Kimberly Jacob Arriola, PhD, MPH

Kimberly Jacob Arriola, PhD, MPH is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, and serves as executive associate dean for academic affairs in the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. Dr. Arriola also serves as dean of Laney Graduate School and is part of the Emory University Office of the Provost leadership team as vice provost for graduate affairs.

All of her work focuses on improving the health of marginalized populations and communities of color. For example, for the past 9 years she has served as principal investigator of an NIH-funded project that seeks to develop and test a culturally-sensitive organ and tissue donation intervention for African American adults. Additionally, she has served as co-investigator for two national multi-site studies that seek to evaluate new services for HIV-infected jail and prison inmates transitioning from the facility to the community. Dr. Arriola also teaches Research Methods to Masters' students and Health Promotion Interventions to doctoral students in her department.