Elena Cyrus MPH, PhD

Dr. Elena Cyrus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida. She is an infectious disease epidemiologist with research experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, and the Latin American and Caribbean regions. Her research focuses on investigating social determinants of health contributing to health inequities among vulnerable populations globally. Dr. Cyrus is a Fogarty global health equity alumnus and completed her fellowship with Yale University in Lima, Perú investigating HIV syndemic risk factors among incarcerated women, and men who have sex with men and transwomen. Before her doctoral training, Dr. Cyrus was a clinical trials manager with the HIV Prevention Trial Network for the Tenofovir feasibility and safety trials.