Goulda Downer, Ph.D.

Goulda Angella Downer, PhD, FAND, CNS, LN RD, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine at Howard University. At the helm of several national multi-million dollar national AIDS training programs, Dr. Downer now heads the Howard University Capital Region AETC Telehealth Training Center (HU-CRTP) and is tasked with developing and managing a regional distance-based technology HIV training program.. A recognized expert in the field of nutrition and food security, Dr. Downer has served as an advisor to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in evaluating the impact of the President's “Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief” (PEPFAR) programs in sub-Saharan Africa. She has also served as Howard’s Principal Investigator for the USAID funded “Central Asian Program on AIDS Control in Vulnerable Populations” through the CAPACITY project managed by John Snow, Inc. Also, with the support of a Ford Foundation Grant, Dr. Downer implemented Howard’s “Caribbean Clinician Preceptorship Program.”