Research News
2025
Fred Hutch researchers receive prestigious R01 research grants I Fred Hutch
2024
Opinion: HIV 'morning after drug' can help end this pandemic I Devex
Kenya to provide HIV prevention drug PrEP through pharmacies I Nation
HIV prevention in transition: the potential for private pharmacies to decongest public clinics in Kenya I Fred Hutch Cancer Center
2023
Rethinking the When and Where of HIV PrEP service delivery I Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Study seeks HIV prevention medicine access in private pharmacies for married men I Business Daily
HIV self-tests at private pharmacies can expand PrEP access I Nation
‘Revolutionary’ HIV prevention jab set to expand choices for consumers I DEVEX
2022-2013
MYDAWA Unveils Telehealth Platform for HIV Prevention I The Times
Researchers scale up self-testing tool to fight HIV in Kenya I Nation
Proposed measure to boost PrEP uptake I Nation
Who, what, where and when: tailoring PrEP services to increase uptake I aidsmap
An interview with K Ngure and K Ortblad on PrEP and HIVST in Kenya I Differentiated service delivery
Self-Testing for HIV Accepted by African Sex Workers | MedPage Today
High uptake of HIV self-testing by female sex workers in African countries | aidsmap
New HIV test kit gives results in 20 minutes I New Vision Official
Do medically circumcised men take more risks in the bedroom? I Bhekisisa
No evidence of risk compensation after circumcision in three African cohorts | aidsmap
Team News
2025
July
- Team members presented at the IAS 2025 conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
March
- Katrina presented a symposium talk at the CROI 2025 conference.
January
- The team visited Kenya to visit check-in with the research teams, visit study pharmacies, and attend the University of Nairobi STD/HIV/Sexual Reproductive Health Collaborative Research Group Annual Meeting.
2024
October
- Team members presented posters and oral presentations at the 2024 HIVR4P conference in Lima, Peru.
August
- Team members participated in a 5k walk/run or 50 mile bike ride for the Fred Hutch fundraiser Obliteride.
July
- Team members presented research at AIDS 2024 conference in Munich, Germany.
2023
November
- Katrina brings a healthy baby boy into the world. Congrats Katrina!
September
- The team hosts a stakeholder meeting to present qualitiative research and develop care pathway for pharmacy-delivered injectable PrEP.
June
- The Peer PrEP team begins enrollment.
March
- The study teams train pharmacy providers and research assistants in four Kenyan counties over the course of four weeks to prepare for the Pharm PrEP cluster-randomzied control trial.
- The Pharm PrEP research team and implementation team attend a two-day team building retreat in Mombasa, Kenya.
February
- Team members present posters and host themed discusions at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2023 in Seattle, WA.
- Team members presented posters and an oral presentation at the University of Washington/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Implementation Science in HIV/AIDS Research and Practice Symposium 2023.
January
- Team members present at the University of Nairobi’s STD/HIV/Sexual Reproductive Health Collaborative Research Group Annual Review Meeting 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Research assistants train for the upcoming Peer PrEP trial.
2022
November
- Teams-giving at Katrina's house.
October
- Shengruo, Carlos, and Kendall celebrating Halloween in the office.
August
- Katrina gets married. Congrats Katrina!
July
- Team members present at the AIDS 2022 Conference in Montreal, Canada.
- Carlos Culquichicon joins the team as a Research Assistant. Welcome Carlos!
- Team Retreat in Olympia, Washington: collaboratively developed team values, team mission and DEI statements, then went kayaking and clam digging.
- Preetika Banerjee joins the team as Data Coordinator Lead. Welcome Preetika!
June
- Obinna Ekwunife joins the team as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. Welcome Obinna!
May
- Trip to Kenya to visit the site teams and check-in on the Pharm PrEP projects.
April
- Rachel Malen brings a healthy baby boy into the world. Congrats Rachel!
March
- Kendall Harkey joins the team as a Project Coordinator. Welcome Kendall!
2021
December
- Rachel Malen joins the team as Project Manager. Welcome Rachel!
September
- Stephanie Roche joins the team as a Staff Scientist. Welcome Stephanie!
July
- Katrina Ortblad joins Fred Hutch as an Assistant Professor in the Cancer Prevention Program.