Katrina Ortblad, ScD, MPH
HIGH IRI Faculty in Training | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Dr. Ortblad is an implementation scientist and Assistant Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, United States. Her research seeks to improve equity in health access with differentiated models of HIV service delivery. Her research projects, all in Kenya in collaboration with researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Insititute, include a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) testing different pharmacy-based HIV pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP/PEP) delivery models, a pilot study testing an online PrEP/PEP delivery model, and a cRCT testing a model of peer PrEP referral with HIV self-testing. To conduct her research, she uses diverse methods across the fields of epidemiology, economics, public policy, psychology, and implementation science.