Kenneth Ngure MPH, MSc, PhD

Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health

Dr. Kenneth Kairu Ngure, MPH, MSc, PhD, is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Community Health at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya and affiliate associate professor at the Department of Global Health, University of Washington. He is a recognized scientist in the fields of behavioral research, family planning, HIV Prevention and his current interests include antiretroviral based HIV prevention, HIV self-testing and interventions to reduce the risk of HIV transmission during peri-conception and pregnancy among HIV serodiscordant couples. Dr. Ngure is also an elected member of the Governing Council of International AIDS Society (IAS) representing African, where he also sits in the Executive Board.

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. Ngure, K, Browne, EN, Reddy, K, Friedland, BA, van der Straten, A, Palanee-Phillips, T et al.. Correlates of Adherence to Oral and Vaginal Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Participating in the MTN-034/REACH Trial. AIDS Behav. 2024; :. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04382-3. PubMed PMID:38852114 .
  5. 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.
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