Education and Research Training

• Postdoctoral Fellow, William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing, University of Mississippi, MS, 2024–2026

• DrPH in Behavioral Health Promotion & Education, Jackson State University, MS, 2023

• MPH in Public Health, Capella University, 2019

• B.A. in Administration of Justice, University of Southern Mississippi, MS, 2007

Research Interests

Dr. Nabors’ research explores how culture, social context, and structural conditions shape health behaviors and access to care among populations experiencing health disparities. His scholarship is particularly focused on HIV prevention and PrEP uptake among African American men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Southern United States, with an emphasis on how stigma, cultural norms, migration, identity, and social environments influence prevention experiences and decision-making.

A second area of his research examines disparities in mental health and maternal health, particularly the factors that influence whether underserved populations can access and utilize appropriate mental health services. Across his research, Dr. Nabors is interested in understanding how individual experiences intersect with broader social and structural conditions to produce health inequities. His work also incorporates community-engaged approaches to public health education and seeks to translate research findings into culturally responsive strategies that can improve health promotion and prevention.

Selected Publications 

Nabors, B. M. (2025). Caught Between Culture and Care: Why PrEP Is Underused by Black Men in the South. The Conversation.

Nabors, B. M. (2024). HIV prevention stakeholder conversations: An exploratory study of Southern culture, men who have sex with men (MSM), and PrEP uptake. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Al Juboori, R., Agarwala, N., Barker, D., Edet, P. P., Nabors, B. M., Vinson, A., & Liebner, A. (2026). A county-level HIV prevention gap index in the U.S. Deep South using publicly available proxy indicators. Frontiers in Public Health. [In press]

Past Courses

• HPEX 357 — Personal Health & Behavior Change

• HPEX 354 — Coping & Adaptation