Dr. Burmen holds a Bachelors’ degree in Human Medicine and Surgery, a Masters’ Degree and Doctorate in Public Health. She undertook a postdoctoral research fellowship at Harvard University and the University of Cape Town and a Policy fellowship at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Development, US funded by the interacademy partnership Dr. Burmen has over 17 years’ experience in HIV clinical, programmatic, research, science policy and consulting fields with interests in operations research and professional mentoring. She has authored 30 publications, the Kenya AIDS Response Progress report for 2018 and made 25 international conference presentations and has received international recognition for innovations in clinical practice, policy and research, sustainable public health, interdisciplinary sciences, promoting the clinician-laboratory interface,influencing laboratory policy development and mentoring.