Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH
Scientific Director, UNC Project-Malawi
Co-Director, Clinical Trials Unit
Professor of Medicine
Areas of Interest
My research interests are focused on the management of HIV disease in developing countries including prevention, interactions with endemic diseases, treatment of opportunistic infections including malignancies and monitoring strategies for antiretroviral therapy in this setting. The evaluation of the use of antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention is one of the primary objectives of my research.
About
Dr. Hosseinipour’s research interests are focused on the management of HIV disease in developing countries including prevention, interactions with endemic diseases, treatment of opportunistic infections including malignancies, and monitoring strategies for antiretroviral therapy in this setting. The evaluation of the use of antiretroviral therapy for HIV prevention is one of the primary objectives of her research.
In the news
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 By Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH Officials announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Malawi on April 2, 2020. At UNC Project Malawi, we’d been working for a month to carefully review and prepare for the virus. We established COVID preventive procedures and clinical management guidelines and planning for staff and staff relatives. We … Read more “Mina sees beyond what I see. She gives me the ‘aha moment,’ and I always ask myself how did I not see that. I keep aiming to do more and be the best in what I do because of her,” Mitch Matoga, MD, PhD, a senior researcher with UNC Project-Malawi, says of his fellowship mentor, … Read more The National Institutes of Health has awarded University of North Carolina’s Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases nearly $25 million over seven years to continue operating its Global HIV Clinical Trials Unit, or CTU. The new funding will support HIV treatment and prevention in adults, children and pregnant women at four research sites … Read more
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
Report from Malawi: Weathering a second wave—or tsunami—of COVID-19
‘What global health can accomplish’: UNC honors Hosseinipour’s dedication to mentoring with Distinguished Teaching Award
NIH awards $25 million to UNC’s Global HIV Clinical Trials Unit
Education
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Medical School
Northwestern University Medical School
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MPH
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill