Alison C. Roxby
Adjunct Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
Associate Professor, Global Health
Robert W. Anderson Endowed Chair - 2, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
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)
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MSNBC, 05/22/2020
The San Francisco Chronicle, 04/11/2020
PBS NewsHour, 08/19/2016