Dr. Lejeune Y. Lockett

Dr. Lejeune Lockett, DM, MSPH is Director of International Affairs and Assistant Professor at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), based in Los Angeles, California. She holds a Doctorate in Management and a Master of Science in Public Health. She has travelled to over 45 countries within the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

She served as an International Population Fellow and a research department head at the National Institute of Public Health/School of Public Health of Mexico. She was Adjunct Faculty & Program Coordinator at the Augsburg College Center for Global Education (CGE) in Mexico and Interim Director for CGE in Namibia. She was the Associate Director for the US Peace Corps in Namibia, spearheading the national Community Health & HIV/AIDS Project. Dr. Lockett joined CDU in 2010 as the Operations & Program Manager for International Programs to manage three US Department of Defense projects that developed HIV/AIDS prevention programs with militaries in Angola, Belize, and Jamaica. She currently leads projects related to HIV and youth in Zambia and Malawi with the HBCU Global Health Consortium.

With over 25 years of global health and higher education experience, Dr. Lockett has served on the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific Advisory Board and the International Society for Black Latinos to bridge her strong connections to the global health arena and the local community.