Elizabeth Bukusi, MBChB, MD, MPH, PhD

Co-Director, KEMRI-UCSF Infectious Disease Research Training Program
Principal Research Officer, Center for Microbiology Research, KEMRI
Honorary Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi
Associate Research Professor, Departments of Global Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington

Email: bukusie@globalhealth.ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Since, 1995, Dr. Bukusi has served as the Co-Director of the UCSF-Kenya Medical Research Institute's collaborative Research Care and Treatment Program (RCTP). Since 2004, she has been co-PI of the CDC/PEPFAR-funded Kenya-based Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) HIV care and support program. As part of FACES and in collaboration with Dr. Craig Cohen, she developed the Student Training Elective Program (STEP), which places medical students and residents in FACES clinics. She has over 15 years experience conducting research in HIV prevention, care, and treatment among women and men in Kenya. Her research focuses on development of HIV prevention technologies, HIV care and treatment, and ethics in research. Dr. Bukusi's training in Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology is from the University of Nairobi; her training in Epidemiology and Public Health are from the University of Washington; and here training in research ethics is from the University of Cape Town School of Medicine.

Areas of Interest:

• HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment
• Integration of HIV and family planning care
• Integration of HIV care, antenatal care, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission
• Microbicides
• Clinical research training

For a complete list of publications, please click here: Publications on PubMed.

Updated July 2013

Citations:

• Woo VG, Liegler T, Cohen CR, Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K, Bukusi EA, Huchko MJ. Association of Cervical Biopsy with HIV Type 1 Genital Shedding Among Women on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses. 2013:7(29):1000-5.
• Woo VG, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Huchko MJ. Direct questioning is more effective than patient-initiated report for the detection of sexually transmitted infections in a primary care HIV clinic in Western Kenya. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2013 :2(40):158-61.
• Kwena ZA, Camlin CS, Shisanya CA, Mwanzo I, Bukusi EA. Short-term mobility and the risk of HIV infection among married couples in the fishing communities along Lake Victoria, Kenya. PLoS One. 2013:1(8):e54523.
• Woo VG, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Huchko MJ. Loop electrosurgical excision procedure: safety and tolerability among human immunodeficiency virus-positive Kenyan women. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2011:3(118):554-9.
• Huchko MJ, Maloba M, Bukusi EB. Safety of Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure Performed by Clinical Officers in an HIV-Primary Care Setting. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2010:1(111):89-90.