News
Research News
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
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Team News
2025
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.
Dr. Kenneth Ngure presenting on the Pharm PrEP Pilot
Dr. Victor Omollo presenting on measuring fideliety of Pharm PrEP Pilot through standardized patient actors
Dr. Greshon Rota presenting on pharmacy provider perceptions of delivering long-acting injectable PrEP
- 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.
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