Muktar Aliyu joins VIGH

Dr. Aliyu has more than a decade of experience working in global health and until recently was Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr. Aliyu attended medical school at the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, and holds a master of public health degree (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) from the George Washington University and a doctorate degree in public health (Epidemiology and International health) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He completed residency training in occupational medicine at Meharry Medical College in 2008 and a fellowship in general preventive medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, New York, in 2009. He is a recipient of several awards, including the UAB Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, the UAB International Student Award for Academic Excellence, and the William H.J. Summerskill Award for outstanding achievement in research from the Mayo Foundation. Dr. Aliyu’s many areas of research interest include maternal and fetal outcomes associated with lifestyle choices (smoking, alcohol, obesity), reproductive choices in women with HIV infection, and effects of HIV-TB coinfection on reproductive outcomes. Dr. Aliyu is a diplomate of the American Board of Preventive Medicine.