About

Training Years: 2015-2016

Training Site: University of Zambia

Country: Zambia

Mentor: Jeff Stringer, MD; Bellington Vwalika, MD, MSc

Title: Phenotyping preterm birth in a Zambian cohort of HIV-infected women and their HIV-exposed infants

Project Objectives:  To identify the clinical phenotype of preterm birth (PTB) in HIV-infected women and their HIV-exposed infants in the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirths (GAPPS) cohort in Zambia. She aims to understand whether HIV-infected women have a different spectrum of PTB phenotypes than do uninfected women.

NIH Support:  Fogarty fellowship postdoctoral training award