Maternal & Child Health

Kendall Lawley is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology. She received an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington in 2023 and an MS in Experimental Psychology from Western Washington University in 2019. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health for LGBTQ+ communities with a …

Hanna Shephard is a second-year PhD student in the Epidemiology department at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on the impact of infectious diseases, especially sexually transmitted infections, on maternal and child health outcomes.

Chidozie is a microbial disease epidemiologist and a PhD Epidemiology student at the University of Washington. He holds an MSc in Microbiology and MPH in Epidemiology and Disease Control from South Africa. His research interest is focused on the epidemiology of emerging/re-emerging microbial diseases, respiratory disease surveillance, vaccines, antimicrobial resistance and global disease burden.

Kelley is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Health Promotion Research Center in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health. She received her Master of Social Work (Administration and Policy Practice) and Master of Public Health (Health Services; Graduate Certificate: One Health) from the University...

Collrane is an epidemiology PhD student working as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Chu Lab where she supports projects focused on the design and evaluation of strategies to diagnose, prevent, and treat respiratory pathogens. Her primary research interests include infectious disease epidemiology and vaccines, in particular generating data to inform the design and implementation...

Ruby Lucas is a PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. They received their MPH in Epidemiology (Maternal & Child Health Track) in 2022 and BA in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019. Their research interests include mixed-methods and community-engaged research to examine psychosocial and environmental...