Faculty

Research Interests

Clinical epidemiology of reproductive tract infections in men and women; social context of sexual risk behavior; psychosocial implications of HIV and STI.

Education

MPH International Health & Development, Tulane University, 1994

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2002

BA French, Indiana University, 1982

In the News

'Untreatable' STD superbug that causes infertility and miscarriage is a 'silent spreader'
The Mirror, 09/29/2022

Doctors urge more research into little-known STI linked to infertility in men and women 
NBC News, 09/25/2022

New test from San Diego’s Hologic is first in U.S. to help detect new STD threat
The San Diego Union-Tribune, 08/12/2019

The FDA just approved the first test for mycoplasma genitalium, a commonly misdiagnosed STI
SELF, 02/06/2019

This STD is more common than gonorrhea, but few people know about it. Johns Hopkins is hoping to change that.
The Baltimore Sun, 11/14/2018

Mycoplasma genitalium: Fighting a little known, often drug-resistant STD
U.S. News & World Report, 08/13/2018

An STI that you probably don't even know about is becoming common and resistant to medications
Newsweek, 01/22/2018

Hundreds are affected by this transmitted disease
American Healthy Tips, 02/10/2017

UW Professor Appointed to NIH Review Panel on Infectious Diseases
SPH News, 07/06/2016

SpeeDx Opens European Offices to Launch HSV, Antibiotic Resistant Mycoplasma genitalium Tests
 Genomeweb, 06/14/2016