McKenna Eastment, MD, MPH

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Assistant Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Diseases

McKenna Eastment, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She completed her medical degree at the University of Chicago prior to moving to Seattle. She then completed her Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases Fellowship here at the University of Washington. During her ID fellowship, she also completed a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology. Her research interests include global women’s health, cervical cancer screening, HIV treatment and prevention, and implementation science. She is the PI on a career development award testing an implementation strategy to increase cervical cancer screening in Mombasa County, Kenya and an R01 scaling up an implementation strategy to increase integration of HIV treatment and prevention into family planning clinics in Mombasa County, Kenya. She also attends on the Infectious Diseases consult service at the VA. 

Publications

  1. Huang, L, Wang, TM, Sugimoto, JD, Heberer, KR, Baraff, AJ, Korpak, AM et al.. Association of SARS-CoV-2 infection with incident diabetes among U.S. Veterans in a prospective longitudinal cohort. PLoS One. 2026;21 (6):e0351992. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351992. PubMed PMID:42361118 PubMed Central PMC13308785.
  2. Aluisio, AR, Loevinsohn, G, Chondo, E, Nderitu, A, Bruba, M, Adam, A et al.. Correction: Study protocol for the: HIV enhanced access testing in emergency department program using a systems analysis and improvement approach (HEATED-SAIA) cluster randomized trial. Implement Sci Commun. 2026;7 (1):. doi: 10.1186/s43058-026-01019-5. PubMed PMID:42310802 PubMed Central PMC13274090.
  3. Aluisio, AR, Loevinsohn, G, Chondo, E, Nderitu, A, Bruba, M, Adam, A et al.. Study protocol for the: HIV enhanced access testing in emergency department program using a systems analysis and improvement approach (HEATED-SAIA) cluster randomized trial. Implement Sci Commun. 2026;7 (1):. doi: 10.1186/s43058-026-00964-5. PubMed PMID:42157232 PubMed Central PMC13214408.
  4. Oyaro, B, Wanje, G, Richardson, BA, Temmerman, M, McClelland, RS, Eastment, M et al.. A mixed-methods assessment of individual client-level and clinic-level factors associated with uptake of cervical cancer screening (CCS) services in family planning (FP) clinics receiving an intervention to support these services in Mombasa County, Kenya. Implement Sci Commun. 2026;7 (1):21. doi: 10.1186/s43058-025-00852-4. PubMed PMID:41508153 PubMed Central PMC12882629.
  5. Kwendakwema, CN, Eastment, MC, Wanje, G, Richardson, BA, Mwaringa, E, Sherr, K et al.. Cross-sectional study evaluating organizational climate, change commitment, and change efficacy for predicting family planning clinics' success in increasing HIV counseling and testing in Mombasa, Kenya. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;5 (12):e0005542. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005542. PubMed PMID:41474700 PubMed Central PMC12755772.
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