{"id":15753,"date":"2021-08-02T09:38:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T16:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/?p=15753"},"modified":"2026-04-03T00:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:54:00","slug":"dr-erica-lokken-receives-first-prize-oral-presentation-young-investigator-award-at-hiv-sti-2021-world-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2021\/08\/02\/dr-erica-lokken-receives-first-prize-oral-presentation-young-investigator-award-at-hiv-sti-2021-world-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Erica Lokken receives \u2018First Prize Oral Presentation &#8211; Young Investigator\u2019 Award at HIV &#038; STI 2021 World Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15759 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lokken_HIVSTI-Award.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lokken_HIVSTI-Award.png 776w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lokken_HIVSTI-Award-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lokken_HIVSTI-Award-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lokken_HIVSTI-Award-375x179.png 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lokken_HIVSTI-Award-750x359.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nDr. Erica Lokken, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Global Health, received the <strong>&#8216;First Prize\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Oral Presentation &#8211; Young Investigator\u2019 Award <\/strong>at the STI &amp; HIV 2021 World Congress for her talk titled, <strong>\u201cVaginal washing behavior and fecundability in Kenyan women planning pregnancies.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Vaginal washing\u00a0is associated with acquisition of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and bacterial vaginosis. Dr. Lokken and a collaborative team of researchers examined the association between vaginal washing and fecundability (the probability of pregnancy within a menstrual cycle) among Kenyan women trying to conceive. The cohort was followed prospectively for incident pregnancy for up to six months. At monthly visits, participants reported the first day of last menstrual period, sexual behavior, vaginal washing behavior, underwent pregnancy testing.<\/p>\n<p>The team found vaginal washing was associated with a lower fecundability and concluded that cessation of vaginal washing may improve women\u2019s likelihood of conceiving. The full results of their work will be soon available in a published manuscript.<\/p>\n<p>Collaborators include Drs. Brenda Oyaro, Walter Jaoko, and Anne Pulei (University of Nairobi), John Kinuthia and Maureen Nyaigero (Kenyatta National Hospital), Kishor Mandaliya (Pathcare), and Scott McClelland (University of Washington).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Erica Lokken, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Global Health, received the &#8216;First Prize\u00a0Oral Presentation &#8211; Young Investigator\u2019 Award at the STI &amp; HIV 2021 World Congress for her talk titled, \u201cVaginal washing behavior and fecundability in Kenyan women planning pregnancies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2021\/08\/02\/dr-erica-lokken-receives-first-prize-oral-presentation-young-investigator-award-at-hiv-sti-2021-world-congress\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dr. Erica Lokken receives \u2018First Prize Oral Presentation &#8211; Young Investigator\u2019 Award at HIV &#038; STI 2021 World Congress\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,89,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-hiv-and-co-infections","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15753"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18863,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15753\/revisions\/18863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}