Boghuma K. Titanji, M.D., MSc., DTM&H, Ph.D.

Boghuma K. Titanji, M.D., MSc., DTM&H, Ph.D.

Emory University

Dr. Boghuma Kabisen Titanji is a Cameroonian-born physician-scientist at Emory University in Atlanta. She obtained her M.D. from the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon and worked for 2 years after graduation as a medical officer before pursuing postgraduate research training in London, United Kingdom. As an awardee of the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship program, she obtained a master’s degree in tropical medicine and international health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the Royal College of Physicians in London and a Ph.D. in virology from University College London. 

Dr. Titanji joined Emory University School of Medicine in 2016 as a resident in internal medicine on the ABIM research pathway. She is currently an assistant professor of medicine and has 4 parallel career interests: translational and clinical HIV research, science communication, emerging infectious diseases and global health advocacy.

Her clinical focus is people with HIV, and her current research focuses on chronic inflammation as a mediator of cardiovascular disease in people with HIV. In addition, she is passionate about leveraging translational research to improve the care of people with HIV, global health equity and using science to influence health policy through science communication and advocacy.