Professor Eligius Francis Lyamuya

Prof. Lyamuya obtained his MD and MMed (Microbiology) at the University of Dar es Salaam in 1985 and 1991, respectively, and a PhD in Infectious Disease Control from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden in 2000. He is a Fellow of the Tanzania Academy of Sciences (FTAAS) since 2013 and is a Fellow of the College of Pathologists of East, Central, and Southern Africa (FCPath ECSA) since 2014. He is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) where he has served in various Academic and Administrative positions for 16 years. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students and mentors Masters and PhD students. Prof. Lyamuya is an active researcher, his research interests being largely in the areas of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections; Immunology of infectious diseases; Molecular Epidemiology of bacterial pathogens; Antimicrobial chemotherapy; and promotion of research ethics. He has served as a PI in several research projects. He is currently a Co-investigator in an ongoing HIV Vaccine trial (PrEPVacc trial); Co-investigator, Transforming Health Professions Education in Tanzania (THET) Project, and MUHAS site PI Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS at Northwestern University (C-THAN) project. He has over 120 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.