Setlhomo Koloi-Keaikitse is from the University of Botswana where she teaches courses in research measurement and evaluation in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Setlhomo holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from Ball State University (Indiana, USA) and a Master of Education from the University of Botswana. She has worked on research for the Botswana […]
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Victor Zulu is from the University of Zambia where he is a senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Clinical Studies at the School of Veterinary Medicine. Victor holds a PhD in Veterinary Medicine from Rakuno Gakuen University in Japan, and an MSc in Tropical Veterinary Medicine from the University of Edinburgh. He has […]
Read MoreJohn Barugahare comes from the Department of Philosophy at Makerere University in Uganda where he lectures and supervises research in the Master of Health Sciences in Bioethics program. John completed his PhD and Master of Philosophy from the University of Bergen in Norway where he focused on allocating and financing global health resources. He has […]
Read MoreDan K. Kaye is an obstetrician-gynecologist and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Makerere University of College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda. His research interests are evaluating informed consent in emergency care research, especially randomized clinical trials in emergency obstetric and newborn care. He has a PhD in Public Health Sciences (Reproductive Health) jointly […]
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Dr. Gershom Chongwe
Zambia
Dr. Chongwe is a lecturer in the Department of Public Health in the School of Medicine at the University of Zambia. He has a medical and public health background and currently teaches quantitative research methods and basic epidemiology to both undergraduate and graduate students.
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Prof. Dolly Ntseane studied Social Policy and administration at Columbia University in New York (1985-1987). She obtained PhD in Social Welfare Policy from Brandeis University in 1994. She is currently a Professor of Social Work at the University of Botswana in Gaborone. Prior to teaching at the University of Botswana, she worked as a Social […]
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Dr. Imelda Namagembe began her service as a medical officer in Uganda 25 years ago. After further training, in 2002 she became a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital. She also currently serves as Honorary Senior Lecturer at the School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University. Her main […]
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Dr. Joseph Zulu completed a Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology and a PhD in Public Health. He is currently working as a Lecturer in Health Promotion at the Department of Public Health, University of Zambia. From 2008 to 2012, he served as an Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Zambia, Student […]
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Janet Nakigudde is a behavioral scientist Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University in Uganda. She attended Makerere University for her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and thereafter attended Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Makerere University in a sandwich program to obtain a doctorate in […]
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Chrispin Mweemba is a lecturer in the Department of Public Health, University of Zambia. He attended the University of Zambia (2005) where he was awarded a Bachelor’s degree in Economics before proceeding to the University of Cape Town (2011) where he received an MPH in Health Economics. Some of the courses that Mr Mweemba teaches […]
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Basutli Ramontshonyana is currently working as the University of Botswana Institutional Review Board (UB IRB) Assistant Administrator at the Office of Research and Development (ORD), Research Ethics Unit. Basutli obtained her Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities in 2007 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education in 2008 from the University of Botswana. Basutli […]
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Dr. Gaonyadiwe (George) Mokone
Botswana
Dr. Mokone holds a PhD (2006) in Exercise Physiology from the University of Cape Town. George rejoined the University of Botswana as lecturer (Human Physiology) in January 2009 when the University opened the first and only medical school in Botswana. Since its inception, he has coordinated the first two years of its five-year medical degree program.
Read MoreDr. Gershom Chongwe
Zambia
Dr. Chongwe is a lecturer in the Department of Public Health in the School of Medicine at the University of Zambia. He has a medical and public health background and currently teaches quantitative research methods and basic epidemiology to both undergraduate and graduate students.
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Dr. Steven Mpungu Kiwuwa
Uganda
Dr. Steven Mpungu Kiwuwa is a lecturer at the Department of Child Health and Development centre, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences. He has a background in Human Medicine, with a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
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Mr. Oliver Mweemba
Zambia
Mr. Mweemba is a lecturer in the Department of Public Health, in the School of Medicine at University of Zambia. He has a social science background and completed his Master of Philosophy in Health Promotion at the University of Bergen in Norway.
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Ms. Linda Kampata
Zambia
Ms. Kampata is a Staff Development Fellow for Bioethics and Health Promotion as well as a Grant Management Administrator in the Department of Public Health at the University of Zambia, School of Medicine. Linda has a clinical background, having completed her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, along with numerous nursing certifications.
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Mr. Freddy Eric Kitutu
Uganda
Mr. Kitutu is a pharmacist and assistant lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy, at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. He completed a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Makerere University. He participates in didactic and experiential courses of undergraduate students in the College of Health Sciences and also supervises several undergraduate students in their final year research projects.
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Mr. Paul Kutyabami
Uganda
Mr. Kutyabami is a lecturer at the Department of Pharmacy at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. He has been a member of the Faculty of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee at the College for four years and is Managing Director of Medline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. He received a BPharm degree from Makerere University and an […]
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Ms. Aida Nakawunde
Uganda
Ms. Nakawunde serves as the Assistant Research Coordinator at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from the Makerere University Kampala. In her current position she manages the administrative work of the School of Medicine IRB.
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Dr. Joseph Gaie
Botswana
Dr. Joseph Balatedi R. Gaie holds a Diploma in Philosophy from the Seminary for Zimbabwe, a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Humanities (Theology and Philosophy major) from the University of Botswana, Master of Science in Philosophy (MSc) from the University of Edinburgh and a Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Essex.
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Ms. Dimpho Njadingwe
Botswana
Ms. Dimpho Njadingwe, is an Institutional Review Board (IRB) Assistant in the Office of Research and Development (ORD), University of Botswana (UB). She received a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Science and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education with specialization in Geography, both from the University of Botswana.
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Mr. Aminu Yakubu
Nigeria
Mr. Aminu Yakubu joins the John Hopkins-Fogarty African Bioethics Training Program from the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria, where he works as the administrative officer to the National Health Research Ethics Committee. Mr. Yakubu has a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Bayero University Kano, Nigeria and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Birmingham, UK.
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Mr. Derrick Elemu
Zambia
Mr. Derrick Elemu joins the FABTP from Lusaka, Zambia, where he is a lecturer on research methods in social sciences at the University of Zambia. Mr. Elemu received a Bachelor’s degree in Developmental Studies and Economics, and obtained a Master’s degree in Developmental Studies, with specialization in Politics of Alternative Development Strategies, Alternative Research Methods and Gender.
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Dr. Solomon Kumbi Hawas
Ethiopia
Dr. Solomon Kumbi Hawas resides in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Addis Ababa University (AAU).
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Mr. Martin Anu Nkematabong
Cameroon
Mr. Martin Anu Nkematabong joins the Johns Hopkins-FABTP from Bamenda, Cameroon where he is a Senior Journalist with the Cameroon Tribune, and Deputy Provincial Chief of the Cameroon News and Publishing Corporation for the North West province. Martin has a bachelors degree in English and has an advanced diploma in Journalism from the Advanced School of Mass Communication.
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Ms. Juliet Katoba Ndhlovu
Zambia
Ms. Juliet Katoba Ndhlovu joins the Johns Hopkins-Fogarty African Bioethics Training Program from Lusaka, Zambia where she worked as a Research Associate with the Kaposi Sarcoma-associated Herpes-virus (HHV-8) study in the Department of Paediatric and Child Health, University of Zambia (UNZA).
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Dr. Julius Nwobegahay
Cameroon
Dr. Nwobegahay obtained a Bsc (Hons) Microbiology degree (Upper second class), from the University of Calabar, and continued his studies at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria where he received a Masters in Medical Virology. He then studied at the University of Venda, South Africa where he obtained a PhD in Microbiology (focusing on molecular virology).
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Dr. Olaniyi Taiwo
Nigeria
Dr. Olaniyi Taiwo graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1999.
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Dr. Pauline Osamor
Nigeria
Dr. Pauline Osamor is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute of Child Health in the College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan (CMUI) in Nigeria. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, a Master of Public Health degree, and recently completed her Doctoral degree (2010) in Medical Sociology from universities in Nigeria.
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Mr. Musonda Simwinga
Zambia
Musonda Simwinga graduated from the University of Zambia with a Bachelor degree in Public Administration and Development Studies.
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Ms. Kagemlo Kiro
Tanzania
Kagemlo Kiro received a Bachelor of Sociology from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Her undergraduate studies involved social science research methodology and fieldwork at the Kuleana Center for Children’s Rights in Mwanza.
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Mr. Francis Masiye
Malawi
Mr. Masiye received a Bachelor of Philosophy in Ethics from the Pontifical Urbania University through his studies at the Salvatorian Institute of Philosophy and Theology in Tanzania.
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Mr. Robert Ssekubugu
Uganda
Mr. Robert Ssekubugu’s research experience began when he was an undergraduate at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences. In August, 2009, Robert returned to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to pursue his Masters of Science degree in Public Health (MSPH) in the department of International Health. He completed his degree in May, 2011 and he is back in Uganda working with Rakai and with the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
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Ms. Caroline Kithinji
Kenya
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nairobi, Ms. Kithinji employed her knowledge of biochemistry and molecular biology in conducting trypanosomiasis research at the Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute.
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Dr. Fraction Dziinjalamala
Malawi
Dr. Dzinjalamala is currently a lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, and Medicinal Chemistry at the College of Medicine, University of Malawi. Dr Dzinjalamala received his B.S.c in Chemistry from the University of Malawi, his PhD in pharmacology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and his M.S.c in clinical pharmacology from the University of Glasgow, UK.
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Dr. Gorrette Nalwadda
Uganda
Ms. Nalwadda is working as an Assistant Lecturer with the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, at the Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. Ms. Nalwadda completed both her B.Sc. in Nursing and her M.Sc. in Population and Reproductive Health. Ms. Nalwadda is a member of the research and ethics committee in the Faculty of Medicine, she supervises undergraduate proposal development and dissertations, and she co-teaches courses in Research Methodology and Professional Ethics in Nursing.
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Ms. Joseline Bruce
Ghana
Ms. Bruce is currently working as a Research Assistant for the Malaria Project, at the School of Public Health (SPH), University of Ghana, where she completed her B.Sc. studies in Nutrition and Biochemistry.
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Dr. Dya Eldin Elsayed
Republic of Sudan
Dr. Elsayed works for Alzaiem Alazhari University in Khartoum North, Sudan where he is Associate Professor of Community Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medical Technical Sciences.
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Dr. Mantoa Mokhachane
South Africa
Dr. Mokhachane is a pediatrician and consultant for the Neonatal Unit at the Chris Hani Barahwanath Hospital, University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB.B.Ch), Fellow of the College of Medicine (FCP.Paed.SA), and MMed of Pediatrics at the University of Witwatersrand.
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Mr. Bornwell Sikateyo
Zambia
Dr. Sikateyo is a Director for the Research Resource Centre (RSC) of the Southern Africa Consortium for Research Excellence (SACORE) at the Department of Public Health in the School of Medicine at the University of Zambia. Prior to this appointment he was a Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Specialist at the Central Board of Health in Zambia where he was the national focal point person for research and helped establish the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC).
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Dr. Ademola J. Ajuwon
Nigeria
Dr. Ademola Ajuwon is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Health Promotion and Education in the College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan (CMUI) in Nigeria. He holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology, a Master of Public Health degree, and a Doctoral degree in Public Health Education from universities in Nigeria.
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Mr. Bavon Mupenda
Democratic Republic of Congo
Mr. Mupenda is a Lecturer at the Free University of Great Lakes Countries in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, where he teaches a course in social ethics and research methodology. He holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology and Anthropology, and a Masters degree in Sociology from the University of Lubumbashi, Zaire.
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Ms. Nicola W. Barsdorf
South Africa
Ms. Barsdorf is a Ph.D. candidate in the Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway. She is a former fellow in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health, USA.
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Dr. Godfrey Tangwa
Cameroon
Dr. Godfrey Tangwa is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Yaounde 1 in Yaounde, Cameroon. He holds a Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degree in Philosophy from Universities in Nigeria.
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In October 2009, Paulina began a three year Dphil in Ethics of Collaborative Global Health Research at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof. Michael Parker, Dr Susan Bull and Dr. Sassy Molyneux. Prior to this Paulina was a Bioethicist on the Ethical, Social and Cultural (ESC) program of the Grand Challenges in Global Health and a senior research officer of the Navrongo Health Research Centre, based in northern Ghana.
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Rev. John Appiah-Poku
Ghana
Rev. John Appiah-Poku is an ordained Priest who studied theology at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, MD. He is currently Dean of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences in the College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, in Kumasi, Ghana.
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Dr. Duncan Ngare
Kenya
Dr. Ngare (deceased) was Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya. He received his BA in Sociology from Nairobi University in 1981, his MPH from UCLA in 1987 and his DrPH from UCLA in 1990.
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Dr. Godwin Ndossi
Tanzania
Dr. Ndossi is Director of the Directorate of Food Science and Nutrition in the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In this role he oversees activities in three sections including Nutritional Biochemistry, Food Quality and Safety, and Food Preservation and Product Development.
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Dr. Paul Ndebele
Zimbabwe
Dr Paul Ndebele currently serves as Assistant Director for Research Ethics in the Office of Research and Development at University of Botswana. Dr Ndebele received his BSc Honours Degree in Sociology from the University of Zimbabwe in 1992, his MSc in Population Studies from the same institution in 1994 and his PhD in Psychology from University of KwaZulu Natal in 2011. His PhD thesis was entitled “A study of trial participants’ understanding and attitudes towards randomisation, placebo use and double-blinding; and a pilot intervention in a microbicide trial in Malawi.”
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