Ruth Lucinde
Research Medical Doctor
My current work involves a vaccine trial for the current pneumonia vaccines. We are trying to find out whether smaller doses of the current vaccines can protect children as well as the full doses. This may ultimately reduce the cost of procuring these vaccines in the future.
Making a difference in how children now and in the future will get access to life-saving vaccines.
My main role involves ensuring the safety (good health) of our trial participants. For this to be done, one has to be a medical doctor. The qualification for this is a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB). I am currently pursuing a Master of Science in Epidemiology
I enjoy yoga, reading (mostly non-fictional work) and once in a while I write short stories!
Biology
To be an expert clinical epidemiologist working towards sustainable health solutions for all.
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
