Roger Shapiro

Dr. Shapiro is an Associate Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. He has worked for over two decades in Botswana, performing clinical trials and nationwide surveillance to improve health outcomes for HIV-infected pregnant women and their children. His current research focus is to understand the relationship between antiretroviral drugs used in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes, and to study novel diagnostic and treatment strategies for HIV-infected children.

In Botswana, Dr. Shapiro has pioneered new strategies to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), provided early data to support antiretroviral treatment strategies that were safe enough to allow breastfeeding, and evaluated risks for morbidity and mortality among HIV-exposed infants.