Dr. Fuqua has worked on numerous projects targeting MSM, including vaccine trials and behavioral interventions. His expertise includes community planning, community organizing and health education, with an emphasis on African American MSM. Dr. Fuqua coordinated the development and implementation of the African American Action Plan and coordinated the Black Men Testing Project. He is CHEP’s and OHE African American specialist/liaison for all local, statewide, and national efforts. As the coordinator for the Black African American Wellness Peer Leadership he takes a racial equity lens in looking at ways of reducing health disparities among the Black/African American Community.  He has consulted with Sociometric, Black Men’s Project, as well as the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) regarding African American MSM. Dr. Fuqua was a consultant for San Francisco State University’s Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality. He has been published several times in AIDS Behavior Journal for his work on African American Gay/MSM.  As one of the staff of the Black African American Health Initiative, he helped with 2018 Black/African American Health Report. He completed his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the California Center of Integral Studies, where he examined how internalized racism among Black gay men influences their risk for HIV and other health disparities.