Gaea Daniel

Gaea Daniel, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia, where her funded program of research focuses on understanding the sociocultural and environmental factors that influence sexual health behaviors and outcomes. She is particularly interested in sexual health outcomes of Black women that present as race-based disparities, including sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. She was an Emory Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH-K12) Scholar and a Gilead Research Scholar. Dr. Daniel devotes her time to diversity and equity-related initiatives in her research and the nursing profession. She is passionate about working with and in the community to serve others and was nominated for a Barbara Vick Impact Award for her work in HIV. She partners with the community-based organization SisterLove, Inc. on the Healthy Love Bus, a mobile sexual health clinic, where she serves as clinical director. Dr. Daniel is a proud member of the National Black Nurses Association and a past recipient of the President’s Trailblazer Award for the community-based and research efforts she has led. Dr. Daniel is also co-editor of Taking Action: Top 10 Priorities to Promote Health Equity and Well-being in Nursing, which was awarded the 1st place Book of the Year in Health Care Administration and History & Public Policy categories by the American Journal of Nursing.