Prof. Domenica Morona Associate Professor
M.Sc.(LSTMH), PhD (Switzerland)
Prof Domenica Morona undertook a PhD in Parasitology at the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland) in collaboration with the University of Perpignan (France). Her PhD thesis investigated the immunology of the vector snails of schistosomiasis (1985). She also has a Master of Community health in Developing Countries form the London School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (1992). Prof. Morona started her work as a post-doctoral fellow in 1987 at the Swiss Tropical Institute in Ifakara (Tanzania). In 2000, she joined the TANESA programme for HIV/AIDS intervention research at NIMR- Mwanza and thereafter joined the CSSC as a Technical Advisor in “Policy Advocacy and Research in Health”. After 2 years as a communication Officer at MITU/NIMR-Mwanza, she joined CUHAS in 2011 as a head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Parasitology and Entomology and Associate Director for Research and Innovations. Her main interests are teaching and mentoring, as well as imparting research skills to students. Her research has focused on schistosomiasis epidemiology and control. .
Prof. Elininganya J. Kweka Associate Professor
Msc. (Parasitol/Entomol) (Tumaini), Phd(Tumaini) Visiting Lecturer
Eliningaya J. Kweka is a visiting Associate Research Professor of Medical Entomology at Catholic University of Health and Aliened health sciences, also working at Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha. He has more than 15 years experience of working on malaria and other tropical disease vectors including Mosquitoes, Bedbugs, Tsetse flies, Ticks (both soft and hard) and Houseflies. His research centers on developing a better understanding of malaria vector ecology and control in different settings for estimating vector productivity in different land use and agro-ecosystems. This includes studies aimed at understanding the fundamentals of malaria vector dynamics including risks factors for vector productivity and abundance in endemic populations, Insecticides resistance and mass rearing methods. His group is involved in the screening of different insecticides for the public health use approval with a focus on vectors of malaria, dengue sleeping sickness and schistosomiasis. These components are linked together by the evaluation of strategies designed to reduce and eliminate malaria residual transmission. He has a PhD trained at the Makumira University in collaboration with University of California, Irvine (UCI) and Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya.
Dr. Humphrey D. Mazigo. Senior Lecturer and Head OF Department
MSc. (Med. Parasitology) (Jomo Kenyatta University - Kenya), MPH (CUHAS), PhD (Thrive network-SPH- MU/UC)
Dr. Humphrey D. Mazigo, Senior Lecturer PhD (Thrive network-SPH- MU/UC) Dr. Humphrey Mazigo is an infectious disease epidemiologist, interested in the epidemiology, immune- epidemiology, immune-morbidity and control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in sub-Saharan Africa. He is particularly interested in the diagnosis, design, implementation and evaluation of interventions for the prevention, control and potential elimination of helminthic NTDs and how NTDs interact with malaria and HIV-1 infection. He has published in this area very extensively Reseach Gate Profile and Pubmed He is a Senior Lecturer and Department Chair. He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Public Health from the School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University (Thrive network-Makerere University/The University of Cambridge). He is a Fellow of the African Science Leadership Programme and Fellow of the Medical Education Partnership (MEPI).
Dr. Maria M. Zinga Assistant Lecturer
MD (SAUT), Msc (MUHAS)
Maria Zinga is a member of the Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology at CUHAS-Bugando. She is a medical doctor, with a Master degree in Tropical Diseases Control. She is currently undertaking PhD studies at Mahidol University in Thailand, in the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics. She is involved in malaria invasion studies. Her main interests lie in teaching and research on tropical diseases, in particular the molecular epidemiology of tropical diseases, the investigation of the invasion pathways of Plasmodium parasites and the strategies to block them. She is also keen about the impact of climate change on the epidemiology of tropical diseases and zoonotic diseases.
Dr. Deodatus M. Ruganuza Assistant Lecturer
MD (SAUT),MSc (Parasitology, Kenya)
Dr. Deodatus M. Ruganuza is a Medical Parasitologist, a registered Medical doctor and an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology. He graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from the Bugando University College of Health Sciences of SAUT in 2009 and undertook his internship at Bugando Medical center in Mwanza Tanzania. He obtained a Master of Science in Medical Parasitology and Entomology from The Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology in 2016. He has a 6-year experience in teaching and research in the fields of medicine and parasitology. His main interests reside in malaria, schistosomiasis, HIV, NTDs’ epidemiology and immunology, vaccine research and the development of rapid diagnostic tests, as well as molecular parasitology. He possesses skills in laboratory practices, research design and data analysis with STATA.