Faculty

Carey Farquhar

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

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 Areas

Research Interests

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

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Effectiveness of Using Additional HIV Self-Test Kits as an Incentive to Increase HIV Testing Within Assisted Partner Services.
(2024 Aug 15)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 96(5): 457-464
Roy Paladhi U, Katz DA, Otieno G, Hughes JP, Thirumurthy H, Lagat H, Masyuko S, Sharma M, Macharia P, Bosire R, Mugambi M, Kariithi E, Farquhar C
Providing HIV-assisted partner services to partners of partners in western Kenya: an implementation science study.
(2024 Jul)
J Int AIDS Soc 27 Suppl 1(Suppl 1): e26280
Sharma M, Mambo BW, Kingston H, Otieno G, Masyuko S, Lagat H, Katz DA, Wamuti B, Macharia P, Bosire R, Mugambi M, Kariithi E, Farquhar C
Effectiveness of HIV self-testing when offered within assisted partner services in Western Kenya (APS-HIVST Study): a cluster randomized controlled trial.
(2024 Jul)
J Int AIDS Soc 27 Suppl 1(Suppl 1): e26298
Roy Paladhi U, Katz DA, Otieno G, Hughes JP, Lagat H, Masyuko S, Sharma M, Macharia P, Bosire R, Mugambi M, Kariithi E, Farquhar C
"We only trust each other": A qualitative study exploring the overdose risk environment among persons who inject drugs living with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2024)
PLOS Glob Public Health 4(7): e0003435
Maurano M, Bukusi D, Masyuko S, Bosire R, Gitau E, Guthrie BL, Monroe-Wise A, Musyoki H, Owuor MA, Sambai B, Sinkele W, Kingston H, Farquhar C, Mbogo L, Ludwig-Barron NT
Developing a global partnership to adapt and deliver interprofessional education faculty training in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic: reporting on an innovative collaboration.
(2024 May 8)
J Interprof Care
Abu-Rish Blakeney E, Chepchirchir A, Kithuci RK, Nduati R, Wamalwa D, Farquhar C, Ojuka DK, Kohler P, Willgerodt MA
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