MEET THE NEW RESEARCH ASSISTANT JOINING THE START CENTER THIS SPRING

The Strategic Analysis, Research, & Training (START) Center is thrilled to introduce the newest team member joining our Center this spring. Sarah Hicks is a second year MPH student in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington, and will be beginning her START tenure this spring. She will be pursuing her PhD in epidemiology and continuing with START in the fall of 2022.

Sarah graduated cum laude from the University of Washington with a BS in Public Health in 2018. Sarah joins the START Center with a diverse research background, including collaborating on the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation’s Global Burden of Disease project, evaluating support tools for adolescents living with type 1 diabetes at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and investigating road injuries at the Harborview Injury and Prevention Research Center. Most recently, Sarah has worked on a study investigating PrEP implementation strategies among maternal and child health clinics in Kenya. She has had the opportunity to develop data visualization tools, lead trainings with international stakeholders, and identify PrEP delivery strategies for future implementation and testing. Through the START Center, she hopes to apply her quantitative research skills to positively impact evidence-based public health decision making. Her research interests include HIV and STI prevention, improving maternal and child health outcomes, and implementation science.