Evelyn Ullah December 2010

It is with great honor, we announce Evelyn Ullah as our Dab the AIDS Bear's Angel for December 2010.

Evelyn is the Director, STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Broward County Health Department, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Masters Degree in Social Work from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Ms. Ullah holds more than twenty seven years experience in the design and direction of hospital based maternal and child health programs, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment initiatives and health education curricula. Ms. Ullah’s additional Public Health experience is developing and administering public education and high risk screening programs for minority populations.

Her professional experience includes publishing articles in the areas of chemical dependency and social work. She is a Board Member of the National Minority AIDS Council; a member of the Leadership Committee of the National Latino AIDS Agenda; NIH/OAR Latino advisory group member; Co-Chair of the Community Advisory Board of UM Developmental Center for AIDS Research; Co-PI on Project SHARE; and served on the Institute of Medicine Liaison Panel for HIV Prevention Strategies in the U.S. Most recently she was the Executive Director of 25 Mitos/25 Realidades a PSA campaign that is being recognized nationally, and architect of “Test Miami” an initiative to routinize HIV testing in Miami and eliminating the stigma associated with testing.

Ms Ullah is the recipient of many awards nationally, statewide and locally; The Family Foundation Inc. Lifetime Achievement Award August 2010; Florida International University Paths of Public Health Award 2010 recipient; 2010 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Community Service Award; South Florida AIDS Network Visionary Leadership Award; ADAP Distinguished Service Award; Red Ribbon Excellence Award, Guiding Light Leadership; Robert Galante Community Service Award; United Foundation for AIDS Humanitarian Award; Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher for Support and Participation in the Crisis Response Team Initiative.

Ms. Ullah’s driving force in HIV/AIDS began in 1982 while employed at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx; New York where she witnessed patients discriminated against due to their disease status. She had four family members that were infected with the disease and did not want them to experience the same lack of dignity from health care providers as she witnessed in the early 80’s.

Additionally, Ms. Ullah is accredited with several progressive prevention initiatives in Florida “AMIGAS, “Ride The Bus”, "Stop The Silence” campaigns. Her multi-cultural experience has lead her to lecture on a variety of topics at the local, state and national level.

Ms. Ullah began working in HIV/AIDS in 1982 while employed at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York. She has had four family members who have died from AIDS.

Ms. Ullah is the proud mother of two beautiful daughters and grandmother of three wonderful grandsons. She is a gracious and humble public health professional.

In May of 2010, Ms. Ullah has been also serving in her position helping Broward County in its struggle to lower the high HIV infection rates in our area while helping those already infected. She is constantly working and traveling to Washington, DC to fight for our community.

For these and many more reasons, we are honored to announced Ms. Evelyn Ullah as our Dab the AIDS Bear's Angel for December 2010.