{"id":4581,"date":"2015-06-04T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/?page_id=4581"},"modified":"2024-02-28T17:05:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:05:43","slug":"irene-njuguna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/about\/who-we-are\/uon\/irene-njuguna\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene Njuguna, MBChB, MSc, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Research Scientist, Kenyatta National Hospital<\/h2>\n

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Global Health, University of Washington<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dr. Irene Njuguna, MBChB, MSc, MPH, PhD, is a Study Physician\/Study Coordinator for multiple University of Nairobi-University of Washington collaborative studies focused on pediatric HIV. She has been responsible for developing study materials, managing clinical activities, preparing DSMB reports, and ensuring data quality. Dr. Njuguna was competitively selected as a 2011-2012 Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholar (FICRS) for mentored clinical research training. Her FICRS project focused on the implementation of a clinical trial evaluating the optimal timing of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children. In the last 10 years, she has worked in clinical
\nresearch settings in Kenya in pediatric and adolescent HIV where she has led the implementation of four
\nrandomized controlled trials (PEDVAC 002 [NCT00981695] Principal Investigator [PI] Tomas Hanke, Pediatric
\nUrgent Start of HAART [NCT02063880] PI John-Stewart, Financial Incentives to increase Pediatric HIV testing
\n[NCT03049917] PI Njuguna, and Adolescent Transition to Adult HIV Care [NCT03574129] PI John-Stewart) and
\nseveral observational studies focusing on pediatric HIV diagnosis, linkage to care, treatment, treatment
\noutcomes, and retention. Her early work was in pediatric HIV treatment studies, which focused on downstream
\ninterventions for children who were critically ill, many of whom died. Her experiences witnessing high rates of
\nmortality in these studies inspired new \u201cupstream\u201d research interests to improve early pediatric HIV case
\ndetection prior to symptomatic disease, and broader interests to improve survival and quality of life in HIV-infected
\nchildren growing to adolescence and adulthood. More recently, her work has focused on HIV-exposed
\nuninfected children to understand differences in growth, neurodevelopment, hearing and virologic and
\nmicrobiome differences that may explain high morbidity and mortality in this population.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Publications<\/h3>\n
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  1. Bulterys, MA, Garcia, S, Njuguna, I, Schenkel, S, Thankane, K, Kitsi, I et al.<\/i>. \"It is the foundation for the child\": a qualitative study examining caregiver perspectives on the Nurturing Care Framework in Kenya and Botswana. BMJ Public Health. 2026;4 (2):e004261. doi: 10.1136\/bmjph-2025-004261<\/a>. PubMed PMID:42158544<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13182436<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Moraa, H, Mutahi, J, Atieno, W, John-Stewart, G, Kinuthia, J, Kumar, M et al.<\/i>. Correction: \"When a man is stressed, it replicates in the house\": Kenyan women's perspectives on the influence of male partners on perinatal mental health among women affected by HIV. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026;6 (5):e0006451. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pgph.0006451<\/a>. PubMed PMID:42101972<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13155598<\/a>.<\/li>
  3. Oja, D, Kundu, C, Onyango, A, Mugo, C, Njuguna, I, Morra, H et al.<\/i>. Navigating viral load information flow and provider decision-making for adolescent clients at HIV clinics in Kenya. HIV Res Clin Pract. 2026;27 (1):2650034. doi: 10.1080\/25787489.2026.2650034<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41923269<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13232530<\/a>.<\/li>
  4. Moraa, H, Mutahi, J, Atieno, W, John-Stewart, G, Kinuthia, J, Kumar, M et al.<\/i>. \"When a man is stressed, it replicates in the house\": Kenyan women's perspectives on the influence of male partners on perinatal mental health among women affected by HIV. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026;6 (3):e0006047. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pgph.0006047<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41779726<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12959676<\/a>.<\/li>
  5. Njuguna, I, John-Stewart, G. Hope for every child: ending paediatric HIV mortality by 2030. Lancet HIV. 2026;13 (4):e217-e218. doi: 10.1016\/S2352-3018(26)00003-2<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41759540<\/a> .<\/ol>Search PubMed<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Research Scientist, Kenyatta National Hospital Affiliate Assistant Professor, Global Health, University of Washington Dr. Irene Njuguna, MBChB, MSc, MPH, PhD, is a Study Physician\/Study Coordinator for multiple University of Nairobi-University of Washington collaborative studies focused on pediatric HIV. She has been responsible for developing study materials, managing clinical activities, preparing DSMB reports, and ensuring data… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":10631,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_no-sidebar-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4581","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4581","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=4581"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11486,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4581\/revisions\/11486"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}