African Institute for Mathematical Sciences / University of Nairobi
Field
Epidemiology and Global Health
Wanjiru Kamau is a leading African epidemiologist whose research focuses on the transmission dynamics of infectious disease in high-burden sub-Saharan settings, with emphasis on malaria, TB co-infection, and emerging arboviruses. Her spatial modelling during the 2014–2016 Rift Valley fever outbreak became a template for WHO response frameworks. She established the Pan-African Genomic Surveillance Network and won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science.
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Grants
26
Patents
1
Publications
195
Industry Ties
Industry Ties
Wellcome TrustPATHNovartis Institute for Tropical Diseases