Alison C. Roxby
Adjunct Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
Associate Professor, Global Health
206-685-5699
aroxby@uw.edu
Education
MD University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 2003
MSc Public Health in Developing Countries, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK), 2002
BA French, International Studies, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1996
Contact
206-685-5699
aroxby@uw.edu
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Bio
Dr. Roxby's research goals are to improve maternal health, promote family planning, and reduce perinatal and adolescent acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). She completed a K23 career development award studying immune activation during pregnancy and contraception in HIV-infected Kenyan women, and currently holds two National Institutes of Health grants studying contraception and the vaginal microbiome, and sexually transmitted infection acquisition in Kenyan adolescent girls. She teaches in the Department of Global Health. Dr. Roxby sees adult HIV and PrEP patients at Madison Clinic and at Roosevelt Virology Clinic, where she serves as Clinic Director.
Research Areas
Research Interests
HIV and Women; family planning and HIV risk; genital immunology; prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2025 Apr 1)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 98(4): 340-345
Theodore DA, Neradilek M, Gillespie K, Edupuganti S, Hinojosa JC, Lama JR, De La Grecca R, Wu YH, Davis A, Mangini D, Andrew P, Marovich MA, Zwerski S, Broder G, Andrasik MP, Castor D, Roxby AC, Cohen M, Huang Y, Karuna ST, Sobieszczyk ME
(2025 Feb 19)
BMC Immunol 26(1): 8
Chawana TD, Walsh SR, Stranix-Chibanda L, Chirenje ZM, Yu C, Zhang L, Seaton KE, Heptinstall J, Zhang L, Paez CA, Gamble T, Karuna ST, Andrew P, Hanscom B, Sobieszczyk ME, Edupuganti S, Gay CL, Mannheimer SB, Hurt CB, Stephenson KE, Polakowski LL, Spiegel H, Yacovone M, Regenold S, Yen C, Baumblatt JA, Gama L, Barouch DH, Piwowar-Manning E, Koup RA, Tomaras GD, Hyrien O, Roxby AC, Huang Y, HVTN 127/HPTN 087, HVTN 130/HPTN 089 and HVTN 136/HPTN 092 Study Teams
(2024)
PLOS Glob Public Health 4(9): e0003319
Naicker V, Laher F, Bekker LG, Seaton KE, Allen M, De Rosa S, Yates NL, Mkhize NN, Saunders K, Heptinstall J, Malahleha M, Mngadi K, Daniels B, Innes C, Yu C, Modise T, Bekker V, Grunenberg N, Furch B, Miner MD, Phogat S, Diazgranados CA, Gurunathan S, Koutsoukos M, Van Der Meeren O, Roxby AC, Ferrari G, Morris L, Montefiori D, McElrath MJ, Tomaras GD, Moodie Z
(2024 Jul)
Open Forum Infect Dis 11(7): ofae387
Cantos VD, Neradilek M, Huang Y, Roxby AC, Gillespie K, deCamp AC, Karuna ST, Edupuganti S, Gallardo-Cartagena J, Sanchez J, Del Rio C, Veloso V, Cohen MS, Donnell DJ, Corey L, Kelley CF
(2024 Aug 13)
Vaccine 42(20): 125991
Chihana R, Jin Kee J, Moodie Z, Huang Y, Janes H, Dadabhai S, Roxby AC, Allen M, Kassim S, Naicker V, Innes C, Naicker N, Dubula T, Grunenberg N, Malahleha M, Kublin JG, Bekker LG, Gray G, Kumwenda J, Laher F
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