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. She looked at barriers to HIV care focusing on psychosocial and mental health barriers. She has been awarded a K23 and R21 to study depression in people living with HIV. She does clinical work in Minneapolis, MN.
