Jessica Long

Jessica Long is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington Department of Epidemiology. She earned her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Washington, and was a 2017-2018 Fogarty Fellow. For her fellowship, Jess will travel to Peru to complete her dissertation research investigating the sexual networks of transgender women. She received her MPH in epidemiology from Boston University. Prior to joining UW, she received her MPH in epidemiology from Boston University and worked as a study coordinator of a clinical research trial at Boston University School of Medicine focused on incidence of asthma in inner-city children. She also collaborated with faculty at the Boston University Center for Global Health and Development on an independent research project investigating predictors of mortality among patients lost to follow up in an HIV clinic in South Africa. Jessica's interests include infectious disease, epidemic modeling, and implementation science.

Specific Skills: Epidemiology methods, data analysis, data management