Kimberly Nelson is an associate professor of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health and an associate professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. She is also faculty of the Fordham University Research Ethics Training Institute. As both a clinical psychologist and epidemiologist, Dr. Nelson focuses her research on understanding and intervening on psychological and structural determinants of health inequities with a particular focus on health inequities among marginalized adolescents and young adults. Additionally her work focuses on the ethical and legal issues involved in health research and interventions with adolescents and ways to use technology effectively and ethically for data collection and health promotion interventions.