Prof. Lloyd B. Mulenga (BScHb, MBChB, MSc, MMed, PhD) is an Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ID) Physician currently serving as Director of Infectious Diseases for the Ministry of Health and the ID division of the University of Zambia (UNZA) School of Medicine (SOM) and its accredited teaching hospital, the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). He serves on the 1) United States National Institute of Health (NIH) Data and Safety Monitoring Boards Division of AIDS National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 2) WHO Guidelines Development Group 3) WHO HIV Drug Resistance Network (HIVResNet) 4) WHO Tropical Diseases Research (TDR) Joint Coordinating Board and other local and international professional bodies.
His research focuses on 1) HIV and clinical outcomes 2) HIV drug resistance and 3) HIV and non-communicable diseases (kidney, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes) 4) HIV prevention and 4) Infectious diseases epidemiology and clinical outcomes including SARS-CoV-2, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis. He has authored a number of publications in peer reviewed journals on the similar focus areas.