Senior Director, Kenyatta National Referral and Teaching Hospital
![Irene Inwani](https://depts.washington.edu/kenyares/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/chair1.png)
Irene Inwani, MBChB, MMed, MPH, is a consultant pediatrician at the Kenyatta National referral hospital and a member of the Nairobi HIV research group. She earned her MPH in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in 2006. Her area of interest is prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and treatment of HIV-infected children. She has been involved in 2 studies: “Optimizing Pediatric HIV Therapy” looking at early treatment of HIV infected children under the leadership of Grace-John Stewart and “ Reproductive Health Decisions and HIV infection Risk” a community based cohort study in Western Kenya.
Publications
- Osoro, E, Awuor, AO, Inwani, I, Mugo, C, Hunsperger, E, Verani, JR et al.. Association between low maternal serum aflatoxin B1 exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Mombasa, Kenya, 2017-2019: A nested matched case-control study. Matern Child Nutr. 2024; :e13688. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13688. PubMed PMID:38886171 .
- Landovitz, RJ, Tao, L, Yang, J, de Boer, M, Carter, C, Das, M et al.. HIV-1 Incidence, Adherence, and Drug Resistance in Individuals Taking Daily Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate for HIV-1 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Pooled Analysis From 72 Global Studies. Clin Infect Dis. 2024; :. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae143. PubMed PMID:38484128 .
- Mirieri, H, Nduati, R, Dawa, J, Okutoyi, L, Osoro, E, Mugo, C et al.. Risk factors of adverse birth outcomes among a cohort of pregnant women in Coastal Kenya, 2017-2019. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024;24 (1):127. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06320-6. PubMed PMID:38347445 PubMed Central PMC10860222.
- Wandika, B, Nyapara, F, Aballa, C, Richardson, BA, Wamalwa, D, John-Stewart, G et al.. Lower self-reported ART adherence among adolescents in boarding schools compared to day schools. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024; :. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003400. PubMed PMID:38346421 .
- Hunsperger, E, Osoro, E, Munyua, P, Njenga, MK, Mirieri, H, Kikwai, G et al.. Seroconversion and seroprevalence of TORCH infections in a pregnant women cohort study, Mombasa, Kenya, 2017-2019. Epidemiol Infect. 2024;152 :e68. doi: 10.1017/S0950268824000165. PubMed PMID:38305089 PubMed Central PMC11077605.