Boghuma Kabisen Titanji
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Boghuma Kabisen Titanji | |
|---|---|
| Born | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| Alma mater | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine University College London |
| Awards | Commonwealth Scholarship British Broadcasting Corporation's list of the "100 Women Changing the World" |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Emory University School of Medicine |
Boghuma Kabisen Titanji is a Cameroonian medical doctor and clinical researcher. She is an expert on HIV drug resistant viruses[1] and an associate professor at Emory University.
Titanji was born in Cameroon. She received her MSc and DTM&H in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine[2] in 2010 and a PhD in Infectious Diseases studying HIV-1 cell-to-cell spread and Antiretroviral therapy drug resistance from University College London in 2014.[3]
Career
Titanji's work focuses on the mechanisms of HIV transmission and antiretroviral drug resistance. She joined Emory University School of Medicine in 2016 as an internal medicine resident and now serves as an associate professor in the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases.
In May 2012, she gave a TED Talk on the ethics of medical research in Africa.[4]
