Training Years: 2018-2019
Training Site: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, School of Medical Science, Ghana (KNUST)
Country: Ghana
Mentors: Jonathan Stiles, PhD (MSM); Fred Sarfo (Komfo Teaching Hospital)
Title: Evaluating the Cardiovascular Risk Profile of HIV infected Patients on HAART in Ghana
Program Objectives:
Aim 1: To determine the prevalence of CVD risk factors of HIV patients on HAART.
Aim 2: To compare the CVD risk profiles of patients on HAART to HAART naïve patients.
Aim 3: To compare CVD risk estimation using the D.A.D , Framingham and ASCVD the risk equations
NIH Support: NIH Support: Fogarty fellow postdoctoral training award
