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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 leads a robust research agenda focused on improving HIV treatment outcomes for women, youth, and children living with HIV that includes multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research studies, community-based participatory research that actively engages stakeholders, and is facilitated by collaborations with international and domestic HIV research networks. She has spent time in several Latin American and African countries including Ecuador, Guatemala, Botswana, and Kenya.