Dr Kathleen M. Powis

Dr. Kate Powis is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and has held a medical license to practice medicine in Botswana since 2008. Her primary research is focused on HIV and maternal-child health, with a particular focus on understanding short- and longer-term health and developmental outcomes of children with exposure to HIV and antiretroviral drugs in utero who remain HIV- uninfected. She currently is the Principal Investigator of three NIH funded studies being conducted at BHP and provides mentoring to BHP clinicians who are early career researchers.