Biography

Dr. Jepchirchir Kiplagat is a Lecturer at Moi University and a public health expert specializing in health systems research and epidemiology. She is a Researcher at the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH). Dr. Kiplagat’s research focuses on using implementation science to enhance care delivery for older people living with HIV. Dr. Kiplagat’s research is supported by early career development awards from the US National Institutes of Health – Fogarty International Center (K43) and Gilead Sciences Global Public Health Research Scholars Program. She is currently a core member in a team working on the Lancet Commission on HIV and Aging.

Dr. Kiplagat holds a PhD in Public Health from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, as well as a Master and a Bachelors Degree in Public Health from Moi University, Kenya. She has been both a postdoctoral and PhD fellow with the Consortium of Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) and completed her NIH-Fogarty Fellowship (2021-2022) with the Northern Pacific Global Health Program. Dr. Kiplagat recently got accepted as one of the four inaugural Senior Fellows in Global Health Communications Leadership program with the University of Southern California’s Center for Communications Leadership and Policy, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, and Keck School of Medicine.