Biography

Mogomotsi Matshaba, MD, MB BCh BAO, BMedSci, P.H., Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, and Executive Director- Botswana-Baylor Clinic, is a graduate of University College of Dublin, Ireland. He then completed his residency training in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (2008 to 2011). His research interests in paediatric HIV infection research, genomics, ethics and implementation science. He is the principal investigator of the NIH funded Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN) leading a team of researcher from 6 institutions and 4 countries as well as the recently completed Individual Findings in Genetics Research in Africa (IFGeneRA) H3Africa ELSI Collaborative Centre. The 2 grants are currently training 3 MSc and 12 PhDs in Genomics, Bioinformatics and Bioethics in Botswana, Eswatini and Uganda. He is the Chairman of Botswana’s National HIV/Syphilis Elimination Validation Committee that was awarded the WHO Gold Tier in recognition of work done toward the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV. He has served as Scientific Advisor and National Coordinator for the Botswana Presidential COVID 19 Task Force. He sits in several Ministry of Health Committees as the paediatric HIV expert. On the international stage he serves in the Inter-Agency Task Team on the Prevention and Treatment of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers and Children (IATT), Geneva and is past Chair of Human Health and Heredity in Africa (H3Africa). He is a steering committee member of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH). He was awarded the International Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology Transplant and Nutrition in Jaipur, India in 2016 as well as the second highest civilian award in Botswana- the Presidential Order of Honor (P.H.) in Gaborone, Botswana in 2024.