Marjan Javanbakht (PhD, MPH)

Education:
MPH., Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine
PhD., Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Areas of Interest:
Her research focuses on individual and contextual factors that place people at increased risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI), including HIV. Current research includes sexual risk behaviors among young people attending STD clinics, transmission behaviors among men recently infected with HIV, as well as rectal hygiene practices that may increase the risk of STI/HIV transmission. She previously investigated the epidemiology of anal intercourse among women as well as an examination of the context in which non-coital activities may increase the risk of STIs in women. She has also conducted a number of clinical epidemiology studies including an examination of factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral medications, the epidemiology of antiretroviral drug resistance, as well as clinical outcomes and laboratory monitoring for HIV-positive patients. She has directed and collaborated on a number of federally (NIH), state (California HIV/AIDS Research Program), and foundation (amfAR) funded research projects.

Marjan Javanbakht joined the faculty at the UCLA School of Public Health in 2006 and is currently an Associate professor in the department of epidemiology. Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA, Dr. Javanbakht served as an epidemiologist for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Sexually Transmitted Disease Program. Dr. Javanbakht completed her doctoral studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and her Master’s degree at Yale University.