Affiliateship: 2018 - 2022
Cohort 3
Country (Nationality)
Tanzania
Discipline
Biosciences
Bio
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I am an early- transitioning to a middle-career researcher with interest in participating in research projects aimed at promoting health and medical science technologies in Tanzania. My ambition to pursue a career in biomedical science were driven by the fact that Africa bears the brunt of most devastating diseases, yet, most of health research activities that are carried out in Africa are led by researchers from developed world. I therefore began my career path in 2009 as junior researcher at a National Institute for Medical Research-Mbeya Medical Research Center (NIMR-MMRC) in Tanzania, by working with human cohorts and clinical trials to study how different pathogens modulate our immune system. Since then, my research base has mostly been in Tanzania under the umbrella of NIMR-MMRC. Nonetheless, I have also had opportunities to collaborate with international researchers from Europe, US and Australia during my doctoral and post-doctoral tenures. I currently lead the immunology laboratory at NIMR-MMRC and transitioning to a role of an independent researcher with intentions of establishing a career in Tanzania, and establish an international reputation as an expert in the area of immunology, particularly on immune dysfunction during infectious diseases of global importance such as HIV and Tuberculosis. Importantly, I aspire to be in a position to generate innovative ideas that particularly address Africa’s health research agenda with potential of bringing a positive impact to the wellbeing of Africans. |