Students from local secondary schools visit KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi. During the visit, they get an opportunity to tour the immunology and microbiology laboratories and meet researchers from whom they learn about KEMRI, medical research and careers in science.
The Science Symposium is one of our major annual events in Kilifi. Students representing over 30 schools within Kilifi County compete in a science quiz to win fantastic prizes. Schools are ranked according to their overall performance in the quizzes and tasks during the symposium.
We host diverse groups of Science club students drawn from different schools to present their concepts to be showcased at the Science and Engineering Fair Competition.
A panel of researchers based at the Programme reviews and gives feedback to students on how to improve their projects. The projects cut across a range of scientific fields including agriculture,biology, mathematics, physics, engineering, environmental studies, transport and energy, applied technology and ICT.
The Schools Engagement Programme was established by KEMRI with the support of Kilifi County Education Office. It aims at promoting an interest in science and science related careers among students and to promote mutual understanding between members of the community and researchers.
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Newly published
Malaria hospitalisation in East Africa: age, phenotype and transmission intensity
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-02224-w#article-info
We’re looking for a postdoc to join our team in our efforts to examine decolonization and health research in Africa.
Closing date: 2nd Feb 2022
Details can be found here:
https://jobs.kemri-wellcome.org/job-advert/early-post-doctoral-researcher-1
@SassyMolyneux @KuiMuraya @DKamuya @seyeabimbola @Lucy_Gilson @atuire @o_rutazibwa
1/ Findings from @alice_w_kamau https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-02224-w
This builds on work here: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj0089 that used data from 6.5k hospital admissions to compare severe malaria types and rates with the community prevalence of infection.
JOB ALERT 📢: Director of Global Health @UniofOxford We are looking for an inspirational leader to work with us across disciplines to develop our strategy for global health research and impact. Read about our aims at https://www.wittkieffer.com/position/36818-director-of-global-health/
#ScienceReadForSunday: Read new paper in @PLOSGPH by researchers @KEMRI_Wellcome ‘Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence in East Africa: Updating data for #malaria stratification’
https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000014
