Niasha Fray is a North Carolina native with an academic background in Clinical Psychology and Public Health.

Her professional and research interests center on health equity, patient-provider communication, medical mistrust, and the health of marginalized and underserved communities.

She developed and delivered community-based professional trainings on HIV education, prevention, and risk reduction for healthcare providers throughout North Carolina and internationally. Ms. Fray provided outreach, education, post-test counseling, and capacity-building support to local and regional health departments.

She served as a Program Director at the Duke Center for Community and Population Health Improvement, where she developed a multi-sector collaborative focused on addressing the social determinants of health and systemic inequities in the Durham community.