Faculty

Jennifer A. Slyker

Adjunct Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Professor, Global Health

206-897-6696

Education

PhD Immunology, Open University, 2007
MSc Biostatistics, Integrative Bioscience, Oxford University (UK), 1998
BA Biology, Colgate University, 1997

Contact

206-897-6696

Harborview Medical Center
235 9th Avenue
Box 359931
Seattle, WA 98104

Research Areas

Research Interests

Herpes virus (EBV/CMV) co-infections in HIV-1 infected women and infants, T cell immunology, pediatric HIV testing.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Longitudinal dynamics of the nasopharyngeal microbiome in response to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and HIV infection in Kenyan women and their children.
(2025 Apr 22)
mSystems
Žuštra A, Leonard VR, Holland LA, Hu JC, Mu T, Holland SC, Wu LI, Begnel ER, Ojee E, Chohan BH, Richardson BA, Kinuthia J, Wamalwa D, Slyker J, Lehman DA, Gantt S, Lim ES
Intact HIV DNA decays in children with and without complete viral load suppression.
(2025 Apr)
PLoS Pathog 21(4): e1013003
Reeves DB, Litchford M, Fish CS, Farrell-Sherman A, Poindexter M, Ahmed N, Cassidy NAJ, Neary J, Wamalwa D, Langat A, Chebet D, Moraa H, Antar AAR, Slyker J, Benki-Nugent S, Cohn LB, Schiffer JT, Overbaugh J, John-Stewart G, Lehman DA
The Linda Kizazi study: a comparison of morbidity and mortality from birth to 2 years between children who are HIV-unexposed and HIV-exposed, uninfected in the era of universal antiretroviral therapy.
(2025 Jan 19)
BMJ Glob Health 10(1):
Begnel ER, Ojee E, Adhiambo J, Mabele E, Wandika B, Ogweno V, Lim ES, Gantt S, Kinuthia J, Lehman DA, Slyker J, Wamalwa D
Brief Report: Group-Based Trajectory Modeling to Determine Long-Term HIV Viral Load Trends Among Children With HIV in Kenya.
(2024 Aug 1)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 96(4): 311-317
Neary J, Njuguna I, Wagner AD, Richardson BA, Chebet D, Langat A, Ngugi E, Benki-Nugent S, Moraa H, Hawes SE, Overbaugh J, Slyker JA, Lehman DA, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G
Association between HIV and cytomegalovirus and neurocognitive outcomes among children with HIV.
(2024 Nov 15)
AIDS 38(14): 1972-1977
Neary J, Chebet D, Benki-Nugent S, Moraa H, Richardson BA, Njuguna I, Langat A, Ngugi E, Lehman DA, Slyker J, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G
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