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Susan M. Graham is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine specializing in Epidemiology, Global Health, and Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The primary department she works in is Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Her field of research primarily involves work associated with HIV, Epidemiology, and Treatment.

Career
Dr. Graham received her medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Additionally, she received her master's degree in public health from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, as well as a PhD in clinical epidemiology from the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Graham has a Visiting Scientist appointments at the University of Nairobi as well as the Kenya Medical Research Institute. Currently, Dr. Graham is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Global Health, in addition to being an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington since 2003. Prior to joining the University of Washington she worked for Brigham & Women's Hospital as a fellow in Infectious Diseases, where she also began her career working in HIV research.

Research Contributions
Graham's studies have been directed primarily toward the development and prevention of HIV in poor countries where HIV is most prominent and funds are scarce. One study she conducted included finding cost effective methods for measuring blood cells counts in HIV patients. Cost effective methods for counting CD4 cell counts is essential in the management of HIV. Graham was involved in the development of a prototype for cost effective methods of counting CD4 + T lymphocytes, which is necessary to determine a persons stage of HIV, the need for antiretroviral medicines, and to keep track of the progression an individuals HIV stage. She began her work with the UoN/UW Mombasa Field Site in August 2003 as an Infectious Disease Fellow at the University of Washington where she started the antiretroviral therapy program and worked as a research clinician until 2006 studying Antiretroviral Therapy and HIV-1 Infectivity in Women with Dr. Scott McClelland. She recently led and completed two studies of HIV-1 infectivity in Kenya, the research included Genital HIV-1 Shedding among Women Starting Second-Line Antiretroviral Therapy, which looked at how antiretroviral therapy or ART reduces vaginal and cervical HIV shedding, in addition to Initiating Studies of Genitourinary HIV-1 Shedding in Kenyan Men. Her new research concentrates on HIV-1-seropositive adults in Kilifi and Mtwapa in collaboration with Dr. Eduard Sanders of the Kenya Medical Research Institute. Dr. Graham along with Dr. Sanders are developing a research program which concentrates on HIV prevention and care for homosexual men. This research aims to assess the risk factors for HIV-1 infection among men who have sex with men MSM to better understand HIV-1 prevention by looking at socio-behavioural characteristics, in addition to signs and symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases STD.

Honors and Awards
Aside from Dr. Graham's clinical work, she is the director of the Global Health Pathway for the School of Medicine, teaches medical students in the Global Health Immersion Program, and is also an adviser to students in the University of Washington's MD-MPH program. Additionally, she co-directs the annual University of Washington course on Principles of STD/HIV Research.

In 2003, she earned her board certification in General Internal Medicine, and in 2007 received her board certification in Infectious Disease from the American Board of Internal Medicine.

She was awarded the CFAR New Investigator Award for leading and completing a study called, The Role of Angiopoietins 1 and 2 in HIV-1 Disease Progression