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Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH
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Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, with a primary research focus on pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention. During COVID-19, she has written about the importance of a harm reduction approach to the prevention of coronavirus transmission, with lessons learned from the HIV epidemic.