In this episode, Theresia Ambrose Ottaru, MD, PhD, a rising star in global health research and a physician and epidemiologist at Muhimbili University in Tanzania, explains the complexities of managing HIV alongside other comorbidities, especially in aging populations, and highlights the successes and ongoing challenges of HIV programs in Tanzania. She also explains how a Global Health Research Catalyzer Award from the Havey Institute helped her create a cohort in Tanzania to study the intersection of aging, HIV and comorbidities.

Robert Garofalo, MD, is well-known for his expertise on pediatric HIV prevention and care and sexual and gender minority health, but global health research was not on his radar until about a decade ago when a series of events sparked a passion for global health that is thriving today. In this episode, Garofalo shares his journey into the field and how his current global health projects in Nigeria are helping to engage young sexual and gender minority populations in HIV care and prevention.

In this episode Dr. Murphy talks with Claudia Hawkins, MD, Director of the Center for Global Communicable and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health. She shares her career path from a medical student in the UK to her impactful work in infectious diseases and global health at Northwestern University which includes groundbreaking HIV and Hepatitis co-infection research.