Michalina Montano MPH, PhD

Michalina Montano is a postdoctoral trainee on the University of Washington/Fred Hutch Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Research training grant. Her research interests include HIV-associated health disparities, sexual health, sexual behavior, and HIV and STI prevention. Her postdoctoral research seeks to estimate the burden of untreated HIV among cancer patients in three sub-Saharan African countries (Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa) and explore provider-identified barriers to concurrent initiation of cancer and HIV treatment. Her dissertation research focused on the impact of biomedical methods of HIV prevention, such as treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis, on sexual behavior and STI risk among men who have sex with men.