Chris Adkins, MSW

I am the program manager for the South-Central AIDS Education & Training Center affiliated with Access Health Louisiana.  I obtained my Masters in Social Work in 2006 at Boston University.  There, I expanded on mental health and public health needs of Asian and Pacific Islander LGBT populations. I also completed a B.A. in Social Work with a Minor in Women’s Studies from Cleveland State University. I received several recognition awards from Cleveland State for my student leadership activities on campus.  I have more than 20 years of expertise in working in direct service with vulnerable populations. Including caring for abused and neglected children in the foster care system, educating severely emotionally disturbed children, managing newly diagnosed and medically complicated people with HIV/AIDS,  and helping women leaving prison to enter college using group work methods. I have also spent years in program evaluation working with the Louisiana Health Department to evaluate PrEP access and minority outreach initiatives in New Orleans. In Baltimore, I’ve served on the board of directors for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland (GLCCB) while working on HIV and LGBT research projects, curriculum development, and community-engaged scholarship at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.