Adaora Adimora Citation Award
The Adaora Adimora Citation Award honors the late Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, FIDSA. Dr. Adimora was a past chair of HIVMA and member of the IDSA Board of Directors who had an unwavering commitment to advancing health equity and improving HIV prevention and care for minoritized populations through research, education and advocacy.
In her honor, the award honors Dr. Adimora’s compassion, leadership and service to HIVMA and the field by recognizing exemplary contributions to advancing efforts to end the HIV epidemic, such as through social justice, public service or in service with HIVMA.
2024 HIVMA Adaora Adimora Citation Award Winner
Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS
Dr. Blackstock — a primary care and HIV physician, researcher and public health practitioner — has spent her career in the relentless pursuit of equity and justice in health care. She has conducted transformative research and championed policies that prioritize the needs of Black and Latinx people with HIV.
As founder and executive director of Health Justice, a consulting firm that helps health care organizations center antiracism and equity in the workplace, she serves as an expert consultant on HIV clinical research projects. Dr. Blackstock helps organizations implement practices that reduce health inequities in the communities that they serve.
Dr. Blackstock was previously the assistant commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She led the city’s response to ending the HIV epidemic and established the first racial equity program, in addition to playing a crucial communications role for the department during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Blackstock was an assistant professor of medicine at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and has published editorials on diversity, equity and inclusion in esteemed journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA.
Past Awardees
Formerly the HIVMA Citation Award
2023 - Barbara Gripshover, MD