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Muktar Aliyu, MD, DrPH, MPH
Co-Core Director |Â Implementation Science Consultation Hub
Executive Committee Member
Biography
Dr. Aliyu is Professor of Health Policy and Medicine with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health. He also holds the Endowed Directorship in Global Health at VUMC. Dr. Aliyu attended medical school in Nigeria and completed graduate training in public health at the George Washington University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  He joined Vanderbilt University after completing preventive medicine residency and fellowship training at Meharry Medical College and the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Aliyu’s research interests are in in strengthening health systems for HIV care through implementation science approaches and preventing chronic complications associated with HIV/AIDS and its management. He is a principal investigator on research and training grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Â
More About Muktar Aliyu, MD, DrPH, MPH
I am a physician epidemiologist and have been involved in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS for over two decades, including service, research, and capacity building efforts. For 5½ years I served as the program director for Vanderbilt University’s comprehensive HIV program in Nigeria that was funded through the U.S. President’s Plan for Emergency Relief (PEPFAR). My research work has focused on implementation science approaches to delivering quality HIV/AIDS clinical services in resource-constrained settings, and preventing chronic complications associated with HIV/AIDS pathology and treatment. I served as the PI of a cluster randomized R01 focused on optimizing outcomes for HIV-positive mothers and their infants using a family-focused package of PMTCT interventions. More recently I have been co-leading NIH-funded clinical trials of ACE inhibitors for prevention of chronic kidney disease in persons with HIV in Nigeria and exploring the etiology of persistent microalbuminuria in that population. I also lead several Fogarty training grants in Nigeria focused on building capacity in non-communicable diseases research, biostatistics, research ethics, and research administration. I currently serve as Associate Director of the TN-CFAR Implementation Science core and as the Global Health lead on the TN-CFAR Executive Committee.Â