Corey Prachniak-Rincón

International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC)

Corey Prachniak-Rincón, J.D., M.P.H., is an attorney with fifteen years of experience in public policy, including a decade of work specifically in sexual and reproductive health and LGBTQ rights. Corey, who uses they/them/theirs pronouns, currently serves as Senior Advisor on Public Health with the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC). Highlights at IAPAC include serving as principal investigator of a global study on LGBTI+ health equity and coordinating the IAPAC-Lancet HIV Commission on the Future of Urban HIV Responses. From 2017 to 2020, Corey was appointed as the inaugural Director of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth, where they were responsible for setting the state’s public health agenda with respect to this key population. Previously, Corey led an international investigation on the Zika epidemic for Harvard University as well as a novel project on aging issues among people living with HIV and LGBTQ individuals for Whitman-Walker Health. Publication highlights include HIV-related scholarship in the Harvard Journal of Gender and Law and the Health and Human Rights Journal. A proud first-generation college student, Corey earned their Master in Public Health degree at Harvard University and their Juris Doctor degree at Georgetown Law.