The Center Welcomes New Fogarty Fellows

For the third year of its four-year Training Program in International Research Ethics, CEHLS welcomes three new Fogarty fellows. Generously funded by the NIH Fogarty International Center and in collaboration with the University of Malawi College of Medicine, this 15-month program enables individuals with outstanding research and scholarly potential the opportunity to develop a sustainable research and teaching program in the field of international research ethics. Joining us from both Malawi and Kenya, the following 06-07 trainees will be in residence on the MSU campus for the duration of the fall semester.

Ms. Veronica Maluwa (2002 Nursing Education University of Malawi) is currently a nurse tutor at St. Luke's College of Nursing, a program jointly administered by the Ministry of Health and the Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM). A certified midwife, she recently participated in a nursing exchange program between Norway and Malawi.

Ms. Rose Mwangi (B.A., Sociology, University of Nairobi Kenya; Masters of Philosophy in Gender and Development, University of Bergen, Norway) currently leads the social science component of a European Union funded project exploring the quality of care in pediatric wards in district hospitals in Tanzania with a focus on febrile illnesses in children. Her Masters thesis explored issues surrounding women and health with a special focus on malaria.

Mr. Mike Kachedwa (B.A., Social Science University of Malawi - Chancellor College) is the Principal Scientific Officer of the National Research Council of Malawi. His responsibilities include screening health research protocols for science and ethics; health research monitoring and evaluation; and initiating the development, implementation, and review of research policies, regulations, procedures, and guidelines in health research in Malawi. He currently coordinates a Southern Africa regional project entitled “HIV and AIDS Research Database and Information. Portal.”