AAHU Fellow Aaron Davis: Break It Down so People Can Understand

AAHU Fellow Aaron Davis

One in a series about recent graduates of the African American HIV University (AAHU).

As a premed major in college, Aaron Davis, AAHU's 2016 valedictorian, admits to having an advantage over the other Fellows in the science and treatment training, although he insists that it was not an unfair one.

AAHU Fellow Carleisha Murry-Anderson: I Will Always Fight for HIV

AAHU Fellow Carleisha Murry-Anderson

One in a series about recent graduates of the African American HIV University (AAHU).

When Carleisha Murry-Anderson was a sophomore at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, she decided to become a campus HIV peer educator, talking to students about their sexual health. Trained through the AIDS Education and Training Centers—a national network of leading HIV experts who provide locally based, tailored education, clinical consultation and technical assistance to health-care professionals and health-care organizations—Murry-Anderson found the students to be very receptive.

AAHU Fellow Charles Pettiford: Even if There Is a Cure, I Will remain in This Field

Charles J. Pettiford, Prevention Coordinator, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn

One in a series about recent graduates of the African American HIV University (AAHU).

AAHU Fellow Cheryl Davis: 'God Revealing God's Self to Me'

AAHU Fellow Cheryl Davis

One in a series about recent graduates of the African American HIV University (AAHU).

I was a project manager with the city of Richmond, Va., for 15 years, directing multimillion-dollar projects and giving presentations to various government groups, before becoming an HIV prevention specialist with Faith Community Baptist Church. None of that experience compared to the training that I did as part of AAHU. I struggled at the start of the course, thinking I'd be unable to grasp the science and biomedical concepts. My faith, plus encouraging words from the training assistant, BAI staff, AAHU Fellow Lindsay Bryant and my pastor, helped me to endure.

AAHU Fellow Donna Powell: I Can't See Myself Doing Anything Else

AAHU Fellow Donna Powell

One in a series about recent graduates of the African American HIV University (AAHU).

Each week, Monday through Friday, Donna Powell, 49, drives more than 300 miles to and from work. She is a prevention-programs services manager for the Fredericksburg Area HIV/AIDS Support Services (FAHASS), a nonprofit agency in Virginia that offers services to people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, and she absolutely loves her job. That's why the nearly three-hour trip from her home in Chesapeake, Va., to the Fredericksburg office doesn't bother her at all.