After years of dedicated research and hard work, Dr. Elske Hoornenborg successfully defended her dissertation in the Aula of the University of Amsterdam, in the Oude Lutherse Kerk in Amsterdam last Wednesday morning. Her PhD focused on HIV and PrEP in the Netherlands, but her...
On the final day of the global health elective course, Future Medicine, first- and second-year masters students presented their solutions to problems in the Ghanaian medical supply chain using innovative technology. Three groups of students offered suggestions for ways to enhance pharmaceutical manufacturing, distribution, and...
Curious, focused and thoughtful: those are all words that describe AIGHD Chairman Prof. Frank Cobelens. He has worked at the organization since its inception in 2009, and seen it evolve from a small research group into a fully-fledged interdisciplinary institute. The institute was established by Prof....
An opportunity to attend a course in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) of health programs changed the course of Nwanneka Okere’s career. The PhD candidate enrolled in the course while working as a pharmacist on a HIV project at Doctor’s without Borders (MSF) in her home...
A one-of-a-kind workshop co-led by AIGHD brought together researchers, clinicians and community advocates to help address three major infectious disease threats. On November 18-19, EECA INTERACT 2019, the first scientific workshop on HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), was held in Almaty,...
A recent trip to Amsterdam is one Dr. Cissy Kityo won't soon forget. The Ugandan HIV physician and researcher successfully defended her thesis, Emerging HIV Drug Resistance in sub-Saharan Africa: Effects on Treatment Outcomes at the Agnietenkapel on Tuesday, November 12. The day prior, she presented her...