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DR. JASON FARLEY
Dr. Jason Farley is a professor of nursing, a nurse epidemiologist, and a nurse
practitioner in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins Schools of
Nursing and Medicine. He is an educator, a researcher, an innovator, a builder of
bridges, and a sworn enemy of the stigmas and social disparities that keep people
from getting the care they need.
Most recently, Dr. Farley has helped lead the battle against COVID-19 locally and
has been a voice nationally for an evidence- and common sense-based response to
the pandemic. He is a co-author of the report “Developing a National Strategy for
SARS-CoV-2 Serosurveys in the United States” by the Johns Hopkins Center for
Health Security. Dr. Farley leads “Diagnosing, Treating and Preventing COVID-19,”
part of an online course from a Johns Hopkins Medicine series on “Understanding
the COVID-19 Pandemic.” He has safeguarded the health care workforce through
training sessions on proper PPE use and has worked on developing a less-invasive
test for COVID-19 using a subject’s saliva.
Long an international expert on co-infection of HIV and tuberculosis, he has forged
health policy and developed mobile apps that help individuals and communities
avoid exposure, reach care, stay on long-term treatment plans, and survive from
South Africa to the streets of Baltimore. He has helped lead the battle against
COVID-19 locally and has been a voice nationally for a science- and common
sense-based response to the pandemic.
Dr. Farley is director and founder of the REACH Initiative, serving Baltimore City
residents living with and at risk for HIV and associated co-infections. He is a fellow
in the American Academy of Nursing, most recently serving as chair of the
Emerging Infectious Diseases Expert Panel. He is past president of the Association
of Nurses in AIDS Care and maintains a clinical practice as a nurse practitioner in
the John G. Bartlett Specialty Clinic for Infectious Disease.
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