Orlando O. Harris is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in the Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Prevention Science of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Harris’s research focuses on the exploration of risk and protective factors in sexual and gender diverse communities of color in the United States and the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. He also focuses on understanding the relationships between intersectional stigma, violence, mental health, HIV, and other health-related behavior outcomes. Dr. Harris leverages multi-methods data, using community-based participatory research methods, to inform culturally relevant interventions that improves the lives of minoritized and marginalized sexual and gender diverse communities. Dr. Harris holds a PhD and MS from the University of Rochester and MPH from the University of California, Berkeley.