MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Global Women’s Health & Obstetrics-Gynecology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Tumor Virology Research Program
Area of Interest
Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc, works to improve the health and well-being of women and girls globally. Her primary expertise is in cervical cancer prevention, and her research explores clinical and public health problems at the intersection of HPV and HIV.
Between 2009 and 2014, Chibwesha worked in Lusaka, Zambia, where she was an integral member of the Zambian Cervical Cancer Prevention Program, the continent’s largest see-and-treat cervical cancer prevention program. Since 2014, she has been based in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she leads the partnership between UNC Global Women’s Health, Wits University’s Clinical HIV Research Unit, and the NGO, Right to Care. This partnership seeks to transform the delivery of cervical cancer prevention services in South Africa.
As part of her commitment to the next generation of women’s health practitioners, Chibwesha holds leadership roles on three NIH-funded clinical research training fellowships. Her Johannesburg-based cervical cancer prevention team has also trained over 250 front-line healthcare providers across East and Southern Africa.
News and Stories
Two UNC School of Medicine researchers receive $1 million grants to advance innovative cancer research
Justin Milner, PhD, and Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc, have each received a $1 million grant from AACR. The investment will support their work aimed at improving the treatment of solid tumors, cervical cancer, lung cancer, and more.
UNC Lineberger provides $1.3 million in developmental research grants
More than $1.3 million in UNC Lineberger developmental research grants were awarded to 13 faculty members and one postdoctoral trainee this spring.
