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Dr. Ebor is a Researcher at the Center for Culture, Trauma and Mental Health Disparities in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Her research and scholarship examines health outcomes for older racial and ethnic minority women and communities of color. This research is guided by her interest in ways to improve sexual-health outcomes for African American women and older adults.

Specifically, she develops behavioral health interventions and is particularly interested in harnessing multi-media platforms for health promotion and disease prevention. By merging science and the arts Dr. Ebor aims to make research translational to under-resourced communities. Her debut documentary, Even Me, is an award-winning film that addresses the rise of HIV among older adults of color – a subject that you will not see addressed in any other documentary. The faces of HIV captured in this film are surprisingly different from what one would expect – highlighting that age is not a vaccine for HIV. Even Me, focuses on the ways in which the intersections of age, race, and gender impact the sexual health of older African American women living with HIV. This research is grounded in her practice experience and interdisciplinary training in social welfare and gerontology. Dr. Ebor was recently awarded a diversity supplement grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH)/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). This research involves the development of an educational film entitled, TRY (an acronym for Translating Research for You) as a sub-study under the “Enhancing patient and organizational readiness for cardiovascular risk reduction among ethnic minority patients living with HIV” trial (also known as Healing our Hearts, Minds, and Bodies, or HHMB) which focuses on Black/African-American and Latinx patients; trauma histories and barriers to cardiovascular (CVD) care. This film serves as Dr. Ebor’s debut feature length narrative film developed to enhance the uptake of health concepts initially learned through instructional content.