Blandina Mmbaga

Professor Blandina Theophil Mmbaga is the Director of Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), a Paediatrician at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) and Associate Prof. Paediatric and Child Health at the KCMC University in Moshi, Tanzania. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute, visiting Professor Research University of Virginia, USA and Adjunct Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at University College Cork, Ireland. She had her PhD in Public Health and Epidemiology, from the University of Bergen, Norway 2013. Prof Mmbaga’s ability to work with multidisciplinary teams has enabled her to collaborate with researchers in maternal and child health, infectious diseases including Tuberculosis, HIV, AMR and zoonoses, and non-communicable diseases including Musculoskeletal conditions, mental health, Cancer and Cardiovascular Conditions. She is a site leader for the KCMC CRS for the IMPAACT and ACTG clinical Trials on HIV and TB. She provides mentorship and supervision to several students both within and outside Tanzania. She is local investigator in the Digital Innovation Diagnostic for Infectious Disease in Africa (DIDIDA) and Deputy director for the Eastern African Consortium for Clinical Research (EACCR) an EDCTP network of excellence and Afrique One-REACH – a One health capacity building consortia. She has authored over 400 publications majority with mentees.