Alison Drake, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor, Global Health

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Alison Drake, MPH, PhD is an epidemiologist and Associate Professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Global Health. She is currently an Assistant Director of the Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescent, and Children (Global WACh) and co-Director of the Family Planning Decision Support Scientific Priority Area for Global WACh. Dr. Drake’s research interests include HIV prevention among women and adolescents, incident maternal HIV infections, vertical HIV transmission, adolescent reproductive health, mobile health, and family planning. She is the PI for an R01 testing a mobile health counseling intervention to reduce contraceptive discontinuation and help women living with HIV achieve their reproductive health goals in a randomized clinical trial in Kenya. She is also a co-PI of 2 studies on COVID-19 prevalence, household transmission, and antibody response among pregnant women and their household members in the Seattle area. In addition, she is a co-instructor for two courses in the School of Public Health, Responsible Conduct of Research: Global to Local and Global Perspectives on Reproductive Health.   

1. Karume, AK, Drake, AL, Moraa, J, Atieno, C, Ngumbau, N, Seth, A et al.. User experiences with a digital health family planning counseling tool for women living with HIV in Kenya. medRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.22.25342549. PubMed PMID:41503476 PubMed Central PMC12772659.
2. Hardenbergh, L, Seth, A, Richardson, BA, Farid, S, Udren, JI, Rothschild, CW et al.. Alignment of contraceptive method attribute preferences and use among Kenyan women living with HIV. Contraception. 2025; :111347. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111347. PubMed PMID:41435925 .
3. Hardenbergh, L, Seth, A, Richardson, BA, Farid, S, Udren, JI, Rothschild, CW et al.. Alignment of contraceptive method attribute preferences and use among Kenyan women living with HIV. medRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2025.08.21.25334189. PubMed PMID:40909816 PubMed Central PMC12407609.
4. Coomes, DM, Meisner, J, Roberts, DA, Rodriguez, P, Owiredu, MN, Sharma, M et al.. Maternal HIV retesting during pregnancy and postpartum among high-risk populations in Kenya, South Africa, and Ukraine: Cost-effectiveness of preventing vertical transmission. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025; :. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003700. PubMed PMID:40465260 .
5. Coomes, DM, Meisner, J, Roberts, DA, Rodriguez, P, Owiredu, MN, Sharma, M et al.. Maternal HIV retesting during pregnancy and postpartum among high-risk populations in Kenya, South Africa, and Ukraine: Cost-effectiveness of preventing vertical transmission. medRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2025.04.08.25325413. PubMed PMID:40297410 PubMed Central PMC12036387.