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We congratulate Kevin Wamae on successfully defending his thesis on the “Genetic epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum asymptomatic infections and antimalarial drug-resistance markers in Kilifi, Kenya”. Hongera Kevin!

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Congratulations to @George_Warimwe for being conferred the title full Professor in Vaccinology at the University of Oxford @UniofOxford . "I’m truly honoured by this recognition. It is testimony to the excellent mentorship received over the years and the immense contribution to...

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#KWTRP is looking towards the next phase of growth. Want to be part of our exciting scientific leadership team? Find out more on the roles,Head of HSRE & Head of E.D.D Share widely @wellcometrust @AASciences @TropMedOxford

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Congratulations to Dr. Joyce Nyiro on the successful defense of her PhD. Her work focused on the assessment of factors influencing the potential effectiveness of a maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccine program among women in Kilifi and Siaya, Kenya.

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Congratulations to our Head of Bioscience @IOyier & Head of Health Systems @DKamuya on their conferment of tittle of Associate Professorship by @NDMOxford . In recognition of contributions to research, teaching and administration at Oxford & beyond. @KEMRI_Kenya @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT

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Congratulations to @EdwineBarasa on his conferment of the title of Visiting Professor of Health Economics @NDMOxford for his contribution to teaching and research. "I am humbled & look forward to continued contribution to research, teaching, policy as well as mentorship of the..

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Congratulations to John Muriuki and Kelvin Mokaya for having been awarded the Wellcome International Training fellowships

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Privileged to have hosted H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta during the unveiling of the first locally manufactured Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Kit. The president was also briefed on various research activities at #KWTRP .

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We congratulate @TonyEtyang and @mainga_hamaluba who have been awarded Associate Professorships from the University of Oxford. This is well deserved!

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Congratulations! to @Pete_M_M for being awarded the prestigious @royalsociety Newton International Fellowship. He will be based at @LancasterUni working with @EmanueleLANCS & @PHU_KEMRI_WT to improve geostatistical inference methods for disease mapping in low-resource settings

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Congratulations to @EdwineBarasa for the #Top40Under40Men recognition by @BD_Africa for his work on health economics research by the @HERU_KEMRI_WT team and his contribution towards health planning. We are proud of you!

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Interested in joining the leaders in innovative cutting-edge research in Africa? Well, we are hiring!!! The Head of Bioscience will set strategic priorities and plans for Biosciences and more... Come join this amazing team! @wellcometrust @NDMOxford

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Congratulations to Peter Macharia @Pete_M_M for successfully defending his thesis on Mapping Trends and Determinants of Under-Five Mortality at Sub-National Levels in Kenya: 1965-2015. @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT @OUGradSch

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Training opportunity! Are you interested in gaining practical experience in Health Economics? Be on the lookout for monthly training sessions by the Africa Health Economics Study Group (AfHESG) starting 30th June 2023. 1/3

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Congratulations! @mitchmaina for the award of your PhD.

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Congratulations to Profs. @Fra_ndu @allyeko @melissakapulu for being awarded Associate Professorship by @NDMOxford @PhilipBejon @EdwineBarasa @MwangangiJ3103 @KEMRI_Kenya

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We celebrate you @sam_skmuchina , for being awarded the Chalmers Medal! This award recognizes Sam's tremendous contribution to capacity building in training of scientists in Kenya and Africa. 👏👏👏 @KEMRI_Kenya @wellcometrust @AASciences @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT @PhilipBejon @TsofaB

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Congratulations Dr @wambuotieno on the successful defence of your PhD thesis. This is well deserved!

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We celebrate Dr. @allyeko for her @wellcometrust Senior Research Fellowship award! “To be awarded this fellowship is a great honour, I am grateful those who have inspired and supported me so far.” See @PhilipBejon Prof. Bob Snow @MwangangiJ3103

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A Bittersweet notice to all our stakeholders, after 10 years of tremendous growth and change in the Programme @PhilipBejonBejon steps down as the KWTRP Executive Director. In the Interim Prof. @EdwineBarasa takes over as the Ag. Executive Director.

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Taking pride in our Executive Director Prof. @PhilipBejon for his election as a fellow of the Academy of Medical @acmedsci , for his Outstanding contribution to Medical science and #research . Read more @KEMRI_Kenya @TropMedOxford @wellcometrust

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Congratulations Prof. Emelda Okiro @allyeko for being awarded the title of Professor of Global Health. @NDMOxford @UniofOxford @TropMedOxford

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Congratulations to @GMAGillespie , @allyeko , Jenny Taylor, @hrogier , Richard White @whitefishlab and Direk Limmathurotsakul on being awarded full professorships 👏 Find out more 👉

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Call for applications for the Vaccinology in Africa Course! Register to see applications guidelines @JennerInstitute @uonbi Jenner Vaccine Foundation @gatesfoundation @George_Warimwe

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Congratulations to Prof @George_Warimwe & Dr @cnyaigoti of #KWTRP and partners in Oxford @OxfordVacGroup and @JennerInstitute in the just funded COVID-19 #Research by @WellcomeTrust . See more in the link . Led by Prof @TeresabLambe @JennerInstitute ,...

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Great kick start of 2.5 days of #OTN2018 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Intrestingly, as Executive Director, Prof. @PhilipBejon , was giving an overview of the Programme; this artistic guy was cartonizing it. How cool!

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We congratulate the new Associate Professors in @UniofOxford . Prof @Sarah_AtkinsonS for her work in interactions between infection & nutrition in children focusing on Iron & Prof @sam_skmuchina for his extensive capacity building initiatives at #KWTRP , @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT

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Today is #WorldMalariaDay . We celebrate our researchers at #KWTRP who are intensifying efforts to end #malaria .

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Kenya has joined the global efforts in search of an effective vaccine for COVID-19 with the start of a trial evaluating a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. The trial will be hosted at #KWTRP in Kilifi. Read more about the trial here:

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Glad to have hosted Health CS Mutahi Kagwe @MOH_Kenya and @governorkingi in #KWTRP , one of the Covid-19 testing centres in the country. The CS lauded the research team's effort in their work towards #KomeshaCorona @KEMRI_Kenya

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Congratulations to @edna_mutua for her Career Development research fellowship award by the @wellcome . Edna's research will focus on impacts of health systems governance on antimicrobial resistance containment in Kenya and Vietnam.

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Congratulations to Edwine Barasa on his appointment as the chair to KEMRI Universal Health Coverage (UHC) committee; Benjamin Tsofa, Charles Mbogo and Jacinta Nzinga have been appointed as members of the same committee for a period of two years with effect from 25th June 2019

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We are a family! together we have done 100,000 #COVID19 tests. Congratulations to all teams for the effort; Clinical, lab, finance and director's office teams.

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Look who made it to the 2018 Power List of the World's Top 100 Medicine Makers? Our very own Prof. @FaithOsier under the category of Champions of Change! Three cheers to her, her team, & the great work they are doing to #EndMalaria ! Full list ->

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Our Laboratory has been awarded renewal of GCLP accreditation for another one year. A big thank you to the entire lab team for your relentless efforts, hard work and determinations made to ensure the re-accreditation exercise a success.

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Congratulations to @George_Warimwe on Royal Society Africa Prize . Prof. Warimwe was awarded for his work on zoonoses vaccine development, capacity building in Africa, and his innovative research proposal. This is well deserved! @KEMRI_Kenya

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Congratulations to Prof Amina Abubakar & Dr Rosa Hoeskstra on their @NIHRresearch award #nihrglobalhealth . The project aims to support Parents & communities in rehabilitating Kids with developmental disorders in Africa. @KingsCollegeLon

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It is FINALLY out! Prof. @FaithOsier 's @TEDTalks Feature! Visit -> to watch Faith's incredible journey!

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Celebrating 110+ SARS COV-2 Sequencing runs using nanopre technology. Congratulations team! @george_l @cnyaigoti

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Congratulating @SassyMolyneux on being named @AASciences fellow for her outstanding work in research. We are proud of you Sassy!

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Exciting opportunities for African scientists! #KWTRP & Hilleman Laboratories will be hosting 12-month #Apprenticeships in vaccine biomanufacture. More here: @George_Warimwe , @wellcometrust @GatesAfrica @CEPIvaccines

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Our Nairobi Hub Director, Dr. @EdwineBarasa , & @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT PhD Fellow, Dr. @Kenneth_Munge , have been appointed to join the Advisory Panel for the Design & Assessment of the Kenya UHC Essential Benefit Package. Congratulations to the team & the very best in delivery. #Big4

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Congratulations to @uyoga_sophie for being selected by @ASH_Hematology to receive the ASH Global Research Award #ASHAwards .

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Congratulations to Amina Abubakar, @AkbarWaljee for the @NIH_CommonFund @NIH award which will support hubs across Africa. The Kenyan research Hub, UZIMA-DS (UtiliZe health Information for Meaningful impact in East Africa through #DataScience ) will create platform to apply novel..

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News: NIH awards nearly $75M to catalyze data science research in Africa

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12 Remarkable African life scientists share their stories in this inspirational book, authored by @tabithamwangi working with the #KWTRP Schools engagement team & supported by @Wellcome . It is a delight that we got to launch the book with young people.

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We are excited to announce that @KuiMuraya has been selected as an @AspenNewVoices Fellow! joining a community of passionate, frontline experts from Africa, Asia, and Latin America who are changing the global health & development conversation. #AspenNewVoices

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Our Nairobi Hub Director, Dr. @EdwineBarasa , has been named one of the Fellows in the 2019 Archbishop Tutu Leadership Programme! Join us in Congratulating him! Read more - @TutuFellows • African Leadership Programme

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Today we celebrate Metrine Saisi For many years she has managed & coordinated multiple projects focusing on health research under the Clinical Information Network at #KWTRP Word of advice from her 👇 #Womeninscience #Womensupportingscience

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It’s the start to an exciting week of Genomic epidemiology for African Scientists #GEfAS #training at the Kilifi coast. The 1st Mendelian randomization #MenRan conference in Africa.

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Are you a university student in Africa interested in exploring a career in vaccine research & development Join Prof Warimwe & Prof Lambe for a webinar on pathways & opportunities for careers in vaccine R&D Register Here! Date: 20th April 2:00 EAT

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KEMRI Wellcome Trust today launched a dataset of comprehensive public health facilities from 50 countries and islands in sub-Saharan Africa. The set contains information on 98,745 public health facilities. This is a first of its kind dataset.

LAUNCH OF A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY INVENTORY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

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Happening today, 100 shortlisted applicants for the 2023/24 PGD internship at #KWTRP are expected to attend the #IDeAL Career Open Day. The Open Day provides an opportunity for #AfricaResearchLeaders to learn more about available research and training opportunities

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Join us in congratulation Dr Jacquie Oliwa for successfully defending her #PhD As part of her work, @JacquieOliwa developed a #policybrief on Improving case detection of tuberculosis in hospitalised Kenyan children You can read the policy brief here👇

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Proud of Prof. @FaithOsier who took the story & steps being taken towards a Malaria Vaccine to the #TED2018 stage in Vancouver, Canada. She is a 2018 @TEDFellow ! #TED2018 #ReadyToBeatMalaria #EndMalaria

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We are inviting students who achieved a mean grade of B+ and above in the December 2023 KCSE exam to apply for our School Leavers Attachment Scheme. Apply here Application deadline: 24th January 2024. Please share widely!

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A research group based at KEMRI- Wellcome Trust – Kenya and Oxford University has developed a free smartphone app for training health workers called “LIFE” which was launched today at the Kenya Paediatric Association 2019 annual conference in Mombasa, Kenya.

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Congratulations @Nchaffyz on winning the Africa Top 40 Under 40 award in the Science Category! This is the culmination of work that is collaboratively supported by KWTRP/ @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT , Critical Care Research Group as well as the Mbale Clinical Research Unit in Mbale, Uganda.

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We were privileged to host the British Deputy High Commissioner to Kenya, Mr. Julius Court. He reviewed the UK/Kenya partnership on health and Covid vaccines and announced funding by the UK government for sero-surveillance research studies.

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November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. To help someone with a seizure, here are some quick first aid tips.

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[POLICY BRIEF] What Does it Cost to Treat a COVID-19 Patient in Kenya? In this brief @EdwineBarasa & @angiekairu costed the case management of COVID-19 patients from a health system perspective. Read More 👉 @HERU_KEMRI_WT

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And the Kilifi team ending the #WorldPneumoniaDay in style! Remember #VaccinateKnowthesignsSeekcare

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Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We asked women researchers based at @KEMRI_Wellcome what their experience has been working during the COVID 19 period and this is what they had to say 👇

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A team led by Prof @George_Warimwe reports promising results from a Phase 1 trial of ChAdOx1 vaccine against Rift Valley fever which shows that it is safe and immunogenic in humans. Read the full report here :

Safety and immunogenicity of a ChAdOx1 vaccine against Rift Valley fever in UK adults: an open-la...

ChAdOx1 RVF was safe, well tolerated, and immunogenic when administered as a single dose in this study population. The data support further clinical development of ChAdOx1 RVF for human use.

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Introducing Dr. @MashaSimon ! Congratulations!

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Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in children under five worldwide. As we celebrate World Pneumonia day this week, Patience Malinge's story is testimony that vaccination, knowing the signs and seeking care will go a long way in saving our children.

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It was a bittersweet moment for the Programme as one of our senior researchers @nokesdj proceeds to his retirement. His research group led by @cnyaigoti @Charlesjsande , @george_l celebrated him in his last seminar.

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#KWTRP is involved in the global trials of the #COVID19 vaccine trial ChAdOx1 nCOV19. To know more about how this vaccine works and what the trial is about watch this video: @George_Warimwe @KEMRI_Kenya @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT

ChAdOx1 nCoV -19 Vaccine Trial

This is "ChAdOx1 nCoV -19 Vaccine Trial" by KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RES. PRO on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Never a dull moment in this environment! Come join us; available posts; PostDoc - Clinical Research Assistant - Clinical PostDoc - Statistics 3 Research Medical Officers - Clinical Statistician - Clinical Data Manager - Statistics Communication Officer Head of Bioscience

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Science is better when you smile. @MwangiShaban @Ian4oyarow @KEMRI_Wellcome

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Celebrating #WorldMalariaDay2021 . @KEMRI_Kenya @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT

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Well done @AlunIwanDavies and team for winning a @UniofOxford Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research award for bringing science and health research to Kenyan schools! Your work is indeed shaping the future of our young people. Read more here-

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We were honoured to host the health CS Hon. Mutahi Kagwe for a meeting with the #KWTRP team. @KEMRI_Kenya @MOH_Kenya @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT

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Using sickle cell trait to proxy malaria exposure, researchers found that an intervention that halves malaria incidence would also reduce iron deficiency by approximately 50% in African children. Read here: @JMuthiiMuriuki @Sarah_AtkinsonS

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In order to prioritize candidates for a Malaria Vaccine, Prof. @FaithOsier & team have developed a novel Plasmodium falciparum merozoite protein microarray. The KILchip v1.0! Read all about it here --> #Malaria #MalariaVaccine

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Congratulations! to @TsofaB and @EdwineBarasa for their recognition by @KEMRI_Kenya during the 40th anniversary celebration. #KEMRIat40

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Don't miss the conversation tomorrow on @SpiceFMKE with @sam_skmuchina from 8am - 9am.

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The Schools Engagement Programme aims at promoting an interest in science through interactions between researchers, students and teachers. Watch the video to see the great work @AlunIwanDavies and @SEP_KEMRI_WT are doing in Kilifi.

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Vitamin D deficiency still remains a big problem in Africa hence the need to redefine the strategies to address it. Great publication by @ReaganMoseti , @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT PhD fellow. @Sarah_AtkinsonS

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Congratulations to Prof. @George_Warimwe for his appointment to the @CEPIvaccines Scientific Advisory Committee, see more, @KEMRI_Kenya @NDMOxford @PhilipBejon @EdwineBarasa @MwangangiJ3103

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As the world marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science this week, Dr. @KuiMuraya looks at some of the gender-related challenges and long-standing biases steering women and girls away from science related fields. @KEMRI_Kenya #WomenInScience

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The Nairobi team joins the world in commemorating #WorldPneumoniaDay #WearBlueJeans to raise awareness about pneumonia and promote interventions to prevent and treat pneumonia. @MOH_Kenya @SearchTrial @WHO @UNICEF @AmbroseAgweyu

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Very happy #WomenInScience at the Programme working towards making the World a better place.

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We have launched a web repository for all the #COVID19 work undertaken by #KWTRP since March 2020. For more information visit

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It was an honour to host @wellcometrust COO Paul Schreier, International Operations Manager Jonathan Underwood and Head of Directed Activity, Discovery Research @Christi_Fowler as they familiarised themselves with our work at the #KWTRP Kilifi Campus. @KEMRI_Kenya @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT

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It has been an awesome 2019, looking forward to greater achievements in 2020 and beyond, and to working with this amazing group #HSRE @DKamuya @muhache @AlunIwanDavies @SassyMolyneux

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Endemic human coronavirus OC43 strains spread rapidly both locally and across the globe with limited genetic evolution in the spike gene. Read more here: @akinyiabidha @nokesdj @Zonnzonn @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT @PU_Kilifi @MOH_Kenya @KEMRI_Kenya

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We hosted the 2nd Advanced workshop for Bioinformatics workflows between 27th -31st March with 28 participants from Kenya, Uganda, DRC-Congo, Malawi and Nigeria with support from NGS Academy for the Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative.

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We are hiring! Come and join a dedicated team at the cutting edge of translational science and medicine. We are looking for an Early Post-Doctoral Researcher with clinical background. Apply here - deadline fast approaching

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Women excelling in science, our very own Faith Osier is a trailblazer @FaithOsier #Kwtrpwomeninscience #WomenInScienceDay

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On this International Day of #WomenInScience we celebrate our female researchers at #KWTRP for their exemplary work in research. #womeninSTEM

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Vaccines are key to pandemic and epidemic disease control. Dr. @toinoti , a Clinical Researcher and PhD fellow talks about his work on Yellow Fever vaccines. #WorldImmunizationWeek #VaccinesWorkForAll @KEMRI_Kenya

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We are proud of our Super science Heros @FaithOsier the Eliminator, @KuiMuraya the Equaliser, @George_Warimwe the Zoonotic and @Pete_M_M the Geomatic.

SuperScientists

@SciSuperheroes

4 years

In times when science was never more important, proud to share some amazing scientists @KEMRI_Wellcome Vaccinologists, social scientists, data scientists, leaders in their fields who will answer some of the critical questions that are just now coming to light. #scicomm #kemri

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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

@KEMRI_Wellcome

6 years

Today we celebrate @DNGathara for his appointment as adjunct associate professor at the @AKUGlobal in the school of nursing and midwifery East Africa. @EdwineBarasa @ProfMikeEnglish @TsofaB @PhilipBejon

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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

@KEMRI_Wellcome

3 years

Well done @mainga_hamaluba and @IOyier for being among such an accomplished group of scientists awarded the Calestous Juma fellowship, congratulations! @KEMRI_Kenya @NDMOxford @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT

Gates Foundation

@gatesfoundation

3 years

The Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellowship recognizes outstanding scientists tackling some of the greatest challenges in global health. Congratulations to the inaugural 2021 cohort!

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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

@KEMRI_Wellcome

6 years

As we celebrate women in science meet our inspirational Emelda Okiro @allyeko #Kwtrpwomeninscience #WomenInScienceDay

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@KEMRI_Wellcome

6 years

Our very own Dr. @George_Warimwe representing at The 2018 World Economic Forum. #WEF2018 .

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@KEMRI_Wellcome

6 years

Introducing Dr. @AlunIwanDavies & Dr. @Irene_Omedo who today received their PhD Certificates from the Centre's Executive Director, Prof. @PhilipBejon , on behalf of the @OpenUniversity . Three cheers to them!

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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

@KEMRI_Wellcome

4 years

143 @uonbi students attended a forum to discuss the 'path to becoming a scientist'. A team from @KEMRI_Wellcome were on site to discuss different career paths and opportunities available in health research. @BettyAmboko @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT

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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

@KEMRI_Wellcome

6 years

We have bagged 3 awards during the ongoing Mombasa International Show: Best in Research & Development Best Display & Services in Health Sector Best Innovation & Invention Pass by our stand for more information! #PublicEngagement | @KEMRI_Kenya

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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

@KEMRI_Wellcome

6 years

Dr. @George_Warimwe , speaking during the Session "Curbing Infectious Disease with the Wellcome Trust" at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 24, 2018 Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sandra Blaser

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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

@KEMRI_Wellcome

3 years

We are hiring!!! The Research Medical Officer II, will oversee clinical activities for the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine studies. Deadline for applications is 10 August.

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