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Steffanie Strathdee is an infectious disease epidemiologist who serves as the Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and the Harold Simon Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. With a focus on HIV prevention among marginalized populations in developing countries, she has published over 600 peer-reviewed publications. Strathdee co-directs the Innovative Phage Applications Therapeutics (IPATH) center at UCSD and is actively involved in clinical trials involving bacteriophage therapy. Her current research leads a multidisciplinary team to study HIV risk behaviors among drug users and sex workers along the Mexico-U.S. border. Strathdee's work also encompasses broader issues of international health, including alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and reproductive and sexual health.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).