Khameer Kidia
Kham was born and raised in Zimbabwe and is dedicated to improving mental health in his home country, where he has experience conducting and leading policy-relevant health systems research. He has also spent several years working on anthropological and implementation science research in HIV mental health, especially among adolescents, where he focuses on areas such as depression, disclosure, adherence, and stigma. He is currently co-PI on a project that examines stigma and skin disease in HIV-positive adolescents. Previously, he was lead qualitative researcher on the NIH-funded TENDAI project (Treatment to enhance depression and improve adherence for people with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe) and has been a research consultant for HIV mental health projects funded by UNICEF and Wellcome Trust. His work has been published in journals such as: New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Lancet Psychiatry, AIDS, and PLoS Medicine. With a special interest in education and capacity building, Kham has mentored students and taught research methods and academic writing at the University of Zimbabwe Department of Psychiatry and at Mount Sinai Hospital, NY. In addition to clinical training, he also has experience in humanities and social sciences. Kham graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a BA in French literature, studied for an MPhil in medical anthropology at Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and received his MD with AOA honors from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is currently a resident physician at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates.
Kham was born and raised in Zimbabwe and is dedicated to improving mental health in his home country, where he has experience conducting and leading policy-relevant health systems research. He has also spent several years working on anthropological and implementation science research in HIV mental health, especially among adolescents, where he focuses on areas such as depression, disclosure, adherence, and stigma. He is currently co-PI on a project that examines stigma and skin disease in HIV-positive adolescents. Previously, he was lead qualitative researcher on the NIH-funded TENDAI project (Treatment to enhance depression and improve adherence for people with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe) and has been a research consultant for HIV mental health projects funded by UNICEF and Wellcome Trust. His work has been published in journals such as: New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Lancet Psychiatry, AIDS, and PLoS Medicine. With a special interest in education and capacity building, Kham has mentored students and taught research methods and academic writing at the University of Zimbabwe Department of Psychiatry and at Mount Sinai Hospital, NY. In addition to clinical training, he also has experience in humanities and social sciences. Kham graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a BA in French literature, studied for an MPhil in medical anthropology at Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and received his MD with AOA honors from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is currently a resident physician at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates.
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