Biography

Professor Elizabeth Bukusi: (MBChB, M.Med (ObGyn), MPH, PhD, PGD (Research Ethics), MBE) is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences(FAAS). She is a Senior Principal Clinical Research Scientist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), a Research Professor at the University of Washington (Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global health), an honorary lecturer at Aga Khan University in Nairobi and Maseno University (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology) and Volunteer Clinical faculty – Professor at the University of California San Francisco (Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences) and Visiting faculty at the Centre for Biomedical Research and Ethics and Culture (CBEC) at the Sind Institute for Urology and Transplantation (SIUT).

Prof. Bukusi, in collaboration with Dr. Craig Cohen at UCSF, established the KEMRI Research Care and Training Program (RCTP) in 1995. She was the first lead faculty in bioethics for the Bioethics program at Amref International University (AMIU) from its inception until August 2025, and she continues to serve as a faculty member in the program. In addition to substantial experience in conducting socio-behavioral and biomedical research and providing HIV care, mentoring and training health care and research personnel to enhance local and international capacity. She has a strong interest in Research and Clinical Ethics and the development of systems and structures for Regulation of Research. She was the founding chairperson of the National Bioethics Society of Kenya, (BSK), a board member of AVAC, and chaired the WHO HRP Alliance (capacity building for RH research) 2016 to 2021, and is a trustee for the HIV Trust.