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
Despite the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) increasing the amount of blood collected since its inception in 2004, Malawi remains with a 27% deficit in required blood supplies nationally. Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH, and researchers sought to understand the facilitators and barriers to blood donation among secondary school students in Malawi. They utilized a qualitative … Read more A collaborative study that included the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, UNC Project-Malawi, and the UNC Center For AIDS Research (CFAR), compared the contraceptive effectiveness of a typical-use LNG implant and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injectable during efavirenz use. The study included women living with HIV (WLHIV) on efavirenz-containing antiretroviral treatment in Lilongwe, … Read more Dr. Mina Hosseinipour’s interest in infectious diseases and medicine began when she was a medical resident in Houston, Texas. Many patients were immigrants, and she was treating several for HIV using a new combination of anti-HIV drugs commonly known as HAART. “It made me want to understand why certain diseases were more common in resource-limited … Read more 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
Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Blood Donation in Secondary Schools in Malawi
Effectiveness of Levonorgestrel Implant and Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Injectable for Women living with HIV on Efavirenz
Public Health Expert Studies Disease, Empowers Next Generation of Researchers
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
Education
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Medical School
Northwestern University Medical School
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MPH
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill