Andrea Molino is a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology. She holds an ScM in General Epidemiology & Methodology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a BS/BA in Biology and Human Health from Emory University. Her work and interests lie at the intersection of epidemiology and health services research, aiming to understand how healthcare can be made more accessible across populations. Her dissertation work focuses on human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling and understanding how national policies impact cervical cancer screening uptake. As a Graduate Research Assistant in the Department, she has collaborated with a variety of public health practice organizations, including Public Health – Seattle & King County, the North Central Washington (NCW) Epi Consortium, and the Washington State Department of Health (WA DOH) on many projects, including assessing how different populations utilize and view digital healthcare tools, and understanding the need for and utility of a statewide POLST registry. Prior to entering the PhD program, Andrea worked as a Research Data Analyst for the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Cohort Study housed at Johns Hopkins, collaborating with physician scientists across the US interested in exploring questions on the health of those with pediatric kidney disease, an understudied population.
