Dr. Souradet Shaw (centre) in Nairobi, Kenya, with research collaborators from Support for Addictions Prevention and Treatment in Africa, an organization that provides services to people who use drugs.
Infections of Inequity
Souradet Shaw [BA/97, M.Sc./09, PhD/18] is an expert at analyzing public health data to shed light on the spread of infectious diseases.
The assistant professor of community health sciences has traced the transmission of infections such as COVID-19 and mpox in specific populations.
But his greatest interest is in sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs), such as HIV and gonorrhea. As a social epidemiologist, Shaw aims to understand how social structures influence people’s health in ways that are not equitable.