Darmani Paramore is a Clinical Research Coordinator at Washington Health Institute. He received his Bachelor of Science in Health Administration from Norfolk State University and is currently working on a Master of Public Health from Capella University. Darmani has a specific interest in sexual health and educating people on sexually transmitted infections.

Darmani was led to the field of public health and infectious disease after applying for a temp job that he didn’t think he would actually get but did. He went to work as a disease intervention specialist for the Virginia Department of Health and ended up loving the job. After a year at the job, he decided to pursue his master’s degree in public health and never looked back.

Darmani’s favorite part of the job is talking to patients and sharing his experiences to let them know they are not alone. He wants his patients to never think of themselves as less than or nasty because of their diagnosis. Mistakes happen, and accidents happen. We can’t control everything. Darmani wants everyone, especially his patients, to know that he just wants them to have the best healthy sex life, and he wants them to do it without shame. He will never judge his patients, no matter what they disclose! Darmani also wants them to know that he isn’t perfect. He’s a mess just trying to keep it together.

Born and raised in the small town of Stafford, VA, Darmani is half Jamaican and doesn’t have an accent, but he does understand the dialect pretty well. He has three siblings, one sister and two brothers, and everyone in his family works in the medical field. Darmani’s favorite thing about living in the Washington, DC area is how fast-paced and diverse the city is. He loves, loves, loves the bars in the area. He only had like 3 in Stafford. Outside of work, you can find him all over the place. You might see him at a bar for happy hour one day and then catch him at home reading a good book or binge-watching tv the next. It really just depends on his mood.