Boghuma Kabisen Titanji

Boghuma Kabisen Titanji is a Cameroonian medical doctor and clinical researcher. She is an expert on HIV drug resistant viruses and an associate professor at Emory University.

Early life and education Titanji was born in Cameroon. She received her MSc and DTM&H in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2010 and a PhD in Infectious Diseases studying HIV-1 cell-to-cell spread and Antiretroviral therapy drug resistance from University College London in 2014.

Career Titanji's work focuses on the mechanisms of HIV transmission and antiretroviral drug resistance. She joined Emory University School of Medicine in 2016 as an internal medicine resident and now serves as an associate professor in the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases.

In May 2012, she gave a TED Talk on the ethics of medical research in Africa.

Recognition and awards

2023: Winner of the Health Care Innovator/Research Award; Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2023 Health Care Heroes programme. 2014: Named one of the BBC 100 Women for her work on the advancement of ethically sound research 2012: Titanji was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship

Selected publications