Elizabeth Bukusi

Elizabeth Anne Bukusi FAAS is a research professor working within the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, and global health. Bukusi's main areas of research focus around sexually transmitted infections, women's health, reproductive health, and HIV care, prevention and treatment. Bukusi is the Chief Research Officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and led a "landmark" study on the use of PrEP in Kenya.

Bukusi gained her general medical degree, followed by her Masters in obstetrics and gynaecology from the University of Nairobi. She then went on to earn a certificate in international health, Masters in public health (MPH) and a PhD from the University of Washington's Department of Epidemiology. Subsequent qualifications include a post-graduate diploma in Research Ethics from the University of Cape Town, then a Masters in Bioethics from the Sind Institute of Urology and Transplantation.

Bukusi's Masters in Public Health, completed in 2000, studied the male factor in bacterial vaginosis in Kenya, and her PhD then continued this path of research with her thesis titled: 'Bacterial Vaginosis: A Randomized Trial to Reduce Recurrence'. In 2006 Bukusi was awarded her PhD, and published a paper in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 'Bacterial vaginosis: risk factors among Kenyan women and their male partners'.

In 2010 Bukusi published 'Genital hygiene practices of fishermen targeted for a topical microbicide intervention against sexually transmitted infections in Kisumu, Kenya', within the International Journal of STD and AIDS.

Bukusi's academic roles include chief research officer at KEMRI; chair of the Bioethics Society of Kenya; research professor at the University of Washington; honorary lecturer at Aga Khan University; and volunteer clinical faculty professor at the University of California San Francisco.