Muktar Aliyu, MD, DrPH, MPH

Muktar Aliyu, MD, DrPH, MPH is Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Associate Director (Research) of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health. Dr. Aliyu attended medical school in Nigeria and completed graduate training in public health at the George Washington University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  He joined Vanderbilt University after completing preventive medicine residency and fellowship training at Meharry Medical College and the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Aliyu’s research interests are in improving timely linkage and retention in HIV care, especially for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs. He is a principal investigator on research and training grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Dr. Aliyu serves as a member of the Tennessee CFAR Executive Committee, representing global health.