About

Dr. Chinula is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Division of Global Women’s Health at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, a Clinical Research Site Leader at UNC Project Malawi, a collaboration between UNC and Malawi Ministry of Health, and a Director of UNC Obstetrics and Gynecology Activities in Malawi. Dr Chinula completed his medical training at the University of Malawi College of Medicine and his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is a former trainee of the Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program and Gilead, AORTIC ACLI participant and leads UNC Global HIV Clinical Trials Unit Malawi Clinical Research Site participation in HIV prevention and treatment trials and also in NCI AIDS Malignancy Consortium. Dr Chinula is also an adjunct faculty at the University of Malawi College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He also serves on several national technical working groups and task forces including the Malawi National Cancer Task Force, Malawi Immunization Technical Advisory Group, and Malawi Cervical Cancer Steering Committee. He has research interests in HIV prevention and cervical cancer control, and his research projects have been funded by NIH, USAID and UNC Linerberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

In the news

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  Chinula Awarded the ACTG’s Constance B. Wofsy Award

  Lameck Chinula, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was awarded the Constance B. Wofsy Award at the recent Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally (ACTG) Network Meeting, recognizing his contributions to women’s health. “Dr. Chinula is a wonderful and charismatic person and leader, with an upstanding character who has a bright future in network … Read more

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  UNC Researchers Lead HPV Research and Global Cancer Scientific Session at the EUROGIN International Multidisciplinary HPV Congress in Stockholm 

  UNC researchers in cervical cancer prevention, members of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, filled the agenda at a recent scientific session for the EUROGIN International Multidisciplinary HPV Conference in Stockholm, Sweden.       EUROGIN’s U.S. Chair Jennifer S. Smith, PhD, professor of epidemiology at the UNC Gillings … Read more

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  NICHD Grant Award Enables Researchers To Address Reasons For Vertical Transmission of HIV in Malawi As the Country Pursues Elimination Goals: Integrated Educational Cores Represent the Best of Capacity Building with Malawian Health Leaders

  Led by Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH, the NIH’s National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), has funded the project “Preventing Infant Infections with Implementation Science in Malawi.” (PRI3SM). The program, in partnership with the Republic of Malawi’s Ministry of Health, comprises three studies to address gaps in prevention services, striving for elimination of vertical … Read more