Alex Washington

Dr. Alex Washington is a professor and BASW Program Director in the College of Health and Human Services.  He is also the co-director for the Population Research Institute for Science and Medicine (NIGMS/NIH funded affiliate of Charles Drew University).  He teaches research methods and statistics.  Alex was a visiting professor in the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Medicine.  Prior to joining CSULB, he was a Faculty Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Disparities Solutions, and an associate professor at Morgan State University (Baltimore).  He has provided outpatient treatment group therapy at the VA Medical Center (Memphis).  Dr. Washington’s research focuses on transgender health, and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV prevention.  He has received funding from NIDA/NIGMS/NIH, SAMSHA, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.  Alex has presented research findings at national and international conferences, such places as Thailand, Canada, Egypt, Australia, South Africa, Amsterdam, and Peru.  He has published in empirically-based journals, and serves on community advisory boards.  He was awarded the 2025 CSWE CSOGIE Spirit Award; the 2022 Ellen Ward Leadership Icon Award from the LGBTQ Center Long Beach; the 2019 President’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement; the 2017 Distinguished Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award; and the CSULB Early Academic Career Excellence Award.  He was also the recipient of the NAESM Gerald A. Ludd Lifetime Achievement Award (for HIV leadership in the Black community).