Dr. Simon Muriu
Current Students
Elizabeth IndejeElizabeth Indeje
Elizabeth Indeje holds a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from Pwani University. She is currently an IDeAL Masters Fellow pursuing MSc Immunology at the same university. Her research focus is on investigating the effects of nutritional status on immunity and vaccine responses in Kenyan children. Her current interest lies in understanding malnutrition, immunity in infants, and vaccine humoral responses with the desire to understand how malnourished children respond to vaccines in quest to provide mechanistic insights, which can be utilized in designing interventions targeted to alleviate malnutrition to complement vaccination in children and thus improve their health. Besides, Elizabeth has a particular interest in volunteer work and mentorship through encouraging and empowering Kenyan high school students sponsored by Equity Group Foundation.
Past Students
Jonathan KazunguJonathan Kazungu
Jonathan Karisa is a Public Health Wntomologist with experience in entomological studies in Kenya. The main focus has been on arboviral vectors and the transmission of arboviruses. Jonathan Karisa is also a member of Pan African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA), an association of African entomology professionals dedicated to Improving human health through suppression of mosquitoes and mosquito borne diseases.
Prophet Mulega
I’m an MSc in Microbiology student from Pwani University doing a project on Understanding residual malaria transmission for sustainable control in Kilifi.
My research project attempts to demystify the persistence of malaria transmission in the era of scaled up malaria control. Household use of mosquito nets and indoor residual spraying but malaria transmission still don’t go to zero levels. Entomological surveillance including; susceptibility to insecticides, assessment of vector species composition, blood meal sources, mosquito biting and resting behavior sum up as the study objectives.
I am currently a senior laboratory technician in Pwani University and previously worked in Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Program under Tom Williams’s group on genetic linkage of hemoglobinopathies like sickle cell anemia and thalassemia to infectious diseases from 2011 to 2015. I previously did some work on antimicrobial sensitivity of specific plant phytochemical extracts.
I have a background degree in Medical Laboratory Science from Mount Kenya University, Thika.
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