Faculty

Wendy Barrington

Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Professor, Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing
Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Assistant Chair - Director, School of Nursing


Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2012
MPH Epidemiology, University of New Mexico, 2005
BS Earth Systems, Stanford University, 1997

Contact


Box 357263
Psychosocial & Community Health
WA
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Research Areas

Research Interests

  • Social determinants and health disparities 
  • Neighborhood effects
  • Advanced methods including mediation analyses and GIS mapping
  • Stress and related mental health outcomes
  • Obesity and cancer

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Beyond the pill: Understanding barriers and enablers to oral and long-acting injectable PrEP among women in sex work in Zambia.
(2025)
PLOS Glob Public Health 5(6): e0004461
Kumar R, Mwale C, Maritim P, Phiri J, Barrington W, Zyambo R, Zimba M, Mugwanya K, Herce M, Musheke M, Rao D, Sharma A
Intentional Weight Loss, Waist Circumference Reduction, and Mortality Risk Among Postmenopausal Women.
(2025 Mar 3)
JAMA Netw Open 8(3): e250609
Hendryx M, Manson JE, Ostfeld RJ, Chlebowski RT, LeBlanc ES, Waring ME, Barrington WE, Bittoni MA, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Herold JG, Luo J
Mixed-methods protocol for the WiSSPr study: Women in Sex work, Stigma and psychosocial barriers to Pre-exposure prophylaxis in Zambia.
(2024 Sep 5)
BMJ Open 14(9): e080218
Kumar R, Rao D, Sharma A, Phiri J, Zimba M, Phiri M, Zyambo R, Kalo GM, Chilembo L, Kunda PM, Mulubwa C, Ngosa B, Mugwanya KK, Barrington WE, Herce ME, Musheke M
Understanding determinants of lung cancer preventive care in at-risk urban American Indians and Alaska Natives: A mixed-methods study.
(2024 Sep)
Prev Med Rep 45(): 102822
Tsosie U, Anderson N, Woo N, Dee C, Echo-Hawk A, Baker L, Rusk AM, Barrington W, Parker M, Triplette M
Public Health Accountability in Action: The King County Pandemic and Racism Community Advisory Group.
(2024 Jul-Aug)
Public Health Rep 139(1_suppl): 30S-36S
Wysen K, Valenzuela M, Barrington WE, Teferi Y, Evans A, Kiros B, Merriweather M, Zuniga M
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