Boghuma Kabisen Titanji | |
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| Born | |
| 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]
Education and work
Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, clinically trained in Cameroon, received her MSc and DTM&H in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2010[2] 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] Titanji's work focuses on the mechanisms of HIV transmission and antiretroviral drug resistance. In May 2012, she gave a TED Talk on the ethics of medical research in Africa.[4]
Recognition and awards
- 2012 Titanji was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship[5]
- 2014: Titanji was named one of the BBC 100 Women for her work on the advancement of ethically sound research[6]
Selected publications
- Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, Deenan Pillay1, Clare Jolly (May 2017) "Antiretroviral therapy and cell–cell spread of wild-type and drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus-1", 5 May 2017, Journal of General Virology 98: 821–834, doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000728
- Boghuma Kabisen Titanji Marlen Aasa-Chapman, Deenan Pillay and Clare Jolly (Dec 2013) "Protease inhibitors effectively block cell-to-cell spread of HIV-1 between T cells", Retrovirology. 2013; 10: 161. Published online 2013 Dec 24. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-161
References
- ↑ "Jolly Lab - Members". UCL. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
- ↑ The Use of Benznidazole in Treating Chagas' Disease at the Non-vector Transmitted Region : A Literature Review and Study Design (2010). Web.
- ↑ "UCL Jolly Lab Members". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "The Ethical Riddles In HIV Research". Ted Talks. 10 January 2013.
- ↑ "Scholar gives TED talk of the day". Commonwealth Scholarship. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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