• Professor, Global Health
  • Professor, Epidemiology
  • Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
  • Interim Chair, Global Health

Hans Rosling Center
3980 15th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
United States

Email: 
cfarq@uw.edu
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Biography 

Dr. Carey Farquhar, MD, MPH, is a professor at the University of Washington in the Departments of Global Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology. She received her MD at Harvard Medical School. She completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Washington, where she also earned a Masters in Public Health. She mentors US and Kenyan trainees and currently conducts research in Kenya on HIV testing and partner notification services, HIV and HCV diagnosis and access to treatment among persons who inject drugs, and non-communicable diseases among persons living with HIV.

She has published more than 260 peer-reviewed papers and is Director of the UW Kenya Research and Training Center and the International AIDS Research and Training Program (IARTP).  Dr. Farquhar teaches two courses in the School of Public Health -- HIV: A Multidisciplinary Approach and  Responsible Conduct of Research: Global and Local.   In addition, she sees patients one half-day per week at Madison Clinic and attends on the wards at Harborview Medical Center.

Education 
  • MD (Harvard University)
  • MPH (University of Washington)
Languages 
  • French
Health Topics 
  • Bioethics
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Child and Adolescent Health (incl. Pediatrics)
  • Clinical Mentoring
  • Education and Training
  • Epidemiology
  • Family Planning
  • Health Systems Strengthening and Human Resources Development
  • Hepatitis
  • HIV Transmission
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Implementation Science
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Infectious Diseases (other than STDs)
  • Maternal Child Health (incl. Reproductive Health)
  • Non-Communicable Diseases
  • STDs (other than HIV)
Expertise 

AIDS epidemiology and HIV prevention in Africa; heterosexual and vertical HIV transmission

Publications 

Monroe-Wise A, Mbogo L, Sambai B, Ludwig-Barron N, Guthrie BL, Bukusi D, Chohan BH, Masyuko S, Scott J, Juma E, Macharia P, Kingston H, Sinkele W, Gitau E, Bosire R, Musyoki H, Herbeck J, Farquhar C. Efficacy of assisted partner services for people who inject drugs in Kenya to identify partners living with HIV and hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 May;12(5):e859-e867. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00051-2. PMID: 38614633.

Sharma M, Naughton B, Lagat H, Otieno G, Katz DA, Wamuti BM, Masyuko S, Bosire R, Mugambi M, Roy Paladhi U, Weiner BJ, *Kariithi E, *Farquhar C (joint senior authors). Real-world impact of integrating HIV assisted partner services into 31 facilities in Kenya: a single-arm, hybrid type 2 implementation-effectiveness study. Lancet Global Health. 2023 May;11(5):e749-e758. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00153-5. PMID: 37061312; PMCID: PMC10156000.

Tseng AS, Sambai B, Monroe-Wise A, Mbogo LW, Ludwig-Barron NT, Masyuko SJ, Chohan BH, Scott JD, Sinkele W, Herbeck JT, Farquhar C, Guthrie BL. 2022. Assisted partner services for people who inject drugs: index characteristics associated with untreated HIV in partners. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 91(3):269-275. PMCID: PMC9588565. 

Masyuko SJ, Page ST, Polyak SJ, Kinuthia J, Osoti AO, Otieno FC, Kibachio JM, Mogaka JN, Macharia PM, Chohan BH, Wogner J, O'Connor A, Temu TM, Zifodya JS, Otedo A, Nakanjako D, Hughes JP, Farquhar C. Human immunodeficiency virus is associated with higher levels of systemic inflammation among Kenyan adults despite viral suppression. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 12. PMID: 33313687.

Farquhar C, Nduati RW, Wasserheit JN. Ethical Obligations in Short-Term Global Health Clinical Experiences: The Devil is in the Details. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Mar 27. doi: 10.7326/M18-0566.

Cherutich P, Golden MR, Wamuti B, Richardson BA, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH, Otieno FA, Ng'ang'a A, Mutiti PM, Macharia P, Sambai B, Dunbar M, Bukusi D, Farquhar C; aPS Study Group. Assisted partner services for HIV in Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet HIV. 2016 Nov 29. pii: S2352-3018(16)30214-4. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30214-4. PMID: 27913227 PMCID: PMC4955244.