Dr. Walcott is a Staff Scientist in the Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention (LIPD) in the Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute (LFKRI) at the New York Blood Center (NYBC), Manhattan, New York City. She completed a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and her dissertation examined the role of gender norms on sexual and reproductive behaviors and acceptance of male circumcision for HIV prevention. Dr. is a fellow in the HIV Intervention Science Training Program (HISTP) at Columbia University and was recently accepted in the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), University of California, San Francisco, Training Program for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV/STI Health Disparities. Her research interests include social and structural factors associated with HIV risk behaviors and developing and implementing patient-centric biomedical and social-behavioral interventions to increase equity in HIV prevention and treatment among priority populations. Her current research focuses on assessing the association between patient-provider relationship and experience of racism in health care, and engagement in HIV care, and viral suppression among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM).