Evelyn Iriarte, PhD, MSN, RN, is a bilingual nurse researcher with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nursing from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She earned her PhD in Nursing from the University of Miami, Florida, and her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aging and HIV at the University of Colorado Anschutz College of Nursing.

Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz College of Nursing. She is also a scholar in the NIMH-funded Sustained Training in Aging and HIV Research (STAHR) program. Her research focuses on the intersection of aging and HIV, particularly among Latinos living in the US. Her work emphasizes HIV prevention, self-management, and the addressing of health disparities through participatory and community-engaged approaches.