Elizabeth Bukusi, MBChB, MMed, MPH, PhD

Research Professor, Global Health

Research Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

 

Elizabeth Bukusi, MBChB, MMed, MPH, PhD, is a chief research officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), a research professor at the University of Washington ( Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health), and volunteer faculty member at the University of California San Francisco, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive sciences. She is a visiting scientist at the University of Nairobi, an honorary lecturer at Aga Khan University in Nairobi, and is faculty at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Culture at the Sind Institute for urology and transplantation Karachi. Her primary research interest includes STIs, reproductive health, and HIV prevention, care, and treatment in addition to an interest in ethics and the development of systems and structures for regulating research, She has had a focus on capacity building for many years and has been engaged in the training and mentorship young scientists. She serves on many international boards, task forces, and committees and is a co-lead on the IARTP Women and HIV program.

Publications

  1. Odhiambo, F, Onyango, R, Mulwa, E, Aluda, M, Otieno, L, Bukusi, EA et al.. Evaluation of person-centered interventions to eliminate perinatal HIV transmission in Kisumu County, Kenya: A repeated cross-sectional study using aggregated registry data. PLoS Med. 2024;21 (8):e1004441. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004441. PubMed PMID:39146355 PubMed Central PMC11361728.
  2. Morrison, S, Batting, J, Wanga, V, Beesham, I, Deese, J, Hofmeyr, GJ et al.. True and false positive HIV point of care test results in a prospective multinational study of at-risk African women: implications for large-scale repeat HIV testing in HIV prevention programs. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024; :. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003497. PubMed PMID:39085989 .
  3. Zuniga, JM, Prachniak, C, Policek, N, Magula, N, Gandhi, A, Anderson, J et al.. IAPAC-Lancet HIV Commission on the future of urban HIV responses. Lancet HIV. 2024;11 (9):e607-e648. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00124-3. PubMed PMID:39043198 .
  4. Brown, JM, Musara, P, Gitome, S, Chitukuta, M, Mataveke, B, Chirenda, T et al.. "We chose PrEP because I wanted to be sure that this child my wife was going to conceive was indeed mine." Factors influencing the choice of safer conception methods and experiences with its use: a qualitative study among HIV sero-discordant couples in Zimbabwe. BMC Public Health. 2024;24 (1):1936. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19155-9. PubMed PMID:39030487 PubMed Central PMC11264618.
  5. Gitome, S, Musara, P, Chitukuta, M, Mhlanga, F, Mateveke, B, Chirenda, T et al.. "First was to sit down and bring our minds together". A qualitative study on safer conception decision-making among HIV sero-different couples in Zimbabwe. Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2024;32 (1):2366587. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2024.2366587. PubMed PMID:39007699 PubMed Central PMC11251431.
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