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MOHERE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP SPEAKER

Marion Wanjiku Mutugi, a professor of genetics graduated with a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1993. The dynamic scholar, trainer, manager who is widely published in her area of medical genetics and more recently bioethics has a personal motto; “What’s worth doing, is worth doing well”.  Her current focus is ethical application of research findings and advances in science for the promotion and protection of human rights.

MOHERE INAUGURAL WORKSHOP SPEAKER

Doris Schroeder, PhD, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Director, Centre for Professional Ethics, Preston,UK, and Professor in the School of Law at the University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus. Professor Schroeder has been collaborating with the University of Nairobi since 2006, in particular on the topics of benefit sharing and ‘ethics dumping’.

New Programs MOHERE and POHERE

Master of Science in One Health and Emergency Research Ethics (MOHERE) and Postgraduate Diploma in One Health and Emergency Research Ethics (POHERE) Program.

The Master of Science in One Health and Emergency Research Ethics (MOHERE) program is an international joint initiative of the University of Nairobi, The Ohio State University and the Kenya Medical Research Institute.

BIOCHIP ARRAY TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATION

Randox Food Diagnostics an associate of Randox Laboratories, Product Specialist and Regional Manager for middle East and Africa recently presented the Biochip Array Technology to PHPT staff members. The Biochip Array Technology is a competitive immunoassay-based platform that allows analysis of multiple samples of Mycotoxins and Antibiotics from different sample matrices to get results of multiple analystes per sample.   

FAO- FVM-UON PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION

The Dean Facullty of Veterinary Medicine (FVM), University of Nairobi, Chairman PHPT and other faculty staff members had a joint meeting with Prof Folorunso Fasina Country Team Leader Food and Agriculture Organisation-Kenya, Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseasesa (ECTAD-FAO) and his team from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO-Kenya) on Wednesday 18th January 2023.