The Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology would like to congratulate to our esteemed colleagues, Zubair Munshi, Dr. Nasimiyu, Dr. Masika and Dr. Ngere, for getting the Faculty of Health Sciences MSc and PhD Academic Awards during this year's Students Recognition Awards. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors
James Kang'ethe, a PhD scholar in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Nairobi, recently attended the African Advanced Vaccinology Course (Afro-ADVAC) held in Muldersdrift, Gauteng, South Africa. James, a CARTA cohort 10 fellow, participated in the course between April 17 - 26, 2023.
The Leave No Medic Behind Initiative Charity Run (LNMB), organized by the Association of Medical Students of the University of Nairobi (AMSUN), serves as an essential fundraising project to support the financial needs of underprivileged students in the School of Medicine.
The African Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3) won the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Team Science Award at the AACR Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.
As stated by the AACR, "This award recognizes an outstanding interdisciplinary research team for its innovative and meritorious science that has advanced or likely will advance our fundamental knowledge of cancer, or a team that has applied existing knowledge to advance the detection, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer."
Apply now! Call for Mentees: One Health Early Career Champions
Apply now! Call for Mentors: One Health Early Career Champions
We invite you to join the One Health Early Career Champions (ECC) Program as a mentor to support talented doctoral researchers from Kenya and Finland. This program unites accomplished early career researchers and academics from the University of Nairobi and the University of Helsinki.
Kenya has taken another step forward in the fight against HIV/AIDS by appointing Professor Walter Jaoko to the HIV and AIDS Tribunal. Professor Jaoko is a renowned medical researcher with vast experience in medical microbiology and immunology.
The Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research are excited to host a webinar by Professor Pier Paolo Piccaluga on the Role of Viruses in Lymphomagenesis. Professor Piccaluga, a clinician and researcher is a renowned expert in this subject, and his talk promises to be a fascinating insight into the relationship between viruses and lymphoma.
Dr Esto Bahizire, a postgraduate alumni in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, is part of a team of researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) who recently received the prestigious Dorothy Temple Cross International TB Collaboration award.
The University of Nairobi are delighted to announce that the University will launch its annual Health CSR week, which will include a series of activities for our internal and external stakeholders. The CSR week which kicks off on Friday 31, March 2023, to Thursday 6th,March 2023 will culminate into the University Health Day on Wednesday 3,March 2023 in commemoration of the World Health Day.
