Cara Exten

Cara Exten serves as an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the College of Nursing at The Pennsylvania State University, where her work centers on infectious disease epidemiology and health disparities affecting sexual and gender minority populations.

Her research program specifically investigates disparities in sexual health (including HIV and sexually transmitted infections) and substance use through advanced statistical methodologies and extensive survey data collection with high-risk populations. Dr. Exten emphasizes a holistic disease examination framework integrating biological, sociological, and epidemiological factors to address complex health inequities.

Contact information includes office location at 307D Nursing Sciences Building, University Park, PA 16802, telephone 814-863-9724, and professional email cer5374@psu.edu.