{"id":4487,"date":"2015-06-03T21:47:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T21:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/?page_id=4487"},"modified":"2024-02-28T17:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:31:50","slug":"bhavna-chohan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/about\/who-we-are\/uw\/bhavna-chohan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhavna Chohan, MSc, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clinical Assistant Professor, Global Health<\/h2>\n

Senior Research Scientist, KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dr. Bhavna Chohan, MSc, PhD, received her Ph.D. (Virology) from University of Washington and MSc (Applied Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases) from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. She has been actively involved with HIV\/STI research since 1993, serving as Research Laboratory Manager for collaborative research projects with Universities of Washington and Nairobi in Mombasa, Kenya. After her graduate studies from the University of Washington under the mentorship of Dr. Julie Overbaugh, she returned to Nairobi, Kenya in 2007, where she helped establish a molecular virology research laboratory. Her broad goals are to establish and implement quality research on HIV transmission studies to improve health outcomes in Kenya and build a resource of well-trained and qualified scientists in the country.<\/p>\n

Currently, Dr.Chohan serves as the Laboratory Director for the Universities of Nairobi\/Washington collaborative research studies in Nairobi and also conducts funded research studies as the lead investigator for the NIH as well as local (Kenya) funded studies. She holds the position of Senior Research Scientist position at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and visiting scientist at the University of Nairobi. She provides lectures and mentors students and junior scientists at KEMRI. Her research interests have been focused on HIV transmission and drug resistance studies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Publications<\/h3>\n
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  1. Warrier, L, Saito, A, Graham, JB, Swarts, JL, Vick, SC, MacLean, F et al.<\/i>. Initiation of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis associated with changes in genital tract T cell phenotypes in women exposed to HIV. J Infect Dis. 2026; :. doi: 10.1093\/infdis\/jiag204<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41966988<\/a> .<\/li>
  2. Owiti, PO, Chohan, BH, Beck, IA, Panpradist, N, Maheria, P, Thomas, KK et al.<\/i>. Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay (OLA)-Simple: Field Implementation, Usability, and Performance of a near Point-of-Care HIV Drug Resistance Assay in Kenya. Laboratories. 2026;3 (1):. doi: 10.3390\/laboratories3010005<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41937980<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13046437<\/a>.<\/li>
  3. Mbogo, LW, Boyce, CL, Sambai, B, Hawes, SE, Guthrie, BL, Min, WSD et al.<\/i>. HIV viral non-suppression and drug resistance among persons who inject drugs on dolutegravir antiretroviral therapy in Kenya. medRxiv. 2026; :. doi: 10.64898\/2026.02.26.26347230<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41867239<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13004105<\/a>.<\/li>
  4. Begnel, ER, Maqsood, R, Holland, LA, Ojee, E, Owiti, P, Adhiambo, J et al.<\/i>. Comparison of gut virome in Kenyan infants born to women with and without HIV. iScience. 2026;29 (3):114900. doi: 10.1016\/j.isci.2026.114900<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41736871<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12927066<\/a>.<\/li>
  5. Ojee, E, Odiyo, J, Adhiambo, J, Mabele, E, Omondi, V, Begnel, ER et al.<\/i>. A cost analysis of postpartum home visit programming in Kenya: estimates to aid policymakers. Front Health Serv. 2025;5 :1644078. doi: 10.3389\/frhs.2025.1644078<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41323153<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12657431<\/a>.<\/ol>Search PubMed<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Global Health Senior Research Scientist, KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya Dr. Bhavna Chohan, MSc, PhD, received her Ph.D. (Virology) from University of Washington and MSc (Applied Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases) from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. She has been actively involved with HIV\/STI research since 1993, serving as Research… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":645,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_no-sidebar-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4487","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4487"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11490,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4487\/revisions\/11490"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}