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Boghuma Kabisen Titanji

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Boghuma Kabisen Titanji
Born
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Alma materLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine University College London
AwardsCommonwealth Scholarship British Broadcasting Corporation's list of the "100 Women Changing the World"
Scientific career
InstitutionsEmory 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

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Jolly Lab - Members". UCL. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
  2. ^ The Use of Benznidazole in Treating Chagas' Disease at the Non-vector Transmitted Region : A Literature Review and Study Design (2010). Web.
  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. ^ "Scholar gives TED talk of the day". Commonwealth Scholarship. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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