Table 1.
Details of UVP trainees.
| Trainee | Current professional role | Study title | UNZA mentors | VU mentors | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male pharmacist | Lecturer, UNZA School of Health Sciences, and Head, Department of Pharmacy | The effect of lipid-based nutrient supplements on renal excretion of electrolytes and tenofovir concentrations in blood among Zambian HIV/AIDS patients | Nutrition scientist, pharmaceutical scientist | Pharmacologist, HIV/nutrition scientist | Graduated in 2016 |
| Female physician | Lecturer, UNZA School of Medicine, affiliated with the Tropical Gastroenterology and Nutrition Group (TROPGAN) | Gastric cancer in Zambia: An assessment of associated factors and strategies for early case detection | Nutrition scientist, neurologist | HIV/nutrition scientist, cancer pathologist | Graduated in 2019 |
| Male physician | Lecturer and Head, Division of Infectious Diseases, UNZA School of Medicine & University Teaching Hospital, Asst Director, Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health, Adjunct Asst Professor, VU Department of Medicine. | Insulin resistance and systemic inflammation among HIV-positive, antiretroviral therapy (ART)-treated, virologically suppressed Zambian adults | Gastroenterologist (head of department), biostatistician | HIV/nutrition scientist, HIV infectious disease specialist | Graduation anticipated in 2019 |
| Female biomedical scientist | Research Fellow, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) | Breast milk components and their effects on rotavirus vaccine seroconversion in Zambian infants born to HIV+ and HIV– mothers | Vaccinologist, basic scientist, nutrition scientist | Immunologist & molecular geneticist | Graduation anticipated in 2019 |
| Male physician | Lecturer, UNZA School of Medicine, Nephrology Coordinator, Zambia Ministry of Health | Renal and nutritional biomarkers in tenofovir induced nephropathy among HIV infected adolescents and young adults at UTH, Lusaka, Zambia | Nutrition scientist | HIV/nutrition scientist, HIV infectious disease/nephrologist | Graduation anticipated in 2020 |
| Male biomedical scientist | Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, UNZA | Probabilistic baseline prediction of TDF-associated nephrotoxicity among ART-naïve HIV-infected adults in Zambia | Pharmaceutical scientist, HIV/infectious diseases specialist, nephrologist (all UVP alumni) | Nephrologist, HIV infectious disease specialist, HIV/nutrition scientist | Graduation anticipated in 2020 |
| Female physiology lecturer | Lecturer, Lusaka Apex Medical University and Head, Department of Human Physiology | Endothelial dysfunction and plasma peroxynitrite levels in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals in Zambia | Cardiovascular physiologist, infectious diseases specialist | HIV infectious disease specialist, endothelial lipid peroxidation biologist | Graduation anticipated in 2020 |
| Female physiology lecturer | Lecturer, Cavendish University Zambia, School of Medicine | Endothelial dysfunction and dysglycemia in lean HIV+ adults on ART | Cardiovascular physiologist | HIV infectious disease specialist, inflammation/hypertension scientist | Graduation anticipated in 2021 |
| Male epidemiologist | Lecturer, Mulungushi University School of Medicine and Health Sciences | Predictors of virological failure among HIV patients with metabolic syndrome receiving antiretroviral therapy in Livingstone, Zambia | Epidemiologist, public health scientist, biostatistician | NCD epidemiologist, HIV/nutrition scientist | Graduation anticipated in 2021 |
| Male biochemist | Clinical Biochemist and Lecturer, Mulungushi University School of Medicine and Health Sciences | Patho-immune mechanisms of hypertension in HIV-infected patients | Infectious disease immunologist, molecular microbiologist | Inflammation/hypertension scientist, HIV infectious disease specialist | Graduation anticipated in 2021 |
| Male health economist | Lecturer, UNZA, School of Public Health | Health inequality among hypertensive patients in Zambia, stratified by HIV status | Health economist, health systems scientist | Behavioral economist, health care economist | Beginning PhD studies |