October 28, 2020
King K. Holmes Endowed Professorship in STD & AIDS Public Lecture by the Inaugural Recipient Ruanne V. Barnabas, MBChB, DPhil
Dr. Ruanne Barnabas is the inaugural recipient of the King K. Holmes Endowed Professorship in STD & AIDS, which recognizes and supports a faculty member with exceptional commitment to STD/HIV research and training. This three-year rotating award was named after Dr. King Holmes, professor of medicine and global health, and founding chair of the Department of Global Health, to honor his many contributions to the field.
Dr. Barnabas will present a public lecture entitled:
“Client-Centered HIV/STI Care: Advancing Equity in Health”
Dr. Ruanne Barnabas is an Associate Professor in Global Health and Medicine at the University of Washington and affiliate at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She is a South African Physician-Epidemiologist. Her research focuses on interventions for HIV and STI treatment and prevention. She is the protocol chair of the Delivery Optimization for antiretroviral (DO ART) Study, which will evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of decentralized, community-based ART initiation and follow-up compared to clinic- based care. She also leads work assessing strategies to increase linkage to care including lottery incentives and home delivery. She is the protocol chair of the KEN SHE Study to assess the impact of single-dose HPV vaccination in Kenya. Recently, her work has extended to COVID-19 prevention. The ultimate aim of her work is to identify effective and cost-effective HIV and infectious disease treatment and prevention strategies to inform public health policy.