Trained in public health and social science with experience in sexual and mental health and HIV prevention and treatment, Dr. Kaplan’s scholarship centers on the intersections of risk, gender, sexuality, conflict, and health. Having worked on HIV research in the Middle East since 2006, she is the PI of an NIMH-funded study to determine potential strategies for addressing sexual and mental health risk and resilience among transgender women in Lebanon. Dr. Kaplan obtained her MPH at The George Washington University, PhD at UCLA, and postdoctoral training in mental health and social conflict at UCB.