Barbara Burmen, an epidemiologist from Kenya, has won the inaugural prize in a competition sponsored by a leading South African HIV researcher, Quarraisha Abdool Karim.
The US$5,000 award is a partnership with The World Academy of Sciences aimed at honouring women researchers in the biological sciences from Africa.
Burmen is a senior research officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute’s Centre for Global Health Research where she focuses on HIV and tuberculosis. She specialises in operations research, sharpening decision-making to make sure health interventions find their way to those who need them most.
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