Jennifer Balkus
Associate 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
Roe v. Wade overturned
KIRO 7, 06/24/2022
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Vox, 10/20/2021
A year into the pandemic, shame still doesn’t work
Vox, 01/27/2021
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NBC News, 09/05/2020
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
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NBC News, 04/18/2020