G. Gachanja
Walden University
United States

Dr. Grace Gachanja is a Global Safety Scientist and has worked for the last eight years in various drug safety surveillance capacities in a large biotech company. She received her PhD in Public Health from Walden University, a MPH from University of Illinois at Springfield, a BS in Health Education and Promotion from Western Illinois University, and a Registered Nurse diploma from the Nairobi Hospital School of Nursing located in Kenya. Dr. Gachanja's research interests are in HIV/AIDS, specifically that which involves HIV disclosure of a parent’s and/or a child’s illness from HIV-positive parents to their HIV-positive and negative children. She continues to advocate for HIV disclosure from parent to child by presenting her research at major conferences and writing scientific manuscripts for journal publication.

Published Manuscripts:

1. Gachanja, G., Burkholder, G. J., & Ferraro, A. (2014). HIV-positive parents, HIV-positive children, and HIV-negative children’s perspectives on disclosure of a parent’s and child’s illness in Kenya.  PeerJ, e486. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.486. Full text available at https://peerj.com/articles/486/ 
2. Gachanja, G., Burkholder, G. J., & Ferraro, A. (2014). HIV-positive parents' accounts on disclosure preparation activities in Kenya. JSBHS, 8(1), 18-37. doi: 10.5590/JSBHS.2014.08.1.02. Full text available at http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/jsbhs/vol8/iss1/1/ 

Gachanja, G. A rapid assessment of HIV post-disclosure experiences of urban school-aged children in Kenya. Preprint available at https://peerj.com/preprints/821/ 

Presentations:

1. Gachanja, G., Burkholder, G. J., & Ferraro, A. (2012, Oct). Child, parent, and healthcare professionals' perspectives o HIV infection status disclosure to children.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.
2. Gachanja, G., Burkholder, G. J., & Ferraro, A. (2013, Nov). HIV-positive parents disclosure-related preparation activities in Kenya. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA.
3. Gachanja, G., Burkholder, G. J., & Ferraro, A. (2014, Nov). Parents' and children's emotions spanning the HIV disclosure process in Kenya. Abstract accepted for roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA.

Dissertation

Gachanja, G. (2012). Child, parent, and healthcare professionals' perspectives on HIV infection status disclosure to children. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Proquest. (922421235).