Rachel A. Bender Ignacio, M.D., M.P.H.
Rachel A. Bender Ignacio, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch
Medical Director
COVID-19 Clinical Research Center, Fred Hutch
Assistant Professor
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
Attending Physician
University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center Infectious Disease Services
Education
2012-2015 Fellow, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
2014 University of Washington School of Public Health, MPH-Epidemiology
2008-2011 Resident, Internal Medicine Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Boston
2008 University of Washington School of Medicine, MD, Certificate in Global Health
2004 Dartmouth College, AB Religion, Presidential Scholar with Honors
Research Interests
Co-Infections in HIV: Various studies on human herpesviruses and tuberculosis in the setting of HIV infection or HIV risk
Inflammation, Immune responses in HIV and HIV susceptibility: Studying the role of immune activation on risk for HIV and in establishment of latency in early HIV infection, as well as role of early ART on immunologic and virologic outcomes of HIV
HIV-associated Malignancy: Protocol co-chair for AIDS Malignancy Consortium study. Various issues surrounding HIV care in persons with HIV-associated malignancies including: improvement around HIV diagnosis, treatment, barriers to care, and concomitant use of antiretroviral therapy during cancer treatment
VirScan Assay: Spearheading the transfer of this technology to the Fred Hutch and how this assay can serve as a tool for understanding immune responses to the anti-virome and for prediction of clinical outcomes
Clinical Expertise
HIV
General Infectious Diseases
Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation
Herpesvirus infections
HIV-associated malignancy
HIV/TB co-infection
Awards and Honors
2003 William Jewett Tucker Foundation International Fellowship
2004 Presidential Scholar with Honors, Dartmouth College
2005 Medical Student Research Training Program, University of Washington
2011 Yale Johnson & Johnson Fellowship (deferred for another competing opportunity)
2011 Winickoff Fellowship for Research in Primary Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
2012 IDWeek Trainee Grant Award Winner
2014 CFAR Trainee Support Grant
2015 CROI Young Investigator Award
2016 K23 Mentored Career Award, NIAID, NIH
2018 CFAR New Investigator Award
2019 Outstanding Research Mentor of 2019, University of Washington School of Medicine
2019 UW Global Innovation Fund Award
2020 Chair of Medicine Award, UW Department of Medicine
Dr. Bender Ignacio is a member of the HOPE Group (HIV Outcomes, Prevention and Epidemiology)