Dr. Lilian Njagi

Lilian is a physician-scientist (medical doctor) working as a Senior Clinical Research Scientist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Respiratory Disease Research.  She holds MSc and PhD degrees in tropical and infectious diseases from the University of Nairobi, and the CARTA fellowship has supported her PhD. She also holds a fellowship in epidemiology degree supported by the tuberculosis HIV co-infection training program in Kenya (NIH/Fogarty HIV Research Training Program, D43 TW011817). She is an alumnus of the African Doctoral Academy, Stellenbosch University, and a diplomate of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She holds a certificate in International Infectious Disease and Global Health Training from the University of Manitoba and a Leadership and Management certificate from Strathmore Business School. Her early work and PhD training centered on HIV medicine and translational research on monitoring the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in people living with HIV, looking into novel solutions to monitoring treatment, including assessing the role of pharmacogenetics. She is interested in advancing Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection research, including assessing the role of immune response in TB control to develop targeted interventions for TB prevention and care in people with and without HIV.