About Me

Hailing from the great state of Michigan, Evan Hall is a junior at the University of Michigan, pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Biology, Health, & Society with a minor in Chemistry. Evan’s Honors in Engaged Liberal Arts (HELA) Project focuses on HIV Prevention in Adolescents in Michigan, who has largely framed his academic and career pursuits.

 

Growing up in a dynamic and rigorous environment, Evan harnessed skills of independence and resilience. He proudly attended public schools, which offered him countless opportunities to explore his identities. As he entered college with high honors and accolades, Evan embraced change over feat to uphold who he was while surviving those outcasted by society, large the LGBTQ+ & differently bodied communities.

 

As an HIV activist, Evan Hall currently serves as the Youth Liaison of the Michigan HIV/AIDS Council (MHAC), a position he created back in 2020 to oversee activities, programs, and research directed toward youth populations. Evan is a certified HIV test counselor, where he volunteers at UNIFIED - HIV Health and Beyond and the Spectrum Center at the University of Michigan. In addition to this activism involvement, Evan has interned with GMHC in New York City under Analytics & Evaluation. He volunteers with the Detroit Recovery Project to assist in efforts to end the HIV epidemic through syringe services. 

 

At the university, Evan has a coveted research position in the Student Opportunities for AIDS/HIV Research (SOAR) program. He is conducting research under the supervision of Professor Rogerio Pinto, who is the Dean of Research and Innovation at the School of Social Work. In the summer of 2021, Evan accepted as an Engelhardt Social Justice Fellow, where he engaged with community based organizations and people living with HIV (PLWH) to capture the HIV epidemic 40 years in southeastern Michigan in a forthcoming publication in the Michigan Gayly.

 

As a person living with disabilities, Evan advocates for disability culture and right in his blog Milk and Doorbells, telling his truths while collaborating with others to uplift theirs. 

 

Evan continues to be an avid bassoonist, playing in the Life Science Orchestra on campu and with his double reed companions. He enjoys traveling the United States, checking off a number of National parks over the years. 

 

His career prospects place him in a position of research implementation of HIV/SIT prevention and treatment programs on domestic and global scale.