Kowatsch, Monika

Kowatsch, Monika

PhD

Medicine

Biography:

Dr. Monika Kowatsch is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia whose research focuses on how HIV and hormones affect healthy aging in women living with HIV. Her work is conducted with the British Columbia CARMA-CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3), a cohort study of WLWH and control HIV-negative women that takes a holistic cell-to-society approach to address questions on healthy aging. Her project hopes to improve the quality of life for women living with HIV, as in Canada, women living with HIV live on average 7-10 years less than women without HIV and develop more concurrent conditions.

Research areas of interest:

HIV, Aging, Hormones, Inflamation

Research Themes:

Reproductive Infectious Diseases Sexual and Reproductive Health Chronic Disease

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