Emily Arnold, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and is the Principal Investigator of the Northern California AIDS Policy Research Center.  A medical anthropologist by training, Dr. Arnold has led several rapid response studies since 2009, examining the impact of California’s state budget cuts on HIV prevention services, documenting barriers and facilitators to the implementation of PrEP for members of sexual and ethnic minority communities in California, investigating the impact of more restrictive immigration policy on the provision of prevention and care services to immigrants affected by HIV, and examining opportunities for integration of mental health and HIV-related service provision for individuals living with HIV.  Dr. Arnold also has a robust program of research dedicated to developing and testing HIV prevention interventions for sexual, gender and ethnic minority populations.