Public Health Analyst
Substance Use, Gender, & Applied Research (SUGAR)
RTI International

Brittni Howard, is a public health analyst in the Substance Use, Gender and Applied Research Program at RTI International and Coordinator of the RTI Global Gender Center, a cross-institute virtual center comprised of nearly 300 global staff members and external affiliates. She coordinates research and project management activities across several National Institute of Health (NIH) woman-focused HIV prevention projects aimed at empowering women by reducing the syndemics of substance use, sexual risk behaviors, and gender-based violence. Her research interests include reaching adolescent girls and young women and women via new and advancing technologies to improve their access to personal health information and promote positive health behavior change. Further, Ms. Howard has been trained in qualitative data analysis and has most recently published in BMC Public Health, AIDS Care, and Drug and Alcohol Dependence.