Tilly Ann Gurman, DrPH, MPH, is a social and behavior change (SBC) champion with over 25 years of experience in global and domestic health. Her SBC work spans reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, immigrant and refugee health, nutrition, agriculture, gender-based violence, zoonotic diseases, healthcare service utilization, and patient-provider communication. Dr. Gurman takes a practical approach to using data to inform SBC programs while applying innovative methods like human-centered design, outcome harvesting, and most significant change.

In 2015, Dr. Gurman joined the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) as Research Director for the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) project, which operated in more than 25 countries. As HC3 Research Director, she managed the project’s research portfolio and led various SBC research studies. She spearheaded an outcome harvesting evaluation for capacity-strengthening activities in Ethiopia, Liberia, and Bangladesh. More recently, Dr. Gurman has led CCP research efforts in Guinea and Madagascar on zoonotic diseases, family planning, healthcare service utilization, female genital cutting, and child marriage. She also enjoys teaching graduate courses on SBC program development.

Dr. Gurman holds both her DrPH and MPH from Johns Hopkins University, specializing in health communication. She also completed coursework in communication at the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication during her doctoral studies. She earned her AB from Brown University, with a focus on international development. She is a native Spanish speaker and fluent in French.