Jamila K. Stockman, Ph.D., M.P.H. is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Public Health at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Director of the Disparities Core of the UCSD Center for AIDS Research. As an epidemiologist by training, her research focuses on the intersecting epidemics of intimate partner violence and sexual violence, HIV acquisition and transmission, and substance abuse among marginalized populations in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Dr. Stockman is also involved with various domestic violence steering committees and community-based organizations working to address the deleterious effects of violence and HIV in families and relationships.