Katherine Andrinopoulos, PhD

Associate Professor

Director, Doctoral Programs at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Phone
504-988-4510
Suite 2210

Education & Affiliations

PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2008
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2003
BS, Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999

Biography

Katherine Andrinopoulos's research focuses on uptake of HIV testing and adherence to the HIV care continuum for key populations. She recently developed global guidance for conceptualizing and measuring quality of HIV services for MSM and Transgender Women. She is currently developing a guidance document and online training to support the incorporation of sexual orientation and gender identity questions in data collection. She also leads a project on gender-related barriers to the HIV care continuum for key populations in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. Other current projects include the evaluation of an HIV policy advocacy project in Uganda (USAID's Local Capacity Initiative), an assessment of the Hewlett Foundation’s behavioral economics for family planning portfolio, and operations research for the Gates-funded Malaria Zero project in Hispaniola. She has led research studies in the US, Jamaica, El Salvador, and Tanzania and is the Director of Tulane’s International Health and Development MPH Program.

Research Areas

  • HIV
  • Family planning
  • Malaria

Honors & Awards

  • 2005: US Fulbright Scholar to Jamaica
  • 2004: Janice Eddy Mickey Scholar for Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • 2003: Delta Omega Honor Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • 1999: James P. Dixon Award for Excellence, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health

Publications

View Dr. Andrinopoulos's publications at her NCBI profile page.

Courses

IHSD 6240 Health Problems in Developing Societies