Faculty

Carey Farquhar

Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Global Health
Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.

206-542-4278

Education

MD Harvard University, 1994
MPH University of Washington, 2001

Contact

206-542-4278

Box 359909
Ninth & Jefferson Building
325 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Bio

Dr. Carey Farquhar, MD, MPH, is a professor at the University of Washington in the Departments of Global Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology. She received her MD at Harvard Medical School. She completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Washington, where she also earned a Masters in Public Health. She mentors US and Kenyan trainees and currently conducts research in Kenya on HIV testing and partner notification services, HIV and HCV diagnosis and access to treatment among persons who inject drugs, and non-communicable diseases among persons living with HIV.

She has published more than 210 peer-reviewed papers and is Director of the UW Kenya Research and Training Center and the International AIDS Research and Training Program (IARTP).  Dr. Farquhar teaches two courses in the School of Public Health -- HIV: A Multidisciplinary Approach and  Responsible Conduct of Research: Global and Local.   In addition, she sees patients one half-day per week at Madison Clinic and attends on the wards at Harborview Medical Center.

Research Interests

AIDS epidemiology and HIV prevention in Africa; heterosexual and vertical HIV transmission

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Eligibility and Acceptability of Same-Day HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation During Emergency Care Encounters in Nairobi, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study.
(2026 Jun 26)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Offorjebe OA, Ochola E, Ngila B, Kinuthia J, Waweru H, Bukusi D, Sugut J, Munene P, Pirirei S, Kimathi P, Ruturi S, Ojuka DK, Hippen VE, Maaty D, Shah K, Rosen JG, Bosire R, Mello MJ, Farquhar C, Aluisio AR

Anticipated Determinants and Strategies Supporting Same-Day HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation During Emergency Care Encounters in Kenya: A Qualitative Study.
(2026 Jun 22)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Rosen JG, Offorjebe OA, Ngila B, Kinuthia J, Waweru H, Bukusi D, Sugut J, Pirirei S, Kimathi P, Ruturi S, Ojuka DK, Hippen VE, Maaty D, Bosire R, Mello MJ, Farquhar C, Aluisio AR

HIV viral non-suppression and drug resistance among persons who inject drugs on dolutegravir antiretroviral therapy in Kenya.
(2026 Mar 2)
medRxiv
Mbogo LW, Boyce CL, Sambai B, Hawes SE, Guthrie BL, Min WSD, Kimani D, Adhanja V, Chohan BH, Smith RA, Monroe-Wise A, Gitau E, Masyuko S, Marconi VC, Gottlieb GS, Drain PK, Frenkel LM, Farquhar C

Acceptability and use determinants of digital health technologies for HIV services: a qualitative study of emergency care patients in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2025)
Front Digit Health 7(): 1697814
Smith-Sreen J, Timothy B, Ngila B, Maina JW, Pirirei S, Kinuthia J, Bukusi D, Waweru H, Bosire R, Farquhar C, Mello MJ, Aluisio AR

Improving HIV assisted partner services outcomes by eliciting additional partners after the initial encounter.
(2026)
PLOS Glob Public Health 6(2): e0004406
Otieno G, Masyuko S, Roy Paladhi U, Kariithi E, Sharma M, Kingston H, Lagat H, Katz DA, Wamuti B, Macharia P, Bosire R, Mugambi M, Weiner BJ, Farquhar C

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