Dr. Lyu Azbel (they/them) is a public health research scientist and implementation specialist with 15 years' experience designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating health interventions for marginalized populations across complex regulatory and health system environments.

Currently an Associate Research Scientist at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Azbel’s work focuses on how evidence-based health technologies are adopted, implemented, and scaled in new institutional contexts, using ethnographic methods and implementation science. They have lectured and published widely on issues at the intersections of drugs, incarceration, LGBTQ health, and infectious diseases, including HIV and COVID-19, with a particular focus on how institutional arrangements shape access to care and influence real-world treatment uptake.

Their work bridges social science and applied health research, generating decision-relevant insights for policymakers, multilateral organisations, and health-sector partners working to expand access to evidence-based interventions.

They have worked across diverse global health settings and are fluent in seven languages.