Tennessee Department of Health
425 5th Ave North
Cordell Hull Bldg, 1st Flr
Nashville,
TN
USA
37243
carolyn.wester@tn.gov
Biographical Sketch:
2008 - present: Medical Director, Section HIV/AIDS, Tennessee Department of Health -- Nashville, TN.
2000 - 2008: Research Associate, Harvard School of Public Health -- Gaborone, Botswana.
2008 - present: Principle Investigator of TN's Expanded HIV Testing Initiative (PS07-768 and PS10-10138).
2005 - 2011: Priciple Investigator of NIH-funded K23 evaluating the impact of HSV-2 serostatus on HIV-1 genital tract shedding among women starting antiretroviral treatment in Botswana.
Author or co-author of 20 peer reviewed publications.
Presenter at multiple scientific meetings.