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Kaitlyn
Atkins
, PhD, MPH

Assistant Scientist

Departmental Affiliations

International Health
Primary
Division
Social and Behavioral Interventions

Center & Institute Affiliations

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Kaitlyn Atkins, PhD '22, MPH, is a social epidemiologist with a focus on community-engaged, mixed-methods research that optimizes the sexual and mental health of multiple marginalized populations.

Contact Info

615 N Wolfe St, E5031
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US        
kait.atkins@jhu.edu

Research Interests

key populations; stigma; sex workers; sexual health; HIV prevention and treatment; scale development; latent variable modeling; intervention design; mixed methods research

Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½
2022
MPH
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
2018
BA
Wheaton
2012
Honors & Awards

Mary and Carl Taylor Award in Bioethics, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, 2021

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institute of Mental Health, 2021

Mary M. And Benjamin M. Rubin Scholarship for Women, 2021

Select Publications

Selected recent publications:

  • Atkins, K., Kan, L., Musau, A., Reed, J., Were, D., & Mohan, D. (2022). Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of a scale to measure oral pre-exposure prophylaxis-related stigma among key and vulnerable populations in Kenya. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 25 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), e25929. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25929

  • Atkins, K., Musau, A., Mugambi, M., Odhyambo, G., Tengah, S. A., Kamau, M., Kumau, R., Reed, J., & Were, D. (2022). Health system opportunities and challenges for PrEP implementation in Kenya: A qualitative framework analysis. PLoS One, 17(10), e0259738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259738

  • Atkins, K., Rucinski, K., Mudavanhu, M., Holmes, L., Mutunga, L., Kaufman, M. R., Bassett, J., Van Rie, A., & Schwartz, S. R. (2021). Sexual Relationship Types, Partner HIV Self-Testing, and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among South African Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Latent Class Analysis. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 86(4), 413–421. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002569

  • Atkins, K., LeMasters, K., Oloonabadi, S. A., Munn, T., Eng, E., & Lightfoot, A. F. (2021). How Can We PrEP? Exploring Black MSM's Experiences With Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Through Photovoice. AIDS Education and Prevention 33(1), 16–32. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2021.33.1.16