{"id":2161,"date":"2026-02-04T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/?page_id=2161"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:15:25","slug":"mae-dirac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/faculty-staff\/mae-dirac\/","title":{"rendered":"Mae Dirac"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f66f9956 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dirac_Mae.png\" alt=\"Photo of Mae Dirac\" class=\"wp-image-683\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dirac_Mae.png 500w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dirac_Mae-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dirac_Mae-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dirac_Mae-375x375.png 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dirac_Mae-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mae Dirac<\/h2>\n<p><em>Assistant Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> madirac@uw.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Location:<\/strong> HRC 614 or <a href=\"https:\/\/washington.zoom.us\/j\/5637148595\">Zoom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Hours:<\/strong> Fridays, 3:05-4pm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Maegan Ashworth Dirac, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences and of Family Medicine. As the Global Burden of Disease Lead on Reproductive, Genitourinary and Digestive Disease estimation, she leads a talented and diligent team of trainees and professional staff in estimating the burden of health loss due to diverse conditions such as: maternal disorders, sexually transmitted infections, infertility, urinary tract infection, viral hepatitis and inflammatory bowel disease. Her clinical areas of interest include evidence-based medicine, migrant health, outpatient gynecological procedures, the transition to parenthood, health-promoting behaviors for families with children, and complex care of patients living with more than one chronic condition. She obtained her MD and her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Washington and completed her residency at Swedish Family Medicine \u2013 First Hill. Her research prior to coming to IHME focused on respiratory infections: a case-control study of environmental risk-factors for Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease, investigation of a respiratory outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus in cystic fibrosis patients, and an exploration of patient and provider attitudes toward point-of-care testing for acute respiratory tract infections in primary care.<\/p>\n<p>IHME was established at the University of Washington in Seattle in 2007. Its mission is to improve health through better health evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mae Dirac Assistant Professor Email: madirac@uw.edu Office Location: HRC 614 or Zoom Office Hours: Fridays, 3:05-4pm. Maegan Ashworth Dirac, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences and of Family Medicine. 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