Delories Sikuku, an MSc student in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, recently received the prestigious Norman L Letvin award for her outstanding research in the field of AIDS vaccine discovery. The award was presented to her at the Collaborative AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD) meeting held in in Cape town South Africa in February 2023.
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 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."
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
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
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."
The Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology shone brightly at the University of Nairobi (UoN) Performance Contracting and Staff Recognition Awards FY 2021/2022 ceremony, making it a momentous occasion. The event, which took place at the Chandaria Center for Performing Arts on December 5, 2022, was presided over by the University Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. Stephen Kiama and Prof. Miriam Were, Chair of Council.
Member of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Director of KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research Prof. Walter Jaoko and his team were awarded the best performing laboratory in the 2021 External Quality Assessment (EQA) Program in a ceremony in 2022.
