Rose Bosire MPH, MBChB

Senior Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)

Dr. Rose Bosire, MPH, MBChB, joined the University of Nairobi in 1990 to pursue a six-year degree program in medicine, completing it in 1997.  She had nursed dreams of becoming a doctor since primary school. In high school when she chose HIV as her subject matter for competition in the science congress and went all the way to the national level, she made the decision that she would focus on HIV research for her career.  She joined the HIV research field 6 months after completing her internship. Between 2002 and 2004, she undertook her MPH training at the University of Washington, on scholarship from the International AIDS Research and Training program. Two years later, she successfully applied for the Global Research Initiative Program (GRIP) for new foreign investigators which is now in the final year of funding. Her research interests include HIV/AIDS immunology, maternal and child health (especially PMTCT, reduction of mortality and morbidity, prevention of malnutrition), and social determinants of health. She has a strong interest in capacity building and is therefore involved in various training programs in Kenya. She is currently undertaking PhD studies at Karolinska Institute, Sweden. When not doing science, she enjoys reading biographies and children’s books, hiking, visiting new places, and mentoring young people, especially teenage girls.

Publications

  1. Owuor, M, Wamuti, B, Katz, DA, Liu, W, Lagat, H, Kariithi, E et al.. Factors influencing community demand for assisted partner services for HIV in western Kenya: a multilevel qualitative analysis. BMJ Open. 2025;15 (3):e088436. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088436. PubMed PMID:40090685 PubMed Central PMC11911700.
  2. Tisho, AK, Mbugua, PM, Bosire, R, Karanja, SM. Predictors of Length of Hospitalization for Neonatal Sepsis at Kenyatta Nation Hospital, Kenya: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study. Health Sci Rep. 2025;8 (1):e70344. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70344. PubMed PMID:39810921 PubMed Central PMC11729743.
  3. Kingston, H, Chohan, BH, Mbogo, L, Bukusi, D, Monroe-Wise, A, Sambai, B et al.. Using HIV and Hepatitis C Molecular Epidemiology to Investigate Assisted Partner Services Recruitment Among People Who Inject Drugs in Kenya. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2025;41 (2):76-86. doi: 10.1089/aid.2024.0036. PubMed PMID:39686724 .
  4. Mudhune, V, Roy Paladhi, U, Owuor, M, Ngure, K, Katz, DA, Otieno, G et al.. Uptake and acceptability of oral HIV self-testing in the context of assisted partner services in Western Kenya: A mixed-methods analysis. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4 (11):e0003960. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003960. PubMed PMID:39546456 PubMed Central PMC11567626.
  5. Aluisio, AR, Bergam, SJ, Kinuthia, J, Maina, JW, Pirirei, S, Bukusi, D et al.. HIV testing services and HIV self-testing programming within emergency care in Kenya: a qualitative study of healthcare personnel to inform enhanced service delivery approaches. AIDS Care. 2025;37 (1):112-123. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2024.2414087. PubMed PMID:39437306 PubMed Central PMC11682920.
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