MICHELE P. ANDRASIK

Dr. Michele Andrasik is a clinical health psychologist and leader in community-centered research, focusing on HIV and COVID-19 vaccine trials. As Director of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Community Engagement at the Fred Hutch HIV Vaccine Trials Network, she bridges researchers and communities to address health disparities through trauma-informed care, implicit bias training, and Community-Based Participatory Research approaches.

My Story

Dr. Michele Andrasik (she/her) is a clinical health psychologist working to build and enhance partnerships with priority communities in clinical research, with a focus on ongoing vaccine trials for HIV and COVID-19. Dr. Andrasik works to address psychosocial and structural factors associated with HIV risk and STI disparities among priority communities. Her efforts have focused on developing collaborative and reciprocal relationships between researchers, community members and organizations. At the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) she works to improve behavioral risk assessment, and ensure diversity and inclusion in enrollment, recruitment, and retention in preventive HIV vaccine trials. Dr. Andrasik has a doctoral degree from the University of Miami and is an expert in Community-Based Participatory Research approaches, implicit bias, trauma-informed care, and Qualitative Research Methods. Prior to returning to graduate school, she worked as Director of AIDS services for a community-based organization with locations in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Currently, Dr. Andrasik is the Director of Behavioral and social Sciences and Community Engagement at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) HIV Vaccine Trials Network HVTN, Principal Staff Scientist in the Vaccine and infectious Disease Division at Fred Hutch, and Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health and Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Washington.

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