Faculty

Brandon L Guthrie

Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Professor, Global Health

206-543-4278

Education

PhD University of Washington, 2009
MPH University of Washington, 2005
BA Biology, Macalester College, 2000

Contact

206-543-4278

University of Washington
Box 359909
325 Ninth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Bio

Dr. Brandon Guthrie, PhD, is an epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at the University of Washington. His specific research interests focus on improving engagement in care among people living with HIV. Dr. Guthrie has NIH-funded research projects based in Nairobi, Kenya that are evaluating interventions to improve linkage and retention in HIV/AIDS care, expedite treatment initiation, and reduce mortality. His research includes both randomized intervention trials as well as mixed methods and implementation science approaches to evaluate interventions that are tailored to achieve both high effectiveness and acceptability. Dr. Guthrie is an instructor in introductory and advanced epidemiologic methods courses at the UW as well as 10-week distance learning course focused on epidemiology and biostatistics. Dr. Guthrie is the co-editor of the COVID-19 Literature Situation Report, which is a daily digest with summaries of the most relevant articles related to the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research Areas

Research Interests

Dr. Guthrie’s research interests focus on improving engagement in care among people living with HIV. His NIH-funded research projects are based in Nairobi, Kenya and are evaluating interventions to improve linkage and retention in HIV/AIDS care, expedite treatment initiation, and reduce mortality. His research includes both randomized intervention trials as well as mixed methods and implementation science approaches to evaluate interventions that are tailored to achieve both high effectiveness and acceptability.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Use of Digital COVID-19 Exposure Notifications at a Large Gathering: Survey Analysis of Public Health Conference Attendees.
(2024 Mar 18)
JMIR Form Res 8(): e50716
Drover CM, Elder AS, Guthrie BL, Revere D, Briggs NL, West LM, Higgins A, Lober WB, Karras BT, Baseman JG

Emergency Room Utilization and Methamphetamine Overdose Symptoms Among Syringe Services Program Participants in Washington State.
(2024 Feb 18)
Subst Use Misuse
Frank ND, Banta-Green CJ, Guthrie BL, Kingston S, Tinsley J, Whiteside L, Glick SN

Utilizing a university testing program to estimate relative effectiveness of monovalent COVID-19 mRNA booster vaccine versus two-dose primary series against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.
(2024 Feb 27)
Vaccine 42(6): 1332-1341
Bennett JC, Luiten KG, O'Hanlon J, Han PD, McDonald D, Wright T, Wolf CR, Lo NK, Acker Z, Regelbrugge L, McCaffrey KM, Pfau B, Stone J, Schwabe-Fry K, Lockwood CM, Guthrie BL, Gottlieb GS, Englund JA, Uyeki TM, Carone M, Starita LM, Weil AA, Chu HY

High Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Among Cisgender Women Who Exchange Sex in the Seattle, Washington Area.
(2024 Jan)
Subst Use Addctn J 45(1): 81-90
Barry MP, Corcorran MA, Tsui JI, Moreno C, Buskin SE, Guthrie BL, Glick SN

Virologic Nonsuppression and HIV Drug Resistance Among People Who Inject Drugs and Their Sexual and Injecting Partners in Kenya.
(2024 Jan 9)
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
Chohan BH, Kingston H, Tseng AS, Sambai B, Guthrie BL, Wilkinson E, Giandhari J, Mbogo LW, Monroe-Wise A, Masyuko S, Bosire R, Ludwig-Barron NT, Sinkele W, Bukusi D, de Oliveria T, Farquhar C, Herbeck JT

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