Faculty

Joanne D. Stekler

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor Emeritus, 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)

Correlates of group sex participation among cisgender men who have sex with men in Seattle, WA.
(2026 Aug 6)
Sex Transm Dis
Niemann LA, Katz DA, Violette LR, Cornelius-Hudson A, Delacruz J, McDougal SJ, McMahan VM, Stekler JD
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Test Performance of Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Tests for HIV Testing and Viral Load Monitoring in the United States: Prospective Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study.
(2026 Jul 23)
JMIR Res Protoc 15(): e84625
Niemann LA, Violette LR, Cornelius-Hudson A, Murphy M, Capili C, Dai M, Wagner A, Frey S, Dhanireddy S, Taylor SE, Hoover KW, Stekler JD
Mucosal tenofovir 1% gel stimulates cell proliferation and type I/III interferon pathways.
(2026 Mar 23)
Microbiol Spectr 14(5): e0168025
Hughes SM, Calienes FL, Levy CN, Pandey U, Gornalusse GG, Cranston RD, Lama JR, Pickett J, Brand RM, Hendrix CW, Marzinke MA, Dai JY, Balar B, Justman JE, Nair G, Berard AR, Birse K, Noel-Romas L, Mayer KH, Stekler JD, Mackelprang R, Burgener AD, McGowan I, Cameron CM, Cameron MJ, Woodrow KA, Hladik F
The Critical Importance of Clinical Use Case to Inform Point-of-Care Technology Development: A Case Study of HIV Nucleic Acid Assays in the United States.
(2026 Feb 9)
Clin Infect Dis 82(1): e93-e99
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 Dec 15)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 100(5): 425-434
Jones J, Schneider I, Valencia R, Jenness SM, Butler G, Castel AD, Kulie P, Stephenson R, Stekler JD, Mena L, Sullivan PS
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