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)

Using HIV and Hepatitis C Molecular Epidemiology to Investigate Assisted Partner Services Recruitment Among People Who Inject Drugs in Kenya.
(2024 Dec 16)
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
Kingston H, Chohan BH, Mbogo L, Bukusi D, Monroe-Wise A, Sambai B, Omballa V, Tram KH, Guthrie B, Giandhari J, Masyuko S, Bosire R, Sinkele W, de Oliveira T, Scott J, Farquhar C, Herbeck JT

A phylogenetic assessment of HIV-1 transmission trends among people who inject drugs from Coastal and Nairobi, Kenya.
(2024)
Virus Evol 10(1): veae092
Kingston H, Nduva G, Chohan BH, Mbogo L, Monroe-Wise A, Sambai B, Guthrie BL, Wilkinson E, Giandhari J, Masyuko S, Sinkele W, de Oliveria T, Bukusi D, Scott J, Farquhar C, Herbeck JT

Uptake and acceptability of oral HIV self-testing in the context of assisted partner services in Western Kenya: A mixed-methods analysis.
(2024)
PLOS Glob Public Health 4(11): e0003960
Mudhune V, Roy Paladhi U, Owuor M, Ngure K, Katz DA, Otieno G, Sharma M, Masyuko S, Kariithi E, Farquhar C, Bosire R

Experience and challenges delivering hepatitis C virus treatment for people who inject drugs in Kenya.
(2024)
Front Med (Lausanne) 11(): 1429516
Boke J, Monroe-Wise A, Umutesi G, Mbogo L, Sambai B, Bukusi D, Chohan B, Scott J, Gitau E, Sinkele W, Musyoki H, Herbeck J, Farquhar C, Guthrie BL

HIV testing services and HIV self-testing programming within emergency care in Kenya: a qualitative study of healthcare personnel to inform enhanced service delivery approaches.
(2024 Oct 22)
AIDS Care
Aluisio AR, Bergam SJ, Kinuthia J, Maina JW, Pirirei S, Bukusi D, Waweru H, Bosire R, Chen J, Ojuka DK, Katz DA, Farquhar C, Mello MJ, Guthrie KM

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