Denise Hallfors, Zimbabwe Director and Board member

Denise retired as a senior research scientist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), Chapel Hill, NC office and an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For almost a decade, she has conducted HIV research in Kenya and Zimbabwe, funded by the National Institutes of Health, to test whether assisting orphan adolescents to stay in school can help prevent HIV.

Denise directs our Zimbabwe project, to help vulnerable children, adolescents, and young adults continue their education and lead healthy productive lives. She and her husband, Eric, have been married for over 40 years and are active in their church.