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September 15, 2025

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…

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…

Tumor Microbial Biodiversity and Microsatellite Instability in Colorectal Cancer

Background: There is growing interest in characterizing how the gut microbiome is related to colorectal cancer (CRC) progression and etiology after several species have been found to be strongly enriched in certain molecular subtypes of CRC tumors. DNA mismatch repair deficiency in CRC is associated with a favorable prognosis and positive response to immunotherapy, and…

Establishing Age-Specific Normative Data for the NIH Toolbox among Urban-Dwelling American Indian and Alaska Native Elders in the URBANE Study

This study presents group norms for fluid, crystallized, and total cognition scores on the NIH Toolbox among urban-dwelling American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Elders. From 2021 to 2024, the URBan Native Elders study recruited 1007 (n = 994) Elders to elucidate risk and protective factors for Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD). Volunteers self-identified…

Users of a Container-Based Sanitation Service Experience High Sanitation-Related Quality of Life: A Prospective Cohort Study in Cap Haitien, Haiti

Sanitation users often value improved sanitation interventions for social benefits, such as improved safety and dignity. Some sanitation providers have started using well-being measurements to evaluate service impacts beyond infectious disease outcomes. In particular, the Sanitation Quality of Life (SanQoL) Index explores five attributes associated with sanitation wellbeing: health, disgust, shame, safety, and privacy. In…

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