Honors and Awards
Recipient
2022, American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) Summer Research Fellowship
Full Scholarship Recipient
2019, University of Washington’s ‘Principle of STD and HIV Research' Course
Student Travel Award
2019 , UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Pre-doctoral Trainee
2017-2019, UNC Training in Infectious Diseases
Trainee
2012, Boston University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics
Teaching Interests
Fall 2018 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Measurement and Evaluation,
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Instructor: S
Napravnik
Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Research Skills IV: Proposal
Development – Part 2, Department of Epidemiology, University of
North Carolina, Instructors: BN Gaynes, WC Miller
Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Research Skills II - Measurement in
Clinical Research, Department of Epidemiology, University of North
Carolina, Instructors: BN Gaynes, WC Miller
Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Research Skills III: Proposal
Development – Part 1, Department of Epidemiology, University of
North Carolina, Instructors: BN Gaynes, WC Miller
Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Research Skills I: The Basics,
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Instructors:
BN Gaynes, WC Miller
Fall 2012 Teaching Assistant, Climate Change and Health, Department of
Biology, Brown University, Instructor: KF Smith
Research Activities
2020 - present Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for Global Health and
Infectious Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North
Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
2016 - 2020 Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Global Health and Infectious
Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina
School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
2016, 2018 Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Carolina Center for
AIDS Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North
Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Key Publications
Integrating Enhanced HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Into a Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic in Lilongwe: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study. . Rutstein SE, Matoga M, Chen JS, Mathiya E, Ndalama B, Nyirenda N, Bonogwe N, Chithambo S, Chagomerana M, Tegha G, Hosseinipour MC, Herce ME, Jere E, Krysiak RG, Hoffman IF. (2022). JMIR Res Protoc. , 11(12).
Brief Report: Blood and genital fluid viral load trajectories among treated and untreated persons with acute HIV infection in Malawi. Chen JS, Pettifor AE, Nelson JAE, Phiri S, Pasquale DK, Kumwenda W, Kamanga G, Cottrell ML, Sykes C, Kashuba ADM, Tegha G, Krysiak R, Thengolose I, Cohen MS, Hoffman IH, Miller WC, Rutstein SE. (2022). JAIDS, 90(1), 56-61.
Improving cancer knowledge and patient empowerment through educational videos. Tilly AE, Ellis GK, Chen JS, Manda A, Salima A, Mtangwanika A, Tewete B, Kaimila B, Kasonkanji E, Kayira E, Chikasema M, Nyirenda R, Bingo S, Chiyoyola S, Sequin R, Gopal S, Zuze T, Tomaka T, Westmoreland KD. (2022). JCO Global Onc, 8.
“HIV and STI prevalence and testing history among men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam”. Chen JS, Levintow SN, Ha TV, Sripaipan T, Nguyen MX, Nguyen SM, Miller WC, Go VF, Giang LM. (2021). Int J STD AIDS. .
“Gentamicin susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and treatment outcomes for urogenital gonorrhea after twenty-five years of sustained gentamicin use in Malawi”. Matoga M, Chen JS, Krysiak R, Ndalama B, Massa C, Bonongwe B, Mathiya E, Kamtambe B, Jere E, Chikaonda T, Golparian D, Unemo M, Cohen MS, Hobbs MM, Hoffman IF. (2022). Sex Transm Dis. , 49(4), 251-256.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020
- MSPH, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017
- ScB, Human Biology, Brown University, 2013
