- Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health
Gates Foundation
500 Fifth Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
United States
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Adam Akullian is a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) within the Gates Foundation and an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. He holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Washington and an Sc.B. in Environmental Science from Brown University. His research focuses on geospatial, mathematical, and epidemiological modeling of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of understanding HIV transmission dynamics, the impact of long-acting PrEP on incidence, and risk assessment using novel AI methodologies.
- PhD (University of Washington)
- ScB (Brown University)
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Diarrheal Diseases
- Epidemiology
- Geography
- HIV Transmission
- HIV/AIDS
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Neglected Diseases, Tropical Medicine (incl. Parasites)
- Trop. Med (incl. Parasites)
Garnett GP, Herbeck JT, Akullian A.
The changing cost-effectiveness of primary HIV prevention: simple calculations of direct effects.
Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2025;28(5):e26494.
**Akullian A, Ssempijja V, Breidenbecker D, Nalugoda F, Nakigozi G, et al.
Evaluating the biomedical and behavioural drivers of HIV-1 incidence decline in adolescent girls and young women in Uganda: a mathematical modelling study.
Plos Medicine (in press)
(Under review / not yet peer-reviewed)
Akullian A, Akulu R, Aliyu G, Anam F, et al. (Post-2030 HIV Response Working Group).
The HIV response beyond 2030: preparing for decades of sustained HIV epidemic control in eastern and southern Africa.
The Lancet. 2024;404(10453):638–641.
**Akullian A, Vandormael A, Miller JC, Bershteyn A, Wenger E, Cuadros D, et al.
Large age shifts in HIV-1 incidence patterns in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 2021;118(28):e2013164118.
Akullian A, Morrison M, Garnett GP, Mnisi Z, Lukhele N, Bridenbecker D, Bershteyn A.
The effect of 90-90-90 on HIV-1 incidence and mortality in eSwatini: a mathematical modelling study.
Lancet HIV. 2020;7(5):e348–e358.
Akullian A, Bershteyn A, Klein D, Vandormael A, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F.
Sexual partnership age pairings and risk of HIV acquisition in rural South Africa: a population-based cohort study.
AIDS. 2017;31(12):1755–1764.
Akullian A, Ng’eno E, Matheson AI, Macharia D, Cosmas L, Bigogo G, John-Stewart G, Walson J, Wakefield J, Montgomery J.
Environmental transmission of typhoid fever in an urban slum.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2015;9(12):e0004212.