Jennifer M.

Ross

MD, MPH

biography

Dr. Ross is an infectious diseases physician scientist. Her research uses applied epidemiology, modeling, and implementation science to inform policies for HIV and TB prevention in high-burden countries. She leads an NIH-funded study testing the implementation of home-based HIV testing and PrEP among TB-affected households in Uganda. She completed an NIH/NIAID K01 career development award studying the application of geospatial and transmission modeling to optimize the scale-up of TB preventive treatment among people living in Uganda. Additionally, she studies COVID-19 natural history and the development of immunity as co-chair of the EPIC3 study in the Veterans Health Administration.

research interests

• TB and HIV prevention
• TB and HIV geospatial and dynamic transmission modeling
• Differentiated models of care for HIV and TB
• COVID-19 natural history

clinical interests

• Infectious disease consultation

education & training

MD, Oregon Health and Science University (2009)

MPH, Oregon Health and Science University (2009)

Intern and Resident, University of California San Francisco (2009-2012) 

Infectious Diseases Fellow, University of Washington (2013-2016)

NIH Fogarty Post-Doctoral Fellow in Uganda (2015-2106)

honors

2009 Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society inductee
2012 UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Professionalism Award
2018 UW TB Research and Training Center Junior Investigator Award
2018 Physician Loan Repayment Award US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2018 Career Development (K01) Award US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2020 UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research New Investigator Award
2021 Washington Department of Health service recognition for leadership of COVID-19 Literature Report team

publications