGBTQ+ health; and social determinants of health.

**Pronouns:** he/him/his



 

 

 





 

 

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