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Caitlin Kennedy PhD ’09, MPH ’04, is a social and behavioral scientist with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention, and resource-limited settings.
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HIV prevention; behavioral interventions; combination HIV prevention; positive health dignity and prevention; pre-exposure prophylaxis; PrEP; community empowerment; HIV testing; HIV care and treatment; sex workers; key populations; people living with HIV; fishing communities; qualitative research; systematic review; meta-analysis; guidelines; World Health Organization; sub-Saharan Africa; India; Uganda; Tanzania; Togo;
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Experiences & Accomplishments
I am a Professor, Director of the Social and Behavioral Interventions program, and Associate Chair in the Department of International Health. As a social and behavioral scientist trained in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, I apply these methods to the development and evaluation of innovative HIV prevention interventions and strategies to improve the health and well-being of people living in resource-limited settings.
I am particularly interested in (1) understanding the complexities of HIV risk and the development of tailored services and combination HIV prevention and care strategies for key populations, such as sex workers, and highly affected populations where unique economic and social patterns create heightened HIV risk, such as fishing communities along East Africa’s great lakes; (2) interventions with structural components that attempt to change the underlying drivers of HIV risk, such as community empowerment interventions for sex workers; (3) working to support programs for people living with HIV to improve health and reduce onward transmission risk; and (4) social and behavioral aspects of new biomedical HIV prevention strategies, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
I am also committed to seeing research translate into policy, particularly through my extensive involvement in systematic reviews and World Health Organization normative guidelines. I have contributed to over a dozen WHO guidelines, primarily in the fields of HIV and sexual and reproductive health.
Honors & Awards
Golden Apple, 2019
Excellence in Advising Award. Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, 2011 and 2018
SOURCE faculty community service award. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 2010
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Selected recent publications
Kennedy CE, Zhao T, Vo AV, Nakubulwa R, Nabakka P, Jackson J, Rosen JG, Chang LW, Reynolds SJ, Quinn TC, Nakigozi G, Kigozi G, Kagaayi J, Nalugoda F, Ddaaki WG, Grabowski MK, Nakyanjo N. High Acceptability and Perceived Feasibility of Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Treatment Among People Living with HIV Who Are Viremic and Health Workers in Uganda. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2023 Jun;37(6):316-322. doi: 10.1089/apc.2023.0017. PMID: 37294280.
Kennedy CE, Feng X, Ssekubugu R, Rosen JG, Ssekasanvu J, Kigozi G, Serwadda D, Yeh PT, Kagaayi J, Quinn TC, Tobian AAR, Wawer MJ, Reynolds SJ, Chang LW, Grabowski MK, Nalugoda F. Population prevalence of antiretroviral therapy sharing and its association with HIV viremia in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional population-based study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2023 Sep;26(9):e26135. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26135. PMID: 37705364.
Ddaaki W, Strömdahl S, Yeh PT, Rosen JG, Jackson J, Nakyanjo N, Kagaayi J, Kigozi G, Nakigozi G, Grabowski MK, Chang LW, Reynolds SJ, Nalugoda F, Ekström AM, Kennedy CE. Qualitative Assessment of Barriers and Facilitators of PrEP Use Before and After Rollout of a PrEP Program for Priority Populations in South-central Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2021 Nov;25(11):3547-3562. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03360-3. Epub 2021 Jul 9. PMID: 34240317; PMCID: PMC8603943.
Kennedy CE, Yeh PT, Verster A, Luhmann N, Konath NM, Mello MB, Baggaley R, Macdonald V. Counselling behavioural interventions for HIV, STI and viral hepatitis among key populations: a systematic review of effectiveness, values and preferences, and cost studies. J Int AIDS Soc. 2023 May;26(5):e26085. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26085. PMID: 37221978; PMCID: PMC10206411.
Kerrigan D, Kennedy C, Morgan-Thomas R, Reza-Paul S, Mwangi P, Win, KT, McFall A, Fonner V, Butler J. A community empowerment approach to the HIV response among sex workers: Effectiveness, challenges, and considerations for implementation and scale-up. The Lancet. 2014 Jul 21. S0140-6736(14); 60973-9.