Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Carrie Lyons, PhD ’23, MPH ’15, uses research to understand and address social and structural determinants of outcomes and disparities related to infectious diseases.
Research Interests
Social epidemiology; infectious disease epidemiology; implementation science; social and structural determinants of health; sexual and reproductive health and rights; stigma; HIV; humanitarian health
Experiences & Accomplishments
Honors & Awards
IAS/ANRS Lange/Van Tongeren Prize for Young Investigators; Top abstract in Social and Behavioral Sciences. 12th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science, International AIDS Society, 2023
Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA), National Institutes of Mental Health, 2022-2023
Desmond M. Tutu Scholar, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2021-2023
Scholarship recipient, 12th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science, International AIDS Society, 2023
Inter-CFAR Implementation Science Fellow, Center for AIDS Research, Multiple Institutions, 2021-2022
Gender and Racial Justice Scholars Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2021-2022
NIH/NIAID T32 HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Training Program, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2019-2021
Scholarship recipient, 11th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science, International AIDS Society, 2021
Scholarship recipient, 23rd International AIDS Conference, International AIDS Society, 2020
IAS/ANRS Lange/Van Tongeren Prize for Young Investigators; Top abstract in Implementation Science. 10th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science, International AIDS Society, 2019
Scholarship recipient, 10th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science, International AIDS Society, 2019
Scholarship recipient, 22nd International AIDS Conference, International AIDS Society, 2018
Scholarship recipient, 9th International AIDS Conference on HIV, International AIDS Society, 2017
Scholarship recipient, 21st International AIDS Conference, International AIDS Society, 2016
Arizona Excellence Scholarship, University of Arizona, 2005-2009
Select Publications
Selected recent publications
Lyons CE, Twahirwa Rwema JO, Makofane K, Diouf D, Mfochive Njindam I, Ba I, Kouame A, Tamoufe U, Cham B, Aliu Djaló M, Obodou EP, Karita E, Simplice A, Nowak RG, Crowell TA, Matse S, Kouanda S, Enama JP, Kavanagh M, Millett GA, Beyrer C, Murray S, Baral S. Associations between punitive policies and legal barriers to consensual same-sex sexual acts and HIV among gay men and other men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry, respondent-driven sampling survey. Lancet HIV. 2023 Mar;10(3):e186-e194. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00336-8. Epub 2023 Jan 6. PubMed PMID: 36623537; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10288909.
Lyons C, Syarif O, Looze P, Turpin G, Anoubissi J, Brion S, Dunaway K, Chiu Y, Ocheret D, Sprague L, Garcia de Leon Moreno C, Sati H, Rao A, Rucinski K, Baral S, Chaisson S, Dowdy D, Beyrer C, Genberg B. Characterizing tuberculosis diagnosis and the associations with economic instability and employment discrimination among women living with HIV across 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study. Journal of International AIDS Society. Accepted July 2025
Lyons C, Ching J, Tran DN, Kafu C, Wachira J, Koros H, Venkataramani M, Said J, Pastakia SD, Galárraga O, Genberg B. Social, economic and food insecurity among people living with HIV in Kenya during coinciding public health and environmental emergencies: a mixed-methods study: BMJ Public Health 2024.
Lyons C, Bendaud V, Bourey C, Erkkola T, Ravichandran I, Syarif O, Stangl A, Chang J, Ferguson L, Nyblade L, Amon J, Iovita A, Janušonyte E, Looze P, Sprague L, Sabin K, Baral S, Murray SM. Global assessment of existing HIV and key population stigma indicators: A data mapping exercise to inform country-level stigma measurement. PLoS Med. 2022 Feb;19(2):e1003914. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003914. eCollection 2022 Feb. PubMed PMID: 35192602; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8903269.
Beyrer C, Kamarulzaman A, Isbell M, Amon J, Baral S, Bassett MT, Cepeda J, Deacon H, Dean L, Fan L, Giacaman R, Gomes C, Gruskin S, Goyal R, Mon SHH, Jabbour S, Kazatchkine M, Kasoka K, Lyons C, Maleche A, Martin N, McKee M, Paiva V, Platt L, Puras D, Schooley R, Smoger G, Stackpool-Moore L, Vickerman P, Walker JG, Rubenstein L. Under threat: the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights. Lancet (London, England). 2024.