Violet Chihota, PhD

Global Health Research Interests: Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, Implementation Science, Infectious Diseases, Tuberculosis

Countries: Brazil, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Prof. Chihota is The Group Chief Scientific Officer at The Aurum Institute. She has over 20 years' experience in global health, in the fields of TB and TB/HIV co-infection. Her work has focused on the molecular epidemiology of drug sensitive- and resistant-TB, diagnosis of tuberculosis and linkage into care post diagnosis. Her current interests are in understanding resistance to TB infection and evaluating strategies to prevent tuberculosis in people with TB/HIV coinfection.

The Aurum Institute
Parktown, South Africa