Boghuma Kabisen Titanji

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.

Early life and education

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]

Recognition and awards

• 2023: Winner of the Health Care Innovator/Research Award; Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2023 Health Care Heroes programme. ^[5]
• 2014: Named one of the BBC 100 Women for her work on the advancement of ethically sound research ^[6]
• 2012: Titanji was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship ^[7]

Selected publications

• Titanji, Boghuma Kabisen; Pillay, Deenan; Jolly, Clare (1 April 2017). "Combination antiretroviral therapy and cell–cell spread of wild-type and drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus-1". Journal of General Virology. 98 (4): 821–834. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.000728. ISSN   0022-1317. PMC   5657029 . PMID   28141491.
• Titanji, Boghuma Kabisen; Aasa-Chapman, Marlen; Pillay, Deenan; Jolly, Clare (December 2013). "Protease inhibitors effectively block cell-to-cell spread of HIV-1 between T cells". Retrovirology. 10 (1): 161. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-161 . ISSN   1742-4690. PMC   3877983 . PMID   24364896.

References

1. "Jolly Lab - Members". UCL. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
2. "Boghuma K. Titanji, M.D., MSc., DTM&H, Ph.D." ASM.org. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
3. "UCL Jolly Lab Members". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
4. "The Ethical Riddles In HIV Research". Ted Talks. 10 January 2013.
5. Ndungidi, Patrick (1 June 2023). "USA: Dr Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, winner of the Health Care Innovator/Researcher award". African Shapers. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
6. "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
7. "Scholar gives TED talk of the day". Commonwealth Scholarship. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018.