- Research Professor, Global Health
- Research Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Box 356460
Seattle, WA 98195
United States
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Chief Research Officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI),a Research Professor at the university of Washington ( Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health) and volunteer faculty at the University of California San Francisco , Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive sciences. She is a visiting Scientist at the University of Nairobi, an honorary lecturer at Aga Khan University in Nairobi and is faculty at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Culture at the Sind Institute for urology and transplantation Karachi.
Her primary research interest includes STIs, reproductive health and HIV prevention, care and treatment in addition to interest in ethics and the development of systems and structures for regulating research, She has had a focus on capacity building for many years and has been engaged in the training and mentorship young scientists. She serves on many international boards, taskforces, and committees
- PhD (University of Washington)
- MPH (University of Washington)
- MM (University of Nairobi (Kenya))
- BS (University of Nairobi (Kenya))
- Kiswahili
- Luo (Dholuo)
- Bioethics
- HIV Transmission
- HIV/AIDS
- HPV
- Implementation Science
- Infectious Diseases
- Research
- STDs (other than HIV)
HIV/AIDS, Maternal Child Health (incl. Reproductive Health), STDs (other than HIV)
- Pharmacy delivery to expand the reach of PrEP in Kenya
- A Multisectoral Strategy to Address Persistent Drivers of the HIV Epidemic in East Africa
- Adaptive Strategies for Preventing & Treating Lapses of Retention in Care (AdaPT)
- Building the evidence base for unlocking demand for self –injection(DMPA study)
- CBEC-KEMRI Bioethics Training Initiative
- Delivery of integrated PrEP and ART for HIV prevention for couples in Kenya
- Developing a Tool to Measure Cervical Cancer in HIV+Women in Kenya-
- Doxycycline PEP for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Kenyan Women Using HIV PrEP.
- East Africa IEDEA Regional Consortium
- ECHO Trial
- Implementation and expansion of high quality, sustainable and comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment to achieve 90-90-90 goals in Western Kenya
- KENya Single-dose HPV-vaccine Efficacy – The KEN-SHE Study
- Peer-to-Peer Messaging to Increase uptake of HIV Prevention Strategies among Adolescents in Kenya(ManenoYetu)
- Pharmacy delivery to expand the reach of PrEP in Kenya
- PrEP and dPEP: Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of sexually transmitted infections among Kenyan women using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
- Scaleable, effective delivery of microbicides and PrEP for young women in Kenya and South Africa
- SHAMBA MAISHA: an agricultural intervention for food security and HIV health outcomes in Kenya
- Strategic antiretroviral therapy and HIV testing for youth in rural Africa (SATURN)
- Supporting the Implementation and Expansion of High Quality, Sustainable and Comprehensive HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs in the Western Region and Turkana County of the Republic of Kenya under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
- Sustainable Development for Improved HIV Health and Prevention in Kenya (SD4H-Kenya)
- Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health (SEARCH) study
- Testing Strategies for Couple Engagement in PMTCT and Family Health in Kenya
- Uwezo: Developing an Office of Sponsored Research in KEMRI
- Women and HIV: Translation of Research into Practice
Bukusi EA, Steele M, Cohen CR, Nguti R, Maingi CW, Thomas KK, Holmes KK. Safety, acceptability, and tolerability of 3 topical microbicides among heterosexual Kenyan men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Apr 1;44(4):423-8. PMID: 17195765.
Baeten JM, Donnell D, Ndase P, Mugo NR, Campbell JD, Wangisi J, Tappero JW, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Katabira E, Ronald A, Tumwesigye E, Were E, Fife KH, Kiarie J, Farquhar C, John-Stewart G, Kakia A, Odoyo J, Mucunguzi A, Nakku-Joloba E, Twesigye R, Ngure K, Apaka C, Tamooh H, Gabona F, Mujugira A, Panteleeff D, Thomas KK, Kidoguchi L, Krows M, Revall J, Morrison S, Haugen H, Emmanuel-Ogier M, Ondrejcek L, Coombs RW, Frenkel L, Hendrix C, Bumpus NN, Bangsberg D, Haberer JE, Stevens WS, Lingappa JR, Celum ; Partners PrEP Study Team. Antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV prevention in heterosexual men and women. N Engl J Med. 2012;367:399-410. PMCID: 3770474
Cohen Cr, Lingappa JR, Baeten JM, Ngayo MO, Spiegel CA, Hong T, Donnell D, Celum C, Kapiga S, Delany S, Bukusi EA. Bacterial vaginosis associated with increased risk of female-to-male HIV-1 transmission: a prospective cohort analysis among African couples. PLoS Med. 2012;9:e1001251. PMCID: 3383741.
Oukem-Boyer OOM, Bukusi EA. 2014. Educational Resources for Research in Ethics. In: Mariana Kruger, Paul Ndedele, Lyn Horon, ed. Research Ethics in Africa. SUN MeDIA Stellenbosch under the imprint SUN PRESS; pp 163-174.