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Joshua Kimani

ResearcherMedical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Manitoba

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Joshua Kimani

Researcher

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
34 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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116

Publications

182

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Research

Hpv Hiv Cervical Cancer Acetylsalicylic Acid Hormones Inflammation Natural Killer Cells T Cells

Latest papers

Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya.
BMJ open · 2026
Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Urethral and Rectal STIs Among a Cross-Sectional Sample Men Who Have Sex With Men.
Sexually transmitted diseases · 2026
Comparing CD8+ T cell ENV epitopes of two HLA class I alleles associated with different outcomes of HIV-1 infection with broadly neutralizing antibodies epitope targets discovered to date.
Frontiers in immunology · 2026

All 116 publications

Latest funding

Enhancing surveillance and detection of Mpox across Africa
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$350,000
Examining the "local biologies" of transgender people in Nairobi, Kenya: epidemiological, biological, and social determinants of STBBI vulnerability
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Inflammation, Sex hormones, and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Expression: Assessing their Relationship in Menopausal Women and Evaluating Interventions to Prevent Cervical Cancer in Older Women
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$2,000,000

All 35 grants and awards

116 publications.

Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya.

McClarty LM, Gitau AK, Herpai N, Kimani J, Kinyua AK, Kiplagat A, Micheni M, Muriuki F, Oside D, Wanjiru RK, Isac S, Lazarus L, Lorway RR, McKinnon LR, Mishra S, Shaw SY, Bhattacharjee P, Becker ML, Zingatia Maskan Study Team

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-121267 PMID: 42760075

Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Urethral and Rectal STIs Among a Cross-Sectional Sample Men Who Have Sex With Men.

Ochieng F, Wambua P, Kimani J, Wanjiru M, Agingu W, Kabuti R, Mdletshe N, McKinnon LR, Otieno FO, Mehta SD

Sexually transmitted diseases2026

DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000002320 PMID: 41873979

Comparing CD8+ T cell ENV epitopes of two HLA class I alleles associated with different outcomes of HIV-1 infection with broadly neutralizing antibodies epitope targets discovered to date.

Ramdoyal A, Daniuk CA, Omange RW, Kimani J, Luo M

Frontiers in immunology2026

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1786452 PMID: 42051541

Unique expression of genes influencing transendothelial leukocyte migration in HIV-1 resistant women in the pumwani sex worker cohort.

Liebzeit CJ, Deng HY, Liang B, Li L, Songok M, Kimani J, Plummer FA, Luo M

AIDS (London, England)2025

DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000004177 PMID: 40053505

Spatial transcriptomics unveils estrogen-modulated immune responses and structural alterations in the ectocervical mucosa of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate users.

Kaldhusdal V, Boger MF, Tjernlund A, Burgener AD, Bradley F, Lajoie J, Omollo K, Kimani J, Fowke K, Czarnewski P, Broliden K

Scientific reports2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-83775-9 PMID: 39762272

The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Hontelez JAC, Goymann H, Berhane Y, Bhattacharjee P, Bor J, Chabata ST, Cowan F, Kimani J, Knox J, Lora WS, Lungu C, Manne-Goehler J, Mauti J, Moshabela M, Mpembeni RM, Wa Mwanza M, Ndung'u T, Omondi E, Phiri S, Siedner M, Tanser FC, de Vlas SJ, Bärnighausen TW

EClinicalMedicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103233 PMID: 40626258

The cervicovaginal microbiome associates with spatially restricted host transcriptional signatures throughout the human ectocervical epithelium and submucosa.

Kaldhusdal V, Franzén Boger M, Burgener AD, Lajoie J, Omollo K, Kimani J, Tjernlund A, Fowke KR, Kwon DS, Edfeldt G, Broliden K

PLoS pathogens2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013677 PMID: 41218071

HIV-Exposed Seronegative Female Sex Workers Show Different Cellular Immune Profiles Across the Menstrual Cycle.

Kowatsch MM, Omollo K, Bradley F, Månberg A, Nilsson P, Bergström S, Oyugi J, Kimani J, Broliden K, Fowke KR, Lajoie J

American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989)2025

DOI: 10.1111/aji.70198 PMID: 41416793

Toward improving anal health care among GBMSM in Kenya: Lessons from a patient's illness, treatment and recovery journey.

Anyula Gorigo S, Owek C, Mwangangi Z, Memon H, Umair I, Macharia P, Mathenge J, Blanchard J, McKinnon LR, Kimani J, Moses S, Bhattacharjee P, Ngunu-Gituathi C, Becker M, Reza-Paul S, Lazarus L, Thomann M, Lorway R, WEMAH team

Global public health2024

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2024.2416081 PMID: 39432494

Uptake of cervical cancer screening among sex workers living with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.

Akolo M, Gelmon L, Musembi H, Mutwiri B, Kambo I, Kimani J, Akolo C

Therapeutic advances in infectious disease2024

DOI: 10.1177/20499361241284238 PMID: 39421664

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Hpv Dear Professor Kimani, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Examining the "local biologies" of transgender people in Nairobi, Kenya: epidemiological, biological, and social determinants of STBBI vulnerability" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Joshua Kimani

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya.

Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Urethral and Rectal STIs Among a Cross-Sectional Sample Men Who Have Sex With Men.

Comparing CD8+ T cell ENV epitopes of two HLA class I alleles associated with different outcomes of HIV-1 infection with broadly neutralizing antibodies epitope targets discovered to date.

Unique expression of genes influencing transendothelial leukocyte migration in HIV-1 resistant women in the pumwani sex worker cohort.

Spatial transcriptomics unveils estrogen-modulated immune responses and structural alterations in the ectocervical mucosa of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate users.

The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

The cervicovaginal microbiome associates with spatially restricted host transcriptional signatures throughout the human ectocervical epithelium and submucosa.

HIV-Exposed Seronegative Female Sex Workers Show Different Cellular Immune Profiles Across the Menstrual Cycle.

Toward improving anal health care among GBMSM in Kenya: Lessons from a patient's illness, treatment and recovery journey.

Uptake of cervical cancer screening among sex workers living with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.

Frequent collaborators

Ma Luo

Julie Lajoie

Rupert Kaul

Parinita Bhattacharjee

Lawrence Gelmon

James Blanchard

Stephen Moses

Francois Cholette

Paul Sandstrom

Lisa Lazarus

Adam Burgener

Robert Lorway

Ruey-Chyi Su

Marissa Becker

Keith Fowke

Charu Kaushic

Leigh McClarty

Lisa Avery

Michael Surette

Lyle Mckinnon

Catherine Card

Souradet Shaw

Tony Mazzulli

Ali A Ashkar

Nicole Bernard

Francis Plummer

Wangari Tharao

Sharmistha Mishra

Isaac Bogoch

Wangari Tharao