The University of Nairobi (UoN) and the University of Manitoba (UM) are celebrating a groundbreaking international collaboration with the prestigious Canadian International Development Scholarship 2030 (BCDI 2030) grant. This initiative empowers African students by providing fully funded opportunities to pioneer medical microbiology and infectious diseases research.
The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology were delighted to welcome Carey Farquhar, MD, MPH from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.
Dr. Marianne Mureithi has been appointed as an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health at the School of Public Health, University of Washington effective from 1st of July 2023.
The University of Nairobi (UoN) will be jointly hosting a conference on Strengthening Research Ethics Capacity and Networks in collaboration with the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), The National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI), and Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
This conference will take place on the 24th-26th of May 2022 and the subtheme will be:
As part of laboratory capacity building efforts, members of the Department of Microbiology took part in a successful SOP writing workshop training held at Alba Hotel in Meru County.
This is one of the key objectives for a research project titled "Building capacity for Zoonotic Diseases Diagnostic in underserved communities in Kajiado and Isiolo County", a partnership between Colorado State University and the University of Nairobi.
