Nelly Mugo, MBChB, MMed, MPH

Research Associate Professor, Global Health

Prof. Nelly R. Mugo is an associate research professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, a senior principal clinical research scientist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and a reproductive health specialist with three decades of work experience. Her research focus has been on the prevention of HIV and cervical cancer among other reproductive health research work.  She has been an investigator on two landmark clinical trials, the Partners PrEP study that contributed evidence to inform the change of indication for use of Truvada as HIV prevention pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and a protocol lead for the ongoing ‘Kenya Single-dose HPV Vaccine-Efficacy (KEN SHE) Study –’ that has provided evidence on the efficacy of single-dose HPV vaccination. She is a member of the International Papillomavirus Society education committee, and the Kenya Obstetrics and Genecology society and has contributed to several World Health Organization and Kenya ministry of health working group scientific committees. She is widely published in peer review journals.

Publications

  1. MacLean, F, Tsegaye, AT, Graham, JB, Swarts, JL, Vick, SC, Potchen, N et al.. Bacterial vaginosis-driven changes in vaginal T cell phenotypes and their implications for HIV susceptibility. bioRxiv. 2024; :. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.03.601916. PubMed PMID:39005354 PubMed Central PMC11245000.
  2. Gandhi, M, Glidden, DV, Chakravarty, D, Wang, G, Biwott, C, Mogere, P et al.. Impact of a point-of-care urine tenofovir assay on adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among women in Kenya: a randomised pilot trial. Lancet HIV. 2024; :. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00125-5. PubMed PMID:38976993 .
  3. Wu, L, Saina, M, Brown, C, Chege, D, Donnell, D, Glidden, DV et al.. Establishing adherence-concentration-efficacy thresholds of TDF-FTC pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in African women: a protocol for the Women TDF-FTC Benchmark Study. Front Reprod Health. 2024;6 :1325257. doi: 10.3389/frph.2024.1325257. PubMed PMID:38860025 PubMed Central PMC11163076.
  4. Ogello, V, Thuo, N, Okello, P, Wairimu, N, Mwangi, P, Maina, G et al.. The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Providers' Mental Health: Experiences at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya. Behav Sci (Basel). 2024;14 (5):. doi: 10.3390/bs14050351. PubMed PMID:38785842 PubMed Central PMC11118936.
  5. Walker, KW, Mugo, N, Ngure, K, Gakuo, S, Casmir, E, Wiener, H et al.. Attitudes Toward Menstrual Suppression Among Cyclic and Continuous Contraceptive Vaginal Ring Users in Kenya. J Family Reprod Health. 2023;17 (3):118-127. doi: 10.18502/jfrh.v17i3.13534. PubMed PMID:38716295 PubMed Central PMC11070742.
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