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Dr. Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, has been awarded the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Career Development Award to support her research on the role of the vaginal microbiome in treatment outcomes following self-administered artesunate in the R34 trial she is conducting. Dr. Mungo previously received the ASCO Young...

The Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID) and ºÚÁÏÍø Global Women’s Health announce the first two PhD graduates of the ºÚÁÏÍø-UNZA-Wits Partnership for HIV and Women’s Reproductive Health Training Program, led by co-principal investigators Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc, and Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc, in Global Women’s Health.  Funded...

Doctors John Boggess and Jeffrey Stringer from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have been appointed to Distinguished Professorships. This prestigious honor is among the highest the University bestows upon its faculty, recognizing those who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in their fields or across disciplines. John Boggess, MD, has been...

Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, has been appointed to the Board of the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS), the leading global authority on HPV (Human Papillomavirus ) research and advocacy. The IPVS plays a crucial role in advancing scientific understanding, prevention, and treatment of HPV and associated diseases, including cervical cancer....

Benjamin Chi, MD, MSC, from the ºÚÁÏÍø Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has successfully renewed a K24 mentoring grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. This will be the second five-year grant cycle for which Dr. Chi has received this award. ...

A joint team of investigators from the University of North Carolina and the University of Zambia has published a landmark clinical study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study, led by ºÚÁÏÍø Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, demonstrates that artificial intelligence (AI)...

Doctors Meredith Newton, Yuri Sebastião, and Asha McClurg have been accepted into The Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP). This is one of the many programs and initiatives through the Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development at ºÚÁÏÍø. According to the site, “LAMP has been designed to assist junior...