Professor, Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health
Dr. Carey Farquhar, MD, MPH, received her MD at Harvard Medical School. She completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Washington, where she also earned a Masters in Public Health. She currently spends approximately 2 months each year in Nairobi and Kisumu mentoring US and Kenyan trainees and conducting research on HIV-discordant couples, HIV partner services, correlates of immunity against HIV-1, and mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission. Ongoing studies explore the provision of partner notification and HIV testing services in a cluster-randomized trial of 18 voluntary counseling and testing sites in Kenya and examine home-based education and HIV testing for male partners of pregnant women. The latter is a randomized clinical trial assessing maternal and child health outcomes that is taking place in Kisumu, Kenya. She has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and is the Director of two international training programs (listed above) as well as the UW Internal Medicine Global Health Pathway. Dr. Farquhar teaches 3 courses in the School of Public Health -- AIDS: A Multidisciplinary Approach, the Responsible Conduct of International Research, and the Integrated Residency Global Health Leadership course. In addition, she sees HIV-infected patients one half-day per week at Madison Clinic and attends in the Infectious Disease clinic and on the wards at Harborview Medical Center.
Publications
- Roy Paladhi, U, Kariithi, E, Otieno, G, Hughes, JP, Lagat, H, Sharma, M et al.. Partner Characteristics and HIV Outcomes among Partners Reached by Phone vs. In-person for Assisted Partner Services in Western Kenya. Sex Transm Dis. 2024; :. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002080. PubMed PMID:39316154 .
- Aluisio, AR, Smith-Sreen, J, Offorjebe, A, Maina, W, Pirirei, S, Kinuthia, J et al.. Assessment of the HIV Enhanced Access Testing in the Emergency Department (HEATED) program in Nairobi, Kenya: a quasi-experimental prospective study. HIV Res Clin Pract. 2024;25 (1):2403958. doi: 10.1080/25787489.2024.2403958. PubMed PMID:39290079 PubMed Central PMC11443818.
- Roy Paladhi, U, Katz, DA, Otieno, G, Hughes, JP, Thirumurthy, H, Lagat, H et al.. Effectiveness of Using Additional HIV Self-Test Kits as an Incentive to Increase HIV Testing Within Assisted Partner Services. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024;96 (5):457-464. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003455. PubMed PMID:38985443 PubMed Central PMC11237351.
- Sharma, M, Mambo, BW, Kingston, H, Otieno, G, Masyuko, S, Lagat, H et al.. Providing HIV-assisted partner services to partners of partners in western Kenya: an implementation science study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024;27 Suppl 1 (Suppl 1):e26280. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26280. PubMed PMID:38965979 PubMed Central PMC11224583.
- Roy Paladhi, U, Katz, DA, Otieno, G, Hughes, JP, Lagat, H, Masyuko, S et al.. Effectiveness of HIV self-testing when offered within assisted partner services in Western Kenya (APS-HIVST Study): a cluster randomized controlled trial. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024;27 Suppl 1 (Suppl 1):e26298. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26298. PubMed PMID:38965976 PubMed Central PMC11224581.