Faculty

Joanne D. Stekler

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

206-744-8312

Education

BA Biology, Williams College, 1992
MD Medicine (MD), Duke University, 1997
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2004

Contact

206-744-8312

University of Washington
Box 359931
Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Research Areas

Research Interests

Dr. Joanne Stekler's research centers on HIV testing and HIV prevention. She is a national expert on HIV tests, particularly focused on acute HIV infection and point-of-care testing. She started the first community-based clinic for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Seattle and is currently working to increase access to PrEP and PrEP adherence across Washington State.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

The Critical Importance of Clinical Use Case to Inform Point-of-Care Technology Development: A Case Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleic Acid Assays in the United States.
(2025 Oct 23)
Clin Infect Dis
Manabe YC, Hamill MM, Palamountain KM, Achenbach CJ, Delaney KP, Hsieh YH, Jones JL, Kirby RP, McFall SM, Osburn WO, Ray SC, Rothman RE, Stekler JD, Katz DA
Randomized controlled trial of a HIV prevention app to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men in the United States: The HealthMindr PrEP study.
(2025 Aug 19)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Jones J, Schneider I, Valencia R, Jenness SM, Butler G, Castel AD, Kulie P, Stephenson R, Stekler JD, Mena L, Sullivan PS
Preferences for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Products and Delivery Models Among Cisgender Men, Transgender Persons, and Nonbinary Individuals Who Have Sex With Men in Seattle, Washington: A Discrete Choice Experiment.
(2025 Oct 1)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 100(2): 105-114
Violette LR, Delacruz J, Niemann LA, Cannon C, Stekler JD, Katz DA
Development of a Highly Multiplexed RT-LAMP Assay for Coverage of Genetic Sequence Diversity.
(2025 Feb 25)
Anal Chem 97(7): 4005-4013
Gilligan-Steinberg SD, Kline EC, Wang Q, Britton RJ, Kim W, Rupp JW, Gu H, Beck IA, Hull IT, Panpradist N, Stekler JD, Frenkel LM, Drain PK, Lai JJ, Lutz BR
Adaptation of a HIV Prevention Mobile App for Transmasculine People: A Pilot Acceptability and Feasibility Study.
(2024 Dec)
Transgend Health 9(6): 573-581
Jones J, Butler G, Woody M, Sheets M, Castel AD, Kulie P, Scheim AI, Reisner SL, Valencia R, Wang M, Stephenson R, Stekler JD, Sullivan PS
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