Research

Peer-reviewed work

Dr Chandiwana's research spans obesity and metabolic disease, HIV treatment optimisation, and the health of African women. A selection of her most-cited papers appears below.

1,963

Citations

18

h-index

  • Efficacy and acceptability of liraglutide for obesity in people with HIV: results of an open-label clinical trial in South Africa (LIROH trial)

    Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2026

  • GLP-1 receptor agonists for obesity: eligibility across 99 countries

    The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology · 2026

    16 citations

  • Analogue insulin, GLP-1, and the WHO Model Essential Medicines List

    The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology · 2026

  • Dolutegravir-based therapy, diet, physical activity, and weight gain: a 48-week prospective cohort in South Africa (DISCO study)

    JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 2026

  • Obesity is a disease: global health policy must catch up

    The Lancet Global Health · 2025

    21 citations

  • Antiretroviral therapy and obesity risk: a weighty question

    The Lancet HIV · 2025

  • Understanding and managing disordered sleep in people with HIV

    The Lancet HIV · 2025

  • Weight gain after HIV therapy initiation: pathophysiology and implications

    The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2024

    72 citations

  • Novel anti-obesity drugs for people with HIV

    The Lancet HIV · 2024

  • Obesity is South Africa's new HIV epidemic

    South African Medical Journal · 2024

  • Dolutegravir plus two different prodrugs of tenofovir to treat HIV (ADVANCE)

    New England Journal of Medicine · 2019

    862 citations

  • Dolutegravir with emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate versus efavirenz-based therapy: ADVANCE week 96

    The Lancet HIV · 2020

    345 citations

  • Unexpected interactions between dolutegravir and folate: randomized trial evidence from South Africa

    AIDS · 2021

    24 citations

  • Safety and efficacy of four drug regimens versus standard-of-care for symptomatic outpatients with COVID-19

    EBioMedicine · 2022

    19 citations

  • High loss to follow-up of children on antiretroviral treatment in a primary care HIV clinic in Johannesburg

    Medicine · 2018

    41 citations