PhD
December 2, 2024
Nicole Asa
Nicole Asa is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. She received her MPH in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in 2022. Her research interests include injury and violence prevention, policy, and epidemiology methods.
November 3, 2024
Augusto Ferraris
Augusto graduated from the School of Medicine at University of Buenos Aires in 2016 and specialized in Internal Medicine through 2022. Between 2022 and 2024, he completed his Master of Public Health – Epidemiology degree at University of Washington with the sponsorship of the Fulbright Foreign Students program, and he is currently continuing his studies…
October 26, 2024
Ling Guan
Ling Guan is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology at UW, where she also earned her MS in Epidemiology in 2023. She obtained her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Peking University in China in 2015. Ling is a first-generation college student and is of Chinese Manchu minority descent. She was born…
October 15, 2024
Hanna Shephard
Hanna Shephard is a second-year PhD student in the Epidemiology department at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on the impact of infectious diseases, especially sexually transmitted infections, on maternal and child health outcomes.
Austin Hammermeister Suger
Austin is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology. He holds an M.S. in Genetic Epidemiology from the University of Washington Institute for Public Health Genetics. His research is focused on examining the relationships between rare genetic variation and multiple cancer types. Austin is also passionate about teaching and has worked to facilitate student…
October 11, 2024
Collrane Frivold
Collrane is an epidemiology PhD student working as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Chu Lab where she supports projects focused on the design and evaluation of strategies to diagnose, prevent, and treat respiratory pathogens. Her primary research interests include infectious disease epidemiology and vaccines, in particular generating data to inform the design and implementation…
October 8, 2024
Emerging Patterns of Substance Use and Buprenorphine Nonadherence
Abstract Emerging Patterns of Substance Use and Buprenorphine Nonadherence Kaitlin A Zinsli Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Brandon Guthrie Department of Epidemiology Opioid overdose deaths are the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, most of which consist of opioids such as fentanyl. In the midst of this crisis, we are also experiencing…
Improving Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery for HIV prevention among women of reproductive age in Sub-Saharan Africa
Adolescent girls and young women in East and Southern Africa are disproportionately affected by HIV. Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) reduces the risk of HIV acquisition with consistent daily adherence and has been recommended for use since 2015 by the World Health Organization. However, for a multitude of reasons, young African women…
State-of-the-ART Care: Revolutionizing Medication Delivery in Rural Settings with a Person-Centered Care Approach
As of 2022, there were 7.8 million people living with HIV in South Africa. HIV prevalence in South Africa varies geographically, with the KwaZulu-Natal province continuing to have the highest HIV prevalence in the country and rural formal farming communities reporting a higher HIV prevalence than urban areas. It is important to identify strategies that…
Cancer detection to treatment: Health disparities and factors that contribute to them
Despite advances in strategies for cancer prevention and early detection, marked disparities in incidence and mortality in several forms of cancer have persisted and grown. Disparities have been observed across the census tract environment, and recently, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic. Such factors, the census tract environment and the COVID-19 pandemic, may…
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