Sarah Lofgren

Biography

Sarah Lofgren studies barriers to HIV care in Uganda. She is particularly interested in mood disorders among people living with HIV and HIV stigma. Dr. Lofgren has a BA in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota, Morris. She completed her MD at Duke University and spent a year in Moshi, Tanzania as part of her training. She then did her Internal Medicine training at Emory University. Finally she did her Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. As part of her fellowship she was a Fogarty International Center fellow in Kampala, Uganda.

Sarah Lofgren in Uganda

Current Projects

Group Therapy Intervention in Uganda

Dr. Lofgren has a K23 grant that funds a clinical trial evaluating group therapy as a way to reduce inflammation in people living with HIV. We are enrolling at a large public clinic in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. 

Participants have enrolled in HIV care within the last 3 months. Those in therapy have depression. However, we also have control groups of people with depression who get standard depression and HIV care, and those without depression who get standard HIV care.

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