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Dr. Lisa Abuogi obtained her medical degree at the University of Colorado and completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in 2008. After completing her residency she spent four years living and working in Kenya as a Fogarty International Health Clinical Fellow (2009-2010) and as deputy country director for Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) in Kenya, a PEPFAR-funded collaboration between UCSF and the Kenya Medical Research Institute focused on building capacity of the Kenyan government to provide quality HIV prevention and treatment services.

Currently, Dr. Abuogi is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado and the medical director for the Children's Hospital Immunodeficiency HIV Prevention Program. She currently has several ongoing studies in Kenya focused on improving treatment outcomes of children, youth, and women with HIV. This includes evaluating behavioral and mental health interventions to improve postpartum retention in care, viral suppression, and reduce perinatal transmission in pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV and assessment of adaptive strategies such as peer navigation and conditional cash transfers for youth with HIV in Kenya. She has spent time in several Latin American and African countries including Ecuador, Guatemala, Botswana, and Kenya.

Dr. Abuogi serves as faculty every year for the Global Health and Disaster's course and mentor's 3-4 MPH/Med students annually on global health projects.