University of Virginia Health System

Dr Gibson S. Kibiki • where you are from: Tanzania • brief info on your training and background: Bulgaria - MB ChB Tanzania - MMed Germany/The Netherlands - Training in Endoscopy • the institution and position where you worked prior to coming to CGH KCM-College/Hospital - Tumaini University Tanzania. Position: Lecturer • your primary research interest/activity here: Research in TB/Chest Infections in HIV • any UVA faculty you work with collaboratively: Dr Eric Houpt • how this work will be applied in the short term when you return TB/Chest infections are one of he leading cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV infected individuals in our country. I hope this work will help in better understanding of the problem and widen options for interventions • what your hopes/plans are for future activities/collaborative research with CGH: this collaborative work with UVa is the beginning of more collaborative activities to come.