Anna Wald
Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Division Head, Allergy & Infectious Diseases, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
206-520-4340
annawald@uw.edu
Education
MD Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, 1985
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1994
BA Comparative Religion, Wesleyan University, 1979
Contact
206-520-4340
annawald@uw.edu
Box 359928
325 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Research Interests
Dr. Wald's current research centers on the epidemiology and natural history of chronic viral infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. She is also working on clinical trials of antiviral therapeutics and prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for viral pathogens. Other ongoing studies address the interaction between sexually transmitted infections and microbiome.
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2025 Jun 26)
J Infect 91(2): 106543
Kalkeri R, Zhu M, Cloney-Clark S, Parekh A, Gorinson D, Cai Z, Cai MR, Mahato S, Chau G, Babu TM, Wald A, Ramanathan P, Aurelia LC, Selva KJ, Marchese AM, Fries L, Dunkle LM, Chung AW, Plested JS
(2025 Jun 25)
Vaccine 61(): 127406
Giacani L, Romeis E, Haynes A, Molini BJ, Tantalo LC, Xu LH, Trejos AT, Keane J, Mohamed Z, Armstrong TD, Wieland BA, Phung Q, Vyshenska D, Campbell VL, Godornes C, Koelle DM, Reid TB, Wang Y, Vorobieva AA, Wald A, Lieberman NAP, Greninger AL
(2025 Jan 29)
Clin Infect Dis
Chemaly RF, Shafat T, Wald A, Kotton CN, Papanicolaou G, Yong MK, Miller V, Komatsu TE, Mullick C, Hodowanec AC, Westman G, Khawaja F, Birkmann A, Ljungman P
(2025 Jun 21)
bioRxiv
Ellison ST, Hayman I, Derr K, Derr P, Frebert S, Itkin Z, Shen M, Jones A, Olson W, Corey L, Wald A, Johnston C, Fong Y, Ferrer M, Zhu J
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In the News
Fox News, 01/07/2025
Fox News, 03/10/2023
The New York Times, 02/18/2023
The New York Times, 06/13/2022
Slate, 05/26/2022
KAPP, 03/31/2022
FOX 13, 03/30/2022