Alicia Morehead-Gee (Charles R. Drew University Scholar) is an internal medicine resident at UCSF. She obtained her undergraduate degree in human biology from Stanford University and her medical degree from the Charles Drew University-UCLA Medical Education Program, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. While in medical school, she was awarded the CDU Dean’s Award for Excellence and the CDU Medical Student Research Thesis Program Award for Excellence in Research. Dr. Morehead-Gee is currently working on a project to understand factors associated with persistence of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among HIV negative patients in San Francisco Department of Public Health clinics.

Career Interests: Dr. Morehead-Gee is interested in health disparities in PrEP use, health disparities in HIV treatment, and the intersection of incarceration and health.’

Research Interests: As a Scholar, Dr. Morehead-Gee is interested in examining the rates of PrEP use among at-risk populations to address issues impacting PrEP initiation and improve future prevention efforts within public health systems.