Individuals

Position:Principal Pharmacist

Data projects involved: 1

Dr. Hadija Hamisi Semvua (Ph.D.) is a senior lecturer and principal pharmacist at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo). She is also a member of the pharmacology department and works both in teaching and research activities. Dr. Hadija is a current head of a clinical trial unit at the Research Institute - Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI). She has worked extensively in many clinical trials as a coordinator and pharmacist of records. She has gained enough knowledge of therapeutics and drug management in many workshops and training attended. She has done different courses on antimicrobial resistance, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacovigilance.

Data projects involved: 1

Innocent B. Mboya (Ph.D.) is a Senior Technical Advisor and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Africa Academy for Public Health, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He finished his postdoctoral researcher position in register-based epidemiology at the Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. He is also a Lecturer at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Institute of Public Health, Moshi, Tanzania. Innocent has accumulated over ten years of combined experience as a researcher, project coordinator, and trainer. His experience ranges from public health, epidemiology and applied biostatistics, data quality assurance, monitoring vaccine uptake and coverage (e.g., COVID-19 and childhood vaccines in Tanzania), maternal and child health (investigating predictors of adverse pregnancy outcomes), nutritional status of mothers and children, non-communicable diseases (e.g., surveys on HPV screening for cervical cancer, hypertension, diabetes, and mental health screening), monitoring HIV infection in key populations, sexual and reproductive health, and healthcare provider workload. He is experienced in coordinating and conducting community-based surveys, community engagement, and project monitoring and evaluation at local and national levels. With a background in epidemiology and applied biostatistics, he possesses diverse data management and analysis skills using Stata, SPSS, and R software. He has authored several scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and abstracts presented at national and international conferences, demonstrating his track record in scientific writing.