- Senior Research Scientist, I-TECH
Department of Global Health, University of Washington
Seattle, WA
United States
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Dr. Wilson is a global health epidemiologist and program evaluator withover 20 years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating health system interventionsto improve access to high-quality, culturally responsive HIV and sexual and reproductive health(SRH) services. Her work focuses on strengthening health systems through implementationscience, quality improvement, and community partnered approaches in global and U.S. settings.Dr. Wilson has led large-scale evaluations of HIV prevention and care programs across multiplecountries, including Tanzania and Kenya, demonstrating improvements in quality of care,retention, and sustained viral suppression. She has also directed NIH-funded research on healthworkforce interventions and community-based HIV testing strategies that informed nationalguidelines and program design. Dr. Wilson’s expertise includes mixed-methods evaluation,randomized trials, health workforce development, and translating data into actionable policy andprogram improvements. She collaborates closely with governments, NGOs, and communitypartners to co-design useful and sustainable health interventions.
- PhD (University of Washington)
- MPH (Yale University)
- BA (Brown University)
- Kiswahili
- Spanish
- Child and Adolescent Health (incl. Pediatrics)
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Disease Surveillance
- Epidemiology
- Family Planning
- Gender
- Health Disparities
- Health Interventions
- Health Systems Strengthening and Human Resources Development
- Health Technologies
- HIV/AIDS
- Implementation Science
- Injury, Violence, Trauma and Domestic Violence
- Intervention Design and Management
- Policy Monitoring
- Prevention
- Qualitative Research and Methods
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Justice and Human Rights
Wilson K, Manyeki V, Otiso L, Katz D, Bukusi D, Driver M, Masyuko S, Mugo C, Inwani I, Scott McClelland RS, Simoni J, Kohler P High Acceptance and Completion of HIV Self-testing Among Diverse Populations of Young People in Kenya Using a Community-Based Distribution Strategy. AIDS and Behavior, in press 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03451-1.
Wilson K, Mugo C, Moraa H, Onyango A, Induati M, Inwani I, Slyker J, Guthrie B, Richardson B, John-Stewart G, Bukusi D, Wamalwa D, Kohler P. Health provider training is associated with improved engagement in HIV care among adolescents and young adults in Kenya. AIDS. 2019 Jul 15;33(9):1501-1510. PMCID: PMC6746576
Wilson K, Beima-Sofie K, Moraa H, Wagner A, Mugo C, Maingi P, Wamalwa D, Bukusi D, John-Stewart G, Slyker J, Kohler P, O’Malley G. “At our age, we would like to do things the way we want:” A qualitative study of adolescent HIV testing services in Kenya. AIDS. 2017 Jul 1;31 Suppl 3:S213-S220.
Wilson K, Juya A, Mghamba J, Leonard D, Perkins S, Harris J, Abade M, Sembuche S, Bakari M, Chale C, Kohler P. Evaluation of a New Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) Intermediate Course to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity in Tanzania Accepted for publication in Public Health Reports.