Carolyn Barley Britton (born 13 September 1944) is an African-American medical doctor known for her national health care advocacy and work in neurological complications of HIV and infectious diseases.
[4] She continued to work with these vulnerable patients, published on HIV-related neuropathy[5] and neurological infections secondary to immunocompromise,[6] and arguing for universal counseling and voluntary testing of women for HIV.
[7] Britton also publishes on neurological complications of Lyme disease, and on progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, an infectious process that occurs in the setting of immunodeficiency.
As president, she worked towards universal access to health care and the elimination of racial disparities in research.
Britton cared for him at that time, and due to ongoing symptoms after his concussion, recommended he avoid sparring for 30–60 days.