Department of Epidemiology

Graduate


September 18, 2025

Nada Ali

Nada Ali is a PhD student in Epidemiology at the University of Washington, focusing on injury and violence research, particularly intimate partner violence. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Dental Medicine and Surgery from Cairo University and her MPH in Health Policy with a minor in Emergency Preparedness from Drexel University. Nada is deeply…


September 17, 2025

Mireya Long


September 15, 2025

Corey Betz

I am pursuing an MS in Epidemiology to combine my passion for infectious disease with my 12 years of experience in Public Health where my primary focus has been testing, treatment, policy & procedure, and front-line staff training in infectious diseases.


Maddie Ediger


September 12, 2025

Astrid Maves

Astrid Maves is an MPH student in the Department of Epidemiology. She obtained a BS in Clinical Psychology and a BA in History with an emphasis in the History of Science from the University of California, San Diego. Prior to graduate school she worked as a clinical research assistant for UC San Diego Health's HIV…


September 11, 2025

Ruby Lucas

Ruby Lucas is a PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. They received their MPH in Epidemiology (Maternal & Child Health Track) in 2022 and BA in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019. Their research interests include mixed-methods and community-engaged research to examine psychosocial and environmental…


Amruta Sardeshmukh


August 26, 2025

Outcomes of lung cancer screening in a nation-wide matched cohort of people with HIV compared to people without HIV

Background: People with HIV are at higher risk for lung cancer than the general population; however, it remains uncertain whether they have similar outcomes from lung cancer screening. Objective: To compare lung cancer screening findings and outcomes in a nationwide matched cohort of people with and without HIV. Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of…


The association of gender-affirming care with PrEP use among transgender women in Seattle

Transgender women are inequitably burdened with HIV worldwide. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) issafe and effective at preventing HIV acquisition, but uptake is low. Integrating HIV care and gender- affirming care may increase PrEP uptake. We conducted a cross-sectional study using the Seattle 2023- 2024 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS-Trans) survey (N = 149). A composite score…


The Paradox of Resilience: Lower Mortality Among Unhoused Trauma Patients in the Pacific Northwest

There is a gap in knowledge in the role chronic stress plays in response to subsequent acute stressors, with equipoise as to whether chronic stress may be protective. To study the possibility that individuals who experience chronic stress may be more resilient to an acute stressor, we aim to measure the time-to-event differences between housed…



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