Faculty

Steven Erly

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

360-236-3419

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2021
MPH Epidemiology, University of Arizona, 2016
BS Neurosciences, University of Arizona, 2014

Contact

360-236-3419

WA

Bio

Dr. Steven Erly is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose work spans the fields of sexual health, health equity, and applied public health.  His research is focused on improving public health programs and care delivery for people living with HIV, Hepatitis C, sexually transmitted infections, and substance abuse disorder.  He is passionate about measurement issues, program evaluation, and identifying novel use of existing data.  He also has experience in advanced statistical methods and has placed in several nationwide machine learning and data visualization competitions.  He is a full-time epidemiologist at the Washington State Department of Health where he works at the intersection of health equity and infectious disease.

Research Interests

HIV, STI, Drug User Health, Applied Epidemiology, Local and State Public Health, Program Evaluation

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Evaluating the utility of public-facing jail registers to inform public health practice, Washington state 2023.
(2025 Aug 8)
BMC Public Health 25(1): 2714
Erly S, Lechtenberg RJ, Georgoulas-Sherry V, Berzkalns A, Moore A, Dombrowski JC, Balkus JE

Increase in heterosexual transmission of HIV in international Pacific Northwest region (United States and Canada).
(2025 Sep 1)
AIDS 39(11): 1666-1668
Erly S, Troupe D, Capizzi J, Amiya R, Baer HM, Bartlett S, Bartschi J, Bobrow K, Higgins R, Manahan L, Nolt S, Smolarchuk C, Sorge J, Vines J, Zlot A

Real-Time Linkage of Public-Facing Jail Registers and Syphilis Testing and Treatment Monitoring Data, Washington State, 2023-2024.
(2025 Mar)
Am J Public Health 115(3): 282-286
Erly SJ, Hill LO, Gavigan KB, Haecker KL, Amiya RM

Development of a rural-urban classification system for public health research that accommodates structural differences between states.
(2024 Dec 2)
Am J Epidemiol 193(12): 1840-1847
Erly S, Mocha CM, Amiya RM, Glick SN

Impact of COVID-19 on People Living With HIV: Data From Five Medical Monitoring Project Sites, 2020-2022.
(2024 Jun 1)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 96(2): 106-113
Erly S, Menza TW, Granillo L, Navejas M, Udeagu CN, Brady KA, Hixson LK, Raj-Sing S, Nassau T, Kaasa C, Buskin S

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