Chiedozie Joseph Arum, MBBS, MPH

I am a 4th year doctoral candidate in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. My research interest is in the implementation, evaluation and modeling of public health interventions and/or policies geared towards the control of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB, hepatitis, and other diseases of global health importance.

My doctoral research focuses on improving HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa by studying how the disease changes over time and what social and behavioral challenges affect treatment. Using data from a large, long-running study of people living with HIV, I track patterns in key health markers (like immune cells and viral load) and examine how issues such as depression, stigma, substance use, and memory problems impact treatment success. The goal is to generate insights that can help design better, more holistic HIV care models that improve survival, treatment adherence, and overall quality of life for people living with HIV