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The Chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and the Director of the KAVI-ICR hosted a round table discussion with Gilead Sciences, led by Christopher Whitfield, General Manager of Gilead Sciences, and Dr. Summer Sitima, General Manager of Gilead Sciences in Central and East Africa, to discuss the possibility of a partnership and collaboration. They were joined by AMSUN representatives who represented medical students and the RADA UNESCO-UoN team led by Lisbeth Kageni.

The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology wishes to congratulate Dr. Moses Masika, Dr. Anne Maina, Ms. Susan Odera and Ms. Winnie Mutai on their recent promotion to Lecturers. The four were Tutorial Fellows who have each won several grants, published in their ongoing research work in peer-reviewed journals, and recently submitted their PhD thesis.

The University of Nairobi over the years has upheld the culture of celebrating its academic achievers through graduation ceremonies, it was no different this year, on 23 September 2022, the University of Nairobi held its 67th graduation ceremony. The hybrid event a mix of virtual and an onsite ceremony for the PhD students was held at the Famous Taifa Hall, one of its kind in the nation.

The department celebrated two DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY awarded to;

Joyce Nyiro, a Doctoral student at the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology attended the 2022 RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)  International Symposium from the 29th of September to the 2nd of October 2022, at the ICC Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

Over three days September 14th-16th, 2022, ADVANCE partners, USAID, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, and program Principal Investigators shared relevant presentations and participated in rich discussions reviewing program progress, challenges, and opportunities to maximize success for HIV biomedical prevention technologies and capacity strengthening across the all the partners' network in Kigali, Rwanda.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) officials Dr. Thandi Onami and Dr. Susan Barnett visited the KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research and were welcomed by Dr. Marianne Mureithi (Chair of the Department of Med Microbiology & Immunology and Ag Director KAVI-ICR), Prof. Omu Anzala, Dr. Daniel Muema, Dr. Robert Langat, Dr. Terry Muhomah,Dr Michael Mutua,  Dr. Charity Muriuki, Dr.

The Kenya Medical Research Institute, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and CDC-Kenya convened a full day Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Stakeholders meeting on Tuesday 15th June 2022, in Nairobi. Ms. Joyce Nyiro, a Final year PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Dr.

The Department of Nursing Sciences launched of Basic Life Support (BLS) course training on the 3rd June 2022. The training was officially opened by Dr. Marianne Mureithi Chair of Medical Microbiology and Immunology who represented the Dean Faculty of Health Sciences.

Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) acting Dean, Prof. Eveline Wagaiyu and various Chairs of department hosted Prof. Rungano Jonas Zvobgo, the Vice Chancellor of Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) on Thursday 02 June, 2022. Prof. Zvobgo was accompanied by Prof. Jacob Mufunda, Dean School of Medical and Health Sciences at GZU.

The Association of Medical Students University of Nairobi (AMSUN) held their 12th AMSUN Scientific Conference, on the 9th and 10th of June 2022. The theme of the conference is RESEARCH TODAY FOR A HEALTHIER TOMORROW. Dr Marianne Mureithi, Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology gave the opening keynote address titled “ Research in the Pandemic Era”, where the students were encouraged to be innovative and answer critical questions that can change the health outcomes of their communities.