Pauline Mwinzi

Pauline Mwinzi

About Pauline Mwinzi

Kenya Medical Research Institute

Pauline Mwinzi is the Principal Scientist at the NTD Department at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Center for Global Health Research (CGHR) located in Kisumu city, Kenya. Her formal training is in Parasitology and Immunology (PhD, 2005) after training at the Universiteit Utrecht, CDC Atlanta and Kenyatta University.

Her current research interests are in mechanisms related to development of resistance to schistosomes, as well as operational research for the control of NTDs. She is currently supervising three PhD candidates one of whom is supported through her EFINTD grant; and eight masters’ students. She is a Principal Investigator with SCORE. Mwinzi is the founder and convener of the Annual KEMRI NTD Conference and also chair of the KEMRI Annual Scientific Health Conference (KASH). Mwinzi teaches Bioethics at Bondo University and Immunology at Maseno University.