- Professor, Global Health
- Professor, Epidemiology
- Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
- Professor, Pediatrics
Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents and Children (Global WACh)
325 9th Avenue, Box 359909
Seattle, WA 98104
United States
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Grace John-Stewart MD, PhD is a Professor in the Departments of Global Health, Medicine, Epidemiology and Pediatrics at University of Washington. Her research focuses on advancing infectious diseases research in women, adolescents and children, as part of a collaborative research in Kenya. This work has included clinical trials, molecular epidemiology, implementation science, and large-scale evaluations. She is Co-Director of the UW Center for Global Health of Women, Adolescents and Children (UW Global WACh), an Associate Director of UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), and a member of the Kenya Research and Training Center.
- BS (University of Michigan)
- MD (University of Michigan)
- MPH (University of Washington)
- PhD (University of Washington)
- Child and Adolescent Health (incl. Pediatrics)
- Child Mortality
- HIV Transmission
- HIV/AIDS
- Infectious Diseases
- Malaria
- Maternal Child Health (incl. Reproductive Health)
- TB
molecular epidemiology, clinical trials, HIV research, MCH, HIV co-infections (TB, CMV, EBV)
- Drug, microbiome, and immune determinants of neurodevelopmental outcomes in HEU
- HEU outcomes: population-evaluation and screening strategies (HOPE)
- Lactoferrin and lysozyme to promote nutritional, clinical, and enteric recovery: A factorial placebo-controlled randomized trial among children with diarrhea and malnutrition.
- Pediatric HIV reservoir determinants and consequences
- The effect of HIV exposure and infection on immunity to TB in children
- The role of enteric pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in driving clinical and nutritional deterioration, and azithromycin's potential effect, among children discharged from hospital in Kenya
Cherkos AS, Cranmer LM, Njuguna I, LaCourse SM, Mugo C, Moraa H, Maleche-Obimbo E, Enquobahrie DA, Richardson BA, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G. Effect of tuberculosis-HIV co-treatment on clinical and growth outcomes among hospitalized children newly initiating antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2024 Mar 15;38(4):579-588. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003797. Epub 2023 Nov 27. PubMed PMID: 38016160; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10922257.
Njuguna IN, Beima-Sofie K, Mburu CW, Mugo C, Itindi J, Onyango A, Neary J, Richardson BA, Oyiengo L, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G. Transition to independent care for youth living with HIV: a cluster randomised clinical trial. Lancet HIV. 2022 Dec;9(12):e828-e837. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00244-2. Epub 2022 Oct 26. PubMed PMID: 36309040; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10308660.
Larsen A, Pintye J, Marwa MM, Watoyi S, Kinuthia J, Abuna F, Richardson BA, Gomez L, Dettinger JC, John-Stewart G. Trajectories and predictors of perinatal depressive symptoms among Kenyan women: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Psychiatry. 2022 Jul;9(7):555-564. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00110-9. Epub 2022 May 19. PubMed PMID: 35598606; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9233088.
Wamalwa D, Njuguna I, Maleche-Obimbo E, Begnel E, Chebet D, Onyango J, Cranmer L, Huang ML, Richardson B, Boekh M, John-Stewart G, Slyker J. Cytomegalovirus plasma viremia and clinical outcomes in Kenyan children diagnosed with HIV in hospital. Clin Infect Dis 2021.