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
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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