Dr. Laurenia Mangum (she/hers) is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Mangum’s extensive clinical expertise spans family well-being, maternal-child health, community health, and community development, where she worked with women and children of under-resourced and historically marginalized communities to promote optimal health and wellness. As a public health social work researcher specializing in HIV prevention and treatment, Dr. Mangum’s research has focused on understanding the interplay of structural and social determinants of maternal HIV disparities and identifying strategies aimed at optimizing sexual and reproductive health outcomes for Black women in the US. With a focus on Black women’s sexual and reproductive health outcomes across the lifespan, Dr. Mangum’s overarching career objective is the enhancement of HIV treatment and care outcomes among Black mothers achieved through the implementation of evidence-based interventions that overcome barriers to family planning outcomes, treatment access, and engagement in HIV care. Dr. Mangum is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, where she earned her Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work. Dr. Mangum earned a graduate certificate in Public Health with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS in the rural south from the University of Florida. She is also a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and School of Public Health, where she earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work and a Master of Public Health.