Aspro Denise Evans

Denise Evans is a public health researcher whose work centers on tuberculosis and HIV in Southern Africa. Affiliated with leading academic and clinical research networks in the region, her scholarship integrates epidemiology, health systems research, and implementation science to improve outcomes for people affected by TB, drug-resistant TB, and HIV. She contributes to multinational collaborations, including initiatives linked to the IeDEA consortium and post-TB research platforms.

Her publications highlight major contributions to rapid molecular diagnostics, cost-effectiveness of novel TB regimens such as BPaL, and health system barriers to timely TB treatment initiation. She examines patient and provider costs, cardiovascular and respiratory sequelae of TB, and post-TB disability, advancing evidence for integrated and patient-centered TB care in high-burden settings.

Additional work spans maternal and child health, nutrition, neurodevelopment, and community perceptions of HIV and mental illness in rural South Africa. Across studies, a consistent strength lies in combining clinical insight with socioeconomic and behavioral perspectives, generating policy-relevant evidence to inform equitable health service delivery in resource-limited contexts.