East African Regional Faculty

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• Aurelia Peggy 18 Oct 2012

  Hi, i am a student based in scotland with interest in public health especially HIV/Aids . I am happy to be part of this forum so that i can learn more from more experienced people like you who are on the ground regarding any vaccines that are being trialed to help eradicate or contain this epidermic.

• Robert Mongi 4 Sep 2012

  Hi,

  Such a honor to be a member of GHT,I'm a medical doctor based in Tanzania working with malaria clinical trials.lets share our experiences and make this forum useful.

• Ngocho James Samwel 22 Aug 2012

  Hi.
  I am a Medical Doctor, currently working as Study Coordinator in Malarial Clinical Trial NIMR (Tanzania)/DNDi (Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative) and am expecting to join Msc in Clinical Research academic year 2012/2013. Looking forward to sharing experiences.

• Nelly Owino 22 Aug 2012

  Hi I'm a pharmacist, currently working as a regulatory affairs company pharmacist in Nairobi.
  I just completed my Msc. Clinical trials and hoping to transition to clin.trials research. I'm excited to join the GHT EA regional forum. Most of the members work in research so hopefully we will get to learn from their experiences in their various areas of work. The discussions should be brain storming and exciting. I'm looking forward to that.
  I'm also hoping to make networks and connections that probably will help me in my transition and overall experience in the clinical trials field.
  Thanks,
  Nelly.

• Esther Kivaya 27 Jul 2012

  Hi all. Nice to meet you. I would like also join the EA faculty. My name is Esther Kivaya, working as a monitor at KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme.I look forward to interacting with you all and learning from the great research professionals in our area.

• Dr. Rabi Ndeserua 18 Jul 2012

  Hi nice to meet you all, I'm Rabi Ndeserua from Dar es salaam, Tanzania. An employee of Ministry of Health and Social Welfare But currently, I'm pursuing master of Science degree in clinical Research at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University which is at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. IT FEELS GREAT TO JOIN GHT-EA.

• Gilbert Ogetii 22 Jun 2012

  Hey welcome Joe!am sure your experience and contributions will be invaluable to the GHT community!

• Joseph Abuodha 21 Jun 2012

  Good day, I am a medical officer working with KEMRI/CDC and study doctor for the malaria vaccine trials at Siaya, Kenya. I am humbled by the presence of such personalities in our region, and honored to be a part of this awesome group.

• SETH OUMA OKEYO 19 Jun 2012

  hi fellows, I was just going through the site and came to love the ideas here, in real sense they can take this our region far, we need to explore them more.
  regards
  Seth -DNDi- data center,NAIROBI

• The Editorial Team 13 Jun 2012

  Hi everybody, sorry to borrow this thread for a moment, I just wanted to let the East African Faculty membres know that there will be a workshop in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on the 12th July, about skills sharing and clinical trials. All are welcome to attend and it is free to join - to register please just email me on info@globalhealthtrials.org.

  Flyer attached - please feel free to circulate!

  Thanks and hoping to see you there!
  Kind regards
  The Editorial Team

  Attached files: 2012-06-13_-_Global_Health_Trials_and_NIMR_workshop_July_2012_v1.0.pdf
• Moses Alobo 4 Jun 2012

  Wow! The response since the GHT EA faculty was formed is immense and we believe there are many other colleagues out there who can benefit from this collaboration. We have heard comments from data managers, clinicians and researchers, lab scientists, CRAs, study coordinators, statisticians and 'individuals with interests' in research.

  Going forward there have been suggestions to have an annual regional meeting. In fact, there is already one in the planning stages for Tanzania and maybe Kenya. As always. to be as inclusive as possible and to be fair to our Tanzanian colleagues, please suggest any topics you would like discussed at these fora. Of course you shall all receive the updates from these meetings.

  From above we already have the following
  - use of information technology in data management
  - clinical trials in non communicable diseases
  - malaria clinical trials
  - what would be the definition of capacity building in clinical trials. Are we on the right path?
  - HIV clinical a trials
  - trials in vulnerable populations - do we have adequate legal and ethical cover to proceed
  It will be nice to get more from you. Please suggest.
  Otherwise on behalf of GHT-EA we would like to thank Celine, Clemens, Lule, Zebene, Naomi, Thitiri, Job, Rodgers, Javan, Ray, Dualeh, Zachary, Niño, Sameer, and Greg for your initial contributions. We believe that with your enthusiasm this high we can be able to build on what we already have to make ourselves even more attractive as a region for clinical trials in whatever field.

  To start this off, what fancy or not so fancy or practical IT tools or methods or "ordinary mobile phone usage" are out there that are currently in use that we can all learn from to spur research? We would like to know?

• Moses Alobo 4 Jun 2012

  Wow! The response since the GHT EA faculty was formed is immense and we believe there are many other colleagues out there who can benefit from this collaboration. We have heard comments from data managers, clinicians and researchers, lab scientists, CRAs, study coordinators, statisticians and 'individuals with interests' in research.

  Going forward there have been suggestions to have an annual regional meeting. In fact, there is already one in the planning stages for Tanzania and maybe Kenya. As always. to be as inclusive as possible and to be fair to our Tanzanian colleagues, please suggest any topics you would like discussed at these fora. Of course you shall all receive the updates from these meetings.

  From above we already have the following
  - use of information technology in data management
  - clinical trials in non communicable diseases
  - malaria clinical trials
  - what would be the definition of capacity building in clinical trials. Are we on the right path?
  - HIV clinical a trials
  - trials in vulnerable populations - do we have adequate legal and ethical cover to proceed
  It will be nice to get more from you. Please suggest.
  Otherwise on behalf of GHT-EA we would like to thank Celine, Clemens, Lule, Zebene, Naomi, Thitiri, Job, Rodgers, Javan, Ray, Dualeh, Zachary, Niño, Sameer, and Greg for your initial contributions. We believe that with your enthusiasm this high we can be able to build on what we already have to make ourselves even more attractive as a region for clinical trials in whatever field.

  To start this off, what fancy or not so fancy or practical IT tools or methods or "ordinary mobile phone usage" are out there that are currently in use that we can all learn from to spur research? We would like to know?

• Greg Fegan 30 May 2012

  Hi I'm Greg Fegan Head of Statistics at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi Kenya. I'm involved in a number of trials and studies. One study taking a big chunk of my time at the moment is a four site trial of the use of Cctrimoxazole as a prophylaxis in severely malnourished children after discharge from Hospital (see http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00934492 ) for more details. I'm also interested in data management and the use of information technology to assist with this.

• Sameer Parpia 28 May 2012

  Hi
  I am a statistician from Kenya working in Ontario, Canada. My interest is in clinical trial methodology. I look forward to being part of this Programme. Please feel free to get in contact with me

• Nino Shiukashvili 28 May 2012

  Hi,
  I'm from Georgia. Research Coordinator. My country is one of endemic area for malaria with only few cases annually for now. It will be a great pleasure for me to join this forum and share our experiences.

• Zachary Muliro Wamukoya 27 May 2012

  Hi,
  This is Wamukoya, a clinician with Malaria vaccine trial Kemri/cdc Kenya. It Will be a great honor to have me in this forum to share our experiences.

• Dualeh 17 May 2012

  I am a graduate student at the University of Hope in the faculty of medicine and allied science, and I am doing my masters degree in public health at the Kampala University in the hope-kampala universities cooperation on post graduate studies.
  I am in Hargeisa, Somaliland
  Thank you for your sharing and discusiion

• Raymond Omollo 17 Apr 2012

  Hi.
  I am a Statistician and currently working with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (www.dndi.org) as head of its data centre based in Nairobi. We are conducting clinical trials on neglected diseases in East Africa and also supporting trials in West Africa.
  Looking forward to sharing experiences in different areas that we are working on.

• Javan Aswani 10 Apr 2012

  Hi everyone, I am a student of PH with an interest in public health & clinical research.GHT has granted me this unique opportunity,through the East African Faculty to interact with experts in clinical research & I Hope to learn a lot from them!

• RODGERS OMONDI KONGINA 5 Apr 2012

  HI EVERYONE
  Im Rodgers, i work for KEMRI/CDC as the assistant study coordinator (malaria in pregnancy study) looking at safety and efficacy of mefloquin as intermittent preventive therapy in pregnant women in western kenya. By joining this group i hope we will share alot with the members to help make clinical trial more successful with minimal challenges 'malaria in pregnancy ISHINDWE' Im happy to join east Africa forum,all the best comrades