Jennifer Balkus
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology
Box 357236
Health Sciences Building, F-261ESeattle, WA 98195-
206-616-6614
jbalkus@uw.edu
Research Interests
Dr. Balkus is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose research focuses on questions that interface between the vaginal microbiome and HIV/STI prevention.
Epidemiology Biography
Education
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2012
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2005
BA Women Studies, Wesleyan University, 2000
In the News
No #StudentBan: International students belong in the US
The Seattle Times, 07/13/2020
Seattle health workers march to expose racism as a health crisis
Crosscut, 06/10/2020
Now is the time to end discrimination in blood and plasma donation
The Stranger, 04/20/2020
Even after 'flattening the curve,' Americans face a long road back to pre-coronavirus normalcy
NBC News, 04/18/2020