Affiliateship: 2020-2024
Cohort 5
Country (Nationality)
Kenya
Discipline
Medical & Health Sciences
Bio
Dr Burmen holds a Bachelors’ degree in Human Medicine and Surgery, a Masters’ Degree in Public Health and a doctorate in Public Health. Dr. Burmen is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Cape Town funded by CIPHER & SANTHE. Dr Burmen is currently focused on standardizing exposure and outcome definitions for children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected.
Dr Burmen has over 15 years’ experience in HIV clinical, programmatic and research fields and an interest in HIV Implementation science and clinical, research, science policy and personal mentorship. She has authored 30 publications and made 25 international conference presentations with the support different grants. She has received international recognition awards for innovations in clinical practice, policy and research mentorship focused on HIV and Tuberculosis: Mohan Lumba ‘Young Scientist Award’ for immense contribution to improve lung health in Kenya; American Journal of Experts Gold Medal Researcher for contributing to research and the international community; African Society of Laboratory’s Medicine Best laboratory Clinician Champion (honorable mention) for promoting the clinician-laboratory interface and influencing laboratory policy development; AuthorAid’s mentor of the year for volunteer research mentoring services; TWAS Abdool Karim Prize for making a significant contribution to her field in resource limited settings; 2018’s Gro Brundtland Award for professional performance in sustainable public health; Face of Science Kenya as a contributor to diverse scientific work in Kenya, Science and Technology for Society (STS) Young leader as an outstanding young leader; is a IAP-NIH Policy fellow and African Science Leadership Program fellow and a nominee for the Obada Prize for innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms and for membership in the World Data Science Committee.