Faculty

R. Scott McClelland

Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
Professor, Global Health

206-543-4278

Education

MD Medicine, University of Washington, 1995
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2001
BS Biology, University of Washington, 1989

Contact

206-543-4278

University of Washington
Box 359909
325 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Bio

Dr. McClelland is a Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Global Health. He leads a trainee-driven research program linking Seattle and Kenya in collaboration with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Nairobi (UON). Dr. McClelland's research spans a range of topics in HIV, STIs, women's health, key populations epidemiology, clinical trials, and implementation research.

Research Interests

  • Impact of periconceptual vaginal microbiota on women's risk of preterm birth 
  • Randomized trial of an implementation science tool to integrate HIV testing into family planning services in Mombasa County, Kenya 
  • Motivation matters! Randomized trial of theory-based, SMS to support treatment as prevention in high-risk women 
  • Development of a point of care cervical cancer diagnostic platform for low-resource settings 
  • Validation of collection Methods for high risk HPV Detection 
  • Women's life course events & HIV transmission potential: A multidisciplinary study

Recent Publications (PubMed)

A mixed-methods assessment of individual client-level and clinic-level factors associated with uptake of cervical cancer screening (CCS) services in family planning (FP) clinics receiving an intervention to support these services in Mombasa County, Kenya.
(2026 Jan 9)
Implement Sci Commun
Oyaro B, Wanje G, Richardson BA, Temmerman M, McClelland RS, Eastment M
World Health Organization-Recommended Periodic Presumptive Treatment Versus Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Sexually Transmitted Infection Control Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Kenya: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
(2026 Jan 6)
JMIR Res Protoc 15(): e81113
Graham SM, Otieno FO, Kimani J, Barrientos A, Soge OO, Sharma M, Hamilton DT, Celum C, McClelland RS, Sanders EJ
Assessing the relationship between menstrual products and reproductive and urogenital tract infections (RUTIs): A systematic review evaluating the evidence and recommendations for future research.
(2025)
PLoS One 20(12): e0332006
Krause A, Zane GK, Rivas-Nieto AC, Mulugeta A, Hossain MR, McClelland RS, Lingappa JR, Hawes SE
Genital herpes shedding episodes associate with altered spatial organization and activation of mucosal immune cells.
(2026 Jan 9)
JCI Insight 11(1):
MacLean F, Zemek RM, Tsegaye AT, Graham JB, Swarts JL, Vick SC, Potchen NB, Cruz Talavera I, Warrier L, Dubrulle J, Schroeder LK, Elz A, Sowerby D, Saito A, Thomas KK, Mack M, Schiffer JT, McClelland RS, Jerome KR, Chohan BH, Ngure K, Mugo NR, Newell EW, Lingappa JR, Lund JM, Kinga Study Team
Trichomonas vaginalis Among Cisgender Women Taking Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis.
(2025 Oct 9)
J Infect Dis
Sesay FA, Oware K, Violette LR, Donnell D, Odoyo JB, Omollo V, Mogaka FO, McClelland RS, Balkus JE, Bukusi EA, Baeten JM, Stewart J
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