Jayne Lewis, MPH
Research Grant Program Officer
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Jayne Lewis-Kulzer, MPH, is the project director on multiple NIH-funded HIV-studies based in western Kenya. She has over 20 years of experience in HIV-related research and program implementation. Her research focuses on HIV prevention, linkage, and retention in care to improve the health outcomes of people living with HIV. She has extensive experience in grant management and in building collaborative partnerships for optimal research implementation.

Publications (42)

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• Delays in Tuberculosis Treatment Among People With Pulmonary Tuberculosis in East Africa: Findings From a Prospective Cohort Study.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2026 Prabhudas-Strycker K, Diero L, Muyindike W, Byakwaga H, Kitur S, Mining'wo J, Ssekyanzi B, Byaruhanga A, Kooreman H, Pabon-Rodriguez F, Truong HM, Lewis Kulzer J, Ochomo E, Odhiambo F, Goodrich S, …
• Social relationships, mental health, and stigma: A qualitative study of social networks and HIV disclosure in Western Kenya.
  PLOS global public health 2026 Obatsa S, Mburia-Mwalili A, Jauregui S, Wagner KD, Atwoli L, Odhiambo F, Lewis-Kulzer J, Goodrich S, Wools-Kaloustian K, Syvertsen JL
• Motivations for testing and linkage to HIV services following HIV self-testing among fishermen in Kenya: a qualitative analysis.
  AIDS care 2026 Nishimura H, Agot K, Gutin SA, Olugo P, Lewis-Kulzer J, Kwena Z, Thorp M, Ayieko B, Thirumurthy H, Camlin CS
• HIVST in the presence of a partner among fishermen in Western Kenya: A qualitative study.
  African journal of AIDS research : AJAR 2026 Abade P, Olugo P, Gutin SA, Nishimura H, Lewis-Kulzer J, Thorp M, Ayieko B, Oluoch L, Angawa D, Camlin CS, Kwena ZA
• Gaps in Effective HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Screening and Uptake Among Fishermen in Kenya.
  AIDS and behavior 2025 Sheira LA, Ayieko B, Gutin SA, Kwena ZA, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Moody J, Olugo P, Adede D, Lewis-Kulzer J, Gandhi M, Thirumurthy H, Bukusi EA, Camlin CS

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• Effectiveness and experiences with differentiated service delivery of HIV care in Kisumu County, Kenya: A mixed methods study, 2014-2021.
  PLOS global public health 2025 Odhiambo F, Mando RO, Lewis-Kulzer J, Mocello AR, Aluda M, Mulwa E, Aoko A, Musingila P, Bukusi E, Cohen CR
• Examining and classifying reasons for missing viral loads among adults living with HIV: An extended outcome investigation and ascertainment approach in Western Kenya.
  PLOS global public health 2025 Adhiambo HF, Lewis-Kulzer J, Nyagesoa E, Gimbel S, Akama E, Mangale D, Montonya L, Eshun-Wilson I, Iguna S, Nyandieka E, Bukusi E, Abuogi L, Odeny T, Petersen ML, Geng EH
• The effect of a social network-based intervention to promote HIV testing and linkage to HIV services among fishermen in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trial.
  The Lancet. Global health 2025 Camlin CS, Sheira LA, Kwena ZA, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Moody J, Ayieko B, Gutin SA, Ochung A, Olugo P, Lewis-Kulzer J, Nishimura H, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Thirumurthy H
• Misconceptions and limited experience with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among fishermen in Western Kenya: a qualitative study.
  AIDS care 2025 Olugo P, Nishimura H, Thorp M, Lewis-Kulzer J, Ayieko B, Agot K, Kwena ZA, Camlin CS, Gutin SA
• Experiences and perceptions of conditional cash incentive provision and cessation among people with HIV for care engagement: a qualitative study.
  BMC public health 2025 Giordano J, Lewis-Kulzer J, Montoya L, Akama E, Adhiambo HF, Nyadieka E, Iguna S, Bukusi EA, Odeny T, Camlin CS, Thirumurthy H, Petersen M, Geng E
• "There is no need to leave the beach to test": a qualitative study of HIV self-testing knowledge and acceptability of HIV self-test kit distribution among social networks of fishermen in Western Kenya.
  BMC public health 2025 Lewis-Kulzer J, Olugo P, Gutin SA, Kwena ZA, Nishimura H, Thorp M, Agot K, Ayieko B, Bukusi EA, Oluoch L, Angawa D, Thirumurthy H, Camlin CS
• The effect of a social network-based intervention on adherence to HIV preexposure prophylaxis and HIV viral suppression among Kenyan fishermen.
  AIDS (London, England) 2025 Sheira LA, Kwena ZA, Ayieko B, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Gutin SA, Lewis-Kulzer J, Olugo P, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Thirumurthy H, Adede D, Moody J, Camlin CS
• Enhancing engagement in HIV care among adolescents and young adults: A focus on phone-based navigation and relationship building to address barriers in HIV care.
  PLOS global public health 2025 Adhiambo HF, Mwamba C, Lewis-Kulzer J, Iguna S, Ontuga GM, Mangale DI, Nyandieka E, Nyanga J, Opondo I, Osoro J, Montoya L, Nyagesoa E, Sang N, Akama E, Bukusi E, Abuogi L, Geng E, Kwena ZA
• Training Social Network-Central Fishermen in Western Kenya to Distribute HIV Self-Test Kits and Health Facility Referral Vouchers.
  African journal of AIDS research : AJAR 2024 Okore JO, Camlin CS, Lewis-Kulzer J, Gutin SA, Charlebois E, Ayieko B, Kwena Z, Agot K
• Effects of Alcohol Use on Patient Retention in HIV Care in East Africa.
  AIDS and behavior 2024 Monroy A, Goodrich S, Brown SA, Balanos T, Bakoyannis G, Diero L, Byakwaga H, Muyindike W, Kanyesigye M, Aluda M, Lewis-Kulzer J, Yiannoutsos C, Wools-Kaloustian K, East Africa International …
• User-informed tailoring of electronic and in-person peer navigation strategies to improve retention in HIV care for adolescents and young adults: a qualitative inquiry.
  AIDS care 2024 Kwena ZA, Oketch BA, Beres LK, Lewis-Kulzer J, Akama EO, Sang NM, Adhiambo HF, Iguna S, Ontuga GM, Nyandieka E, Shade S, Bukusi EA, Geng E, Abuogi LL
• Adaptation of the Client Diagnostic Questionnaire for East Africa.
  PLOS global public health 2024 Kwobah EK, Goodrich S, Kulzer JL, Kanyesigye M, Obatsa S, Cheruiyot J, Kiprono L, Kibet C, Ochieng F, Bukusi EA, Ofner S, Brown SA, Yiannoutsos CT, Atwoli L, Wools-Kaloustian K
• Experiences and perceptions of conditional cash incentive provision and cessation among people with HIV for care engagement: A qualitative study.
  Research square 2024 Giordano J, Lewis-Kulzer J, Montoya L, Akama E, Adhiambo HF, Nyadieka E, Iguna S, Bukusi EA, Odeny T, Camlin CS, Thirumurthy H, Petersen M, Geng EH
• Availability of substance use screening and treatment within HIV clinical sites across seven geographic regions within the IeDEA consortium.
  The International journal on drug policy 2024 Lancaster KE, Stockton M, Remch M, Wester CW, Nash D, Brazier E, Adedimeji A, Finlayson R, Freeman A, Hogan B, Kasozi C, Kwobah EK, Kulzer JL, Merati T, Tine J, Poda A, Succi R, Twizere C, Tlali M, …
• A youth-centred approach to improving engagement in HIV services: human-centred design methods and outcomes in a research trial in Kisumu County, Kenya
  BMJ Global Health 2023 Eliud Omondi Akama, Laura K Beres,Jayne Lewis Kulzer, Gladys Ontuga, Harriet Adhiambo,Sarah Bushuru,Edwin Nyagesoa,Joseph Osoro,Isaya Opondo,Norton Sang, Bertha Oketch, James Nyanga, Cirilus Ogollah …
• Adaptive Strategies for Retention in Care among Persons Living with HIV
  NEJM Evidence 2023 Elvin H. Geng, M.D., M.P.H. elvin.geng@wustl.edu, Thomas A. Odeny, M.B.Ch.B., M.P.H., Ph.D., Lina M. Montoya, Ph.D., Sarah Iguna, M.Sc., Jayne L. Kulzer, M.P.H., Harriet Fridah Adhiambo, Ingrid Eshun-…
• Social support and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among a cohort of people living with HIV (PLWH) in Western Kenya.
  PLOS global public health 2023 Mburia-Mwalili A, Wagner KD, Kwobah EK, Atwoli L, Aluda M, Simmons B, Lewis-Kulzer J, Goodrich S, Wools-Kaloustian K, Syvertsen JL
• Adapt for Adolescents: Protocol for a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial to improve retention and viral suppression among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Kenya.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2023 Abuogi LL, Kulzer JL, Akama E, Odeny TA, Eshun-Wilson I, Petersen M, Shade SB, Montoya LM, Beres LK, Iguna S, Adhiambo HF, Osoro J, Opondo I, Sang N, Kwena Z, Bukusi EA, Geng EH
• Patient perceptions of facilitators and barriers to reducing hazardous alcohol use among people living with HIV in East Africa.
  Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy 2023 Lewis-Kulzer J, Mburu M, Obatsa S, Cheruiyot J, Kiprono L, Brown S, Apaka C, Koros H, Muyindike W, Kwobah EK, Diero L, Aluda M, Wools-Kaloustian K, Goodrich S
• Patient preferences for HIV service delivery models; a Discrete Choice Experiment in Kisumu, Kenya.
  PLOS global public health 2022 Mando RO, Moghadassi M, Juma E, Ogollah C, Packel L, Kulzer JL, Kadima J, Odhiambo F, Eshun-Wilson I, Kim HY, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Geng E
• First cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection and secondary transmission in Kisumu, Kenya.
  PLOS global public health 2022 Tippett Barr BA, Herman-Roloff A, Mburu M, Murnane PM, Sang N, Bukusi E, Oele E, Odhiambo A, Lewis-Kulzer J, Onyango CO, Hunsperger E, Odhiambo F, Joseph RH, Munyua P, Othieno K, Mulwa E, Akelo V, …
• Adolescent and young adult preferences for financial incentives to support adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Kenya: a mixed methods study.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2022 Eshun-Wilson I, Akama E, Adhiambo F, Kwena Z, Oketch B, Obatsa S, Iguna S, Kulzer JL, Nyanga J, Nyandieka E, Scheve A, Geng EH, Bukusi EA, Abuogi L
• Exploring Estimates and Reasons for Lost to Follow-Up Among People Living With HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy in Kisumu County, Kenya.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2022 Samba BO, Lewis-Kulzer J, Odhiambo F, Juma E, Mulwa E, Kadima J, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR
• Attitudes towards and experiences with economic incentives for engagement in HIV care and treatment: Qualitative insights from a randomized trial in Kenya.
  PLOS global public health 2022 Iguna S, Getahun M, Lewis-Kulzer J, Odhiambo G, Adhiambo F, Montoya L, Petersen ML, Bukusi E, Odeny T, Geng E, Camlin CS
• Improvements in pediatric and adolescent HIV testing and identification in western Kenya under the Accelerating Children's HIV/AIDS Treatment initiative.
  AIDS care 2021 Okoko N, Mocello AR, Kadima J, Kulzer J, Nyanaro G, Blat C, Guzé M, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Abuogi L, Shade SB
• Lower rates of ART initiation and decreased retention among ART-naïve patients who consume alcohol enrolling in HIV care and treatment programs in Kenya and Uganda.
  PloS one 2020 Patsis I, Goodrich S, Yiannoutsos CT, Brown SA, Musick BS, Diero L, Kulzer JL, Bwana MB, Oyaro P, Wools-Kaloustian KK
• They are likely to be there: using a family-centered index testing approach to identify children living with HIV in Kenya.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2020 Okoko N, Kulzer JL, Ohe K, Mburu M, Muttai H, Abuogi LL, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Penner J
• Implementation of HIV care in Western Kenya during corona virus disease 2019 response
  AIDS 2020 Odhiambo F, Mulwa E, Ayieko J, Kulzer J, Aluda M, Chatterjee P, Onyango R, Nyanaro G, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. Implementation of HIV care in Western Kenya during corona virus disease 2019 response.
• Implementation of HIV care in Western Kenya during corona virus disease 2019 response
  AIDS 2020 Odhiambo F, Mulwa E, Ayieko J, Kulzer J, Aluda M, Chatterjee P, Onyango R, Nyanaro G, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. Implementation of HIV care in Western Kenya during corona virus disease 2019 response.
• Implementation of HIV care in Western Kenya during corona virus disease 2019 response.
  AIDS (London, England) 2020 Odhiambo F, Mulwa E, Ayieko J, Kulzer J, Aluda M, Chatterjee P, Onyango R, Nyanaro G, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR
• Impact of a Rapid Results Initiative Approach on Improving Male Partner Involvement in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Western Kenya.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 Akama E, Mburu M, Mutegi E, Nyanaro G, Otieno JP, Ndolo S, Ochanda B, Ojwang' L, Lewis-Kulzer J, Abuogi L, Oyaro P, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Onono M
• Rapid sociometric mapping of community health workers to identify opinion leaders using an SMS platform: a short report.
  Implementation science : IS 2017 Odeny TA, Petersen M, Muga CT, Lewis-Kulzer J, Bukusi EA, Geng EH
• Factors associated with mother to child transmission of HIV despite overall low transmission rates in HIV-exposed infants in rural Kenya.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2017 Okoko NA, Owuor KO, Kulzer JL, Owino GO, Ogolla IA, Wandera RW, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Abuogi LL
• Treatment Buddies Improve Clinic Attendance among Women but Not Men on Antiretroviral Therapy in the Nyanza Region of Kenya.
  AIDS research and treatment 2016 Kibaara C, Blat C, Lewis-Kulzer J, Shade S, Mbullo P, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA
• Integration of HIV Care with Primary Health Care Services: Effect on Patient Satisfaction and Stigma in Rural Kenya.
  AIDS research and treatment 2013 Odeny TA, Penner J, Lewis-Kulzer J, Leslie HH, Shade SB, Adero W, Kioko J, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA
• Family model of HIV care and treatment: a retrospective study in Kenya.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2012 Lewis Kulzer J, Penner JA, Marima R, Oyaro P, Oyanga AO, Shade SB, Blat CC, Nyabiage L, Mwachari CW, Muttai HC, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR
• Evaluating the uptake, acceptability, and effectiveness of Uliza! clinicians' HIV hotline: a telephone consultation service in Kenya.
  Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 2011 Karari C, Tittle R, Penner J, Kulzer J, Bukusi EA, Marima R, Cohen CR