
ClinOps Alumni
Since launching in 2017, ClinOps has trained more than 430 site staff from 24 countries across Africa and Asia.
Connect with fellow alumni on our Community of Practice:
Class of 2025

Adama Baguiya,
Medical Epidemiologist
Burkina Faso

Addisu Assefa,
Project Coordinator,
Ethiopia

Bakari Bakari, Study/Project/Trial Coordinator, Ifakara Health Institution, Tanzania

Bethelhem Israel Tekle (MD), Consultant Africa CDC, Ethiopia

Amanda Wayana,
Medical Doctor, Sub-Investigator,
Uganda

Bikila Girma,
Research Assistant,
Ethiopia

Bishop Opira, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC), Uganda

Christine Laidson, National Institute for Medical Research-Mwanza Centre, Study/Project/Trial Coordinator, Tanzania

Christine Kukundakwe, Quality Control personnel, Uganda

Christine Laidson, Clinical Research Coordinator, Tanzania

Colman Tayebwa,
Nursing Officer,
Uganda

Denis Ssenyondwa, Clinical Officer, Uganda

Elrisa Hein, Research Nurse
South Africa

Nicholus Sebudde, Study Coordinator, Uganda

Million Molla Sisay , Director, Research & Evidence Generation Directorate, Ethiopia

Zelalem Aysheshim, Clinical Trial Assessor and GCP Inspector, Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Celestine Tshimanga, Medical field coordinator, Site PT
DRC

Emmanuel Omondi Oguda, Clinical Trial Coordinator, Kenya

Esther Oguk, Internal Monitor, Kenya

Evelyn Nabankema, St. Francis Hospital, Trial Coordinator

Eva Kadama, study coordinator, Uganda

Fekadesilassie Mozart,
Researcher, Data Management
Armauer Hansen Research Institute,
Ethiopia

Gemmechu Hasen, PhD fellow, Ethiopia

George Mochamah, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Trial Coordinator, Kenya

Guétawendé Job Wilfried Nassa, Clinical trials researcher, Burkina Faso

Ibrahim Maigari,
Physician,
Nigeria

IKUZWE MARIE ANGELE, Lab Coordinator, Rwanda

Iris Damian, Clinical Study Coordinator, Tanzania

Isabelle Habayo Research Nurse and Site Coordinator, Ethiopia

Jabulisile Zuma, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Trial Coordinator, South Africa

Jane Nabbuto, Medical Research Council and London School of hygience and tropical medicine of Hygiene, Uganda

Jedidah K. Mwacharo, Research Officer, Kenya

Joan Lindah, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust, Kenya

John Musembi, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust, Kenya

Juliether Ernest, Study nurse, Tanzania

Keneth Kalamba, Study Clinician, Uganda

Linda Rosset Buluma, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Uganda Research Unit (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM), Trial Coordinator, Uganda

Lise Kuseke Breben, Department of Tropical Medecine, University of Kinshasa, DRC

Maurice Obonyo, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Kenya

Manze Chinyama, Clinical Study Coordinator, Zambia

Mejumaa Mohamed Mgwisho, acting study coordinator, Kenya

Mercy Ndunge, Clinical research Laboratory, QAQC officer, Kenya

Metrine Tendwa, KEMRI-WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME, Trial Assistant, Kenya

Mikael Abraham, Assistant researcher, Ethiopia

Millicent Hare, Kemri Wellcome Trust, Trial Assistant , Kenya

Mulukan Akalu, Laboratory coordinator, Ethiopia

Mwila Deborah Ng'andu, Research Coordinator, Zambia

Nancy Happiness Nyangányi, Clinical Research Associate and Coordinator, Kenya

Naomi Baron, Kenya Medical Research Institute. (KEMRI), Trial Coordinator, Kenya

Nashira Asiimwe, Regulatory Officer, Uganda

Natnael Lemessa Hundera, Data Manager, Ethiopia

Nyiko Mashele, Desmond Tutu Health Founation, Trial Manager, South Africa

Odete Bule, Study Coordinator and Internal monitor, Mozambique

Opira Bishop, Clinical TrialsRegulatory Pharmacist, Uganda

Patricia Apai, Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Research Administration (SICRA), Trial Coordinator, Uganda

Pearl Entsua Mensah, Ghana

Pendasambo Sichone, Assistant Study coordinator, Zambia

Rahel Elishilia Kaaya, PhD fellow, Research Scientist, Tanzania

Samuel Bengo, Clinical Research Compliance ManagerAuditor,Uganda

Saphira Munthali-Mulembaa, Research Coordinator, Zambia

Sarah Audi, Regulatory Officer, Kenya.pdf

Serge Ouoba, sub-investigator, Burkina Faso

Seriana Nyange, Kemri-Wellcome Trust, Trial Coordinator, Kenya

Siti Mohamed Wande, Clinical Trial Monitor, Kenya

Tadelle Emiru, Project coordinator, Ethiopia

Victoria Tumusiime, Clinical Trial Manager, Uganda

Violah Samoei, Research Clinician, Kenya

Wilson Anyona Onege-Research assistant, Kenya

Yengiwe Dineka, Study Coordinator, South Africa

Yahkub Mutalub, Senior lecturer, Nigeria

Yusuf Jibrin, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Trial Manager, Nigeria
Class of 2023

Adama Dainkeh Bundu, Quality Control Officer, Kenema Government Hospital, Sierras Leone

Alhaji O. Turay, Clinical Trial Manager

Amadou Moustapha NDOYE, Institut Pasteur of Dakar, Clinical Research Physician, Senegal

AMOS, AMOAKO-ADUSEI, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Site Coordinator, Ghana

Anthony M. Muchiri, Clinical Investigator and Med. Onc Sub-specialist, Victoria Cancer Care & Research Centres

Austine Osagbaekhoe, Federal Medical centre, Owo, MD, Nigeria

Bedemariam Amsalu, Bahir Dar University, Lecturer and Clinician, Ethiopia

Ben Wasswa, UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Program, Medical Officer/Study Coordinator, Uganda

Benedict Ndubueze, Azuogu, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Coordinator
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Brian Okome, Project Assistant Studies Coordinator, Kenya

Catherine Gbeh Nimely, Field and Community Engagement Lead, University of North Carolina Global Projects

Charity Malizani, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital/CDT-Africa College of Health Sciences, Nursing Officer/Clinical Trialist Student, Malawi

CHARLES KATO, INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INTIATIVE, STUDY CLINICIAN, Uganda

Cyril, Erameh, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Principal Investigator/Physician, Nigeria

Dagmawit Tesfaye, CDT-Africa, Project Coordinator for a clinical trial, Ethiopia

Daphne Naidoo, Stellenbosch University, Project Coordinator, South Africa

Daud Dunstan Peter, Kibong'oto infectious Diseases Hospital, Clinical Trial Study Clinician, Tanzania
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Dawit Getachew Assefa, WHOTDR Fellow University of Oxford, Lecturer, Dilla University

Delfina Hlashwayo, Faculty and researcher, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

Deogratias UCIMA WONYA'ROSSI, CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN MALADIES TROPICALES (CRMT) ITURI, STUDY COORDINATOR, DRC

Dereje Bedane Hunde, Bahir Dar University, Study Coordinator, Ethiopia

Dieyna Drame, Institut Pasteur of Dakar, Senegal

Dolo Nosamiefan, African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Program Manager, Nigeria

Dorothy Kazembe, Study Coordinator, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Malawi

Eden Dagnachew Zeleke, Ohio State Global One Health, LLC, Program Coordinator, Ethiopia

Edwin Otieno, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Study Coordinator, Kenya

Edwina, Reeves B., UNC Global Projects LLC, Research Coordinator, Liberia

Efe Petra Edeawe, Irrua Specialist Teaching hospital, Study Coordinator, Nigeria

Elizabeth Nakabugo,Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Study Coordinator, Uganda

Emily Keneema, Study Coordinator, Uganda

Etim Henshaw, African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Study Coordinator, Nigeria

Evelyn, Kembabazi, Global Health Uganda, Study Coordinator, Uganda

Felix Habarugira, University teaching hospital of Butare(CHUB), Lab Scientists, Rwanda

Francis Gumba, KEMRI-CGHR, Regulatory/QA Officer, Kenya

Fredrick Omiti Ochuodho, Senior Clinical Research Associate Vaccinologist, Kenya

Gahungu Blaise, Site Coordinator for Breath Project, Rwanda

Hakeem Edun Babatunde,Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia, Research Clinician/ Junior Research Coordinator, Nigeria

Johnson Okolie, Kenya Medical Research Institute -Centre for Global Health Research, Project Manager, Kenya

Isaac Birungi, Global Health Uganda, Uganda

Hellen Nyangasi, Clinical Research Health Network, Study Coordinator, Kenya

Juste Christin Ondo, Clinical research coordinator, Gabon

Leah Kashagila, Kemri-Wellcome Trust Kilifi, Study coordinator, Kenya

Lilian Mulemi

Lilian Otieno, Kenya Medical Research Institute -Centre for Global Health Research, Regulatory Affairs Coordinator, Kenya

Magololo Mutesi Fiona, The AIDS Support Organisation, Study Coordinator, Uganda

Margaret Michelle Adhiambo, Aic kijabe, Mission Hospital, Medical, Kenya, Oncology Clinician

Mariam Somboka, Ifakara Health Institute, Nurse and Midwife, Tanzania

Mariam Hamis, Ifakara Health Institute, Study Coordinator, Tanzania

Henshaw Etim Nta, Site Clinical Research Project Coordinator, Institute of Genomics and Global Health, Nigeria

Jane Adetifa, Research clinician, Pediatrician, Medical Research Council Unit

Mabuchi Banda, Senior Research Promotions Officer, National Health Research Authority, Zambia

Martha Chipinduro, Lab Scientist co-ordinator, PhD Fellow

Melat Teklewold, Armuare Hansen research institute, Assistant Researcher, Ethiopia

Mersha Kinfe Lemma, CDT-Africa, Implementation Research Project Coordinator, Ethiopia

Michelina Echwa, Bomet University College, Research Assistant, Kenya

Micah June, Trial CoordinatorRegulatory affairs Coordinator, KEMRI-CGHR

Minne Sankawulo Ricks, Phebe Hospital & School of Nursing, Medical Director, Liberia

Mohamed Harding, Research Coordinator, Sierra Leone

Nondi Moses, Site Director, Clinical Research Operations, Victoria Cancer Care and Research Centers, Kenya

Naima Hamisi Saadia, Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania

Nchimunya Hapeela, University Of Cape Town, South Africa

Nnennaya Ajayi, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Physician/Clinical Team Lead, Nigeria

Nolizwi Shelembe, Ezintsha Research Center, Quality Assurance Officer, South Africa

Nyasha Nyakutira, University of Cape Town, Research Coordinator, South Africa

Olivia Achonduh-Atijegbe, African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer's University, Site Project Coordinator, Nigeria

Pacific Akinyi Owuondo, Ministry of Health, Study Coordinator, Kenya

Pauline Mwatsuma, Project Coordinator, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, NeuroDev Study, Kenya

Peres Poline Girisa, AIC Kijabe Hospital, Oncology Clinician, Kenya

Priscilla Nontobeko Jakuja, Wits Consortium (Ezintsha), Quality Assurance Advisor, South Africa

Richard Odoch, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Member, Research Ethics Committee, Uganda

Romaric Oscar ZERBO, Health Science Research Institute (IRSS), Clinician, Burkina Faso

SAFINESS MCHOME, Ifakara Health Institute, Clinician, Tanzania

Sam Acellam Acaye, Uganda National Health Laboratory Services(UNHLS) / Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Study Coordinator, Uganda

Sebastine Oiwoh, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Study coordinator, Nigeria

Shemsu Umer Hussen, Addis Ababa University, Assistant Professor, Ethiopia

Shiferaw, Tilahun, CDT-Africa, MSc in Clinical Trials, Ethiopia

Simon Genet, Woldesenbet, Armauer Hansen Research Institute(AHRI), Study coordinator

Solomon Getnet Meshesha, Armauer Hanssen Research Institute, Pharmacivigilance Project Coordinator, Ethiopia

Stella Maris Oloo, KEMRI Welcome Trust Research Centre, Study Coordinator, Kenya

Sylvanus, Okogbenin, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Site Study Lead, Nigeria
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Tigist Workneh Leulseged (MD, MPH), Founder and General Manager, Medical Research Lounge Honorary Professor of Public Health, St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia

Tolutope FALANA, Federal Medical centre, Owo. Ondo State, Physician, Nigeria

Uche Jane Adetifa, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP), Research Medical Specialist, Nigeria

Vangabah C. Pewu, University of North Carolina, Site Coordinator, Liberia

Yahaya Simba, Clinician and Data Manager -IHI-MRRH Chronic Diseases Unit, Tanzania
Class of 2021

Adiyam Mulushoa, CDT-Africa, Research Coordinator, Ethiopia

Abel Gedefaw, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hawassa University, Ethiopia

Anita Kabarambi, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Study Coordinator, Uganda

Augustine Odo Ebonyi, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Consultant Paediatrician (Paediatric Infectious Diseases), Nigeria

Baleng Mahama Wutor, Research Clinician, Clinical Coordinator, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

Bibie Ngungwa Said, Kibong'oto Infectious Disease Hospital, Sub-investigator, Tanzania

Blessing Uche, International Research Center of Excellence, Study Coordinator, Nigeria

Bronwyn Bosch, Ezintsha, Medical Officer, South Africa

Bukelwa Mtshazo, Ezintsha Wits RHI, Research Nurse, South Africa

Catherine Gale Gitige, Kibong'oto infectious diseases hospital, Epidemiologist, Tanzania

Catherine Kiptinness, KEMRI- CCR Partners in Heath Research & Development, Thika project, Site Coordinator, Kenya

Catherine Lydiah Wanjiru, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Quality Assurance, Kenya

Chepela Ngulube,
ZAMBART, Research Governance Manager, Zambia

Chinelo Ekweremadu, United States Medical Army Research Directorate, Research Project Manager, Nigeria

Clarisse Dah, Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Co-investigator in the "LQAS" Evaluation, Burkina Faso

Daniel Legese, Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Researcher, Study Pharmacy Coordinator, Ethiopia

David Kiiza, UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda, Laboratory Quality Assurance Manager, Uganda

Diakaridia SIDIBE, Center for Vaccine Development Mali (CVD-Mali), CHAMPS study's deputy cordinator, Mali

Edem Akpalu, Medical Research Council Unit the Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Research Clinician, Gambia

Emnet Getachew, CDT-Africa, Assistant lecturer, Ethiopia

Ephraim Ogbaini- Emovon, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist & Virologist, Nigeria

Ernest Aben Oumo, Uganda TB Implementation Research CONSORTIUM, Study Laboratory Technologist, Uganda

Florence Abok, FIND Diagnostics, Clinical Research Associate, Uganda

Festus Odhiambo Rao, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Center for Global Health Research, Clinical Research Coordinator, Kenya

Grace Esther Kushemererwa, Ministry of Health Uganda, Quality Manager, Uganda

Gloria David Nyaulingo, IFAKARA Health Institute, Study Coordinator, Tanzania
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Eden Dagnachew Zeleke, Program coordinator, Global One Health initiative (GOHi)

Hanna Negussie, Trial Coordinator, CDT-Africa, Ethiopia

Irene moore, PREVAIL, Study Nurse, Liberia

Janet Gaborone, Study Coordinator and In-Country Program Coordinator

Jeraldyne J Tugbeh, PREVAIL/FHIC, Study Nurse, Liberia

Jonathan Kitonsa, Research Scientist, PhD fellow, MRCUVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Uganda

Karlien Moller, Ezintsha, Sub-Investigator/Study Lead, South Africa

Kennedy Albert Philippe, Stansile, Research Administrator, Rwanda

Larry Nii Amon Kotei, MRC Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, MD, Zambia

Kwame Shanaube, Executive Director, Zambart, Zambia

Minnie Sankawulo-Ricks, Medical Director CEO, Phebe Hospital & School of Nursing, Republic of Liberia

Latipha Hamis Mohamed, Ifakara Health Institute, Clinical Trial Coordinator, Tanzania

Linda Amoah, University of Ghaba, Senior Research Fellow, Ghana

LYDIA MARU, KEMRI-WELLCOME TRUST, ASSISTANT STUDY COORDINATOR, Kenya

Magnus Ochoge, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at LSHTM, Research Clinician/Clinical Trial Coordinator, Gambia

Mantsi Annah Mkansi, Ezintsha Clinical research site Study Coordinator, South Africa

Oumer Fuad Berta, Clinical Trial Associate, Pharmacist, Ethiopia

Michele Joseph, Clinical Trial Coordinator

Miraf Mesfin, CDT-Africa, Ethiopia

Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, Institute Of Endemic Diseases, Medical Campus, Qassr Street ,university Of Khartoum, Associate Professor, Sudan

Naluwuge Rose, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Laboratory Technologist, Uganda

Nansumba Hellen, Uganda National Health Laboratory Services and Diagnostsics (UNHLSD), Biorepository Manager,

NAOMI NJOKI KAMAU, KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE-WELLCOME TRUST,STUDY COORDINATOR, Kenya

Nasimu Kyakuwa, Uganda Virus Research Institute, MD, Uganda

Natasha Taylor-Meyer, University of Cape Town, Research Officer and Project Manager, South Africa

NII AYI TAGOE, Malaria Research Centre, Data Manager, Ghana

Noxolo Tom, Wits-Ezintsha, Clinical Trials Study Coordinator,South Africa

Peter Mogere, KEMRI-CCR PHRD (Thika) Project
A multi-study Clinical Trial Site
Collaborating with IAVI, Clinical Research Coordinator, Kenya

Rahel Birhane, Senior Clinical Trials Manager, Ethiopia

RENE KINDA, National Malaria Research and Training Centre, Clinical Research Unit of Banfora, Burkin Faso

Rita Ziem Ekekpi, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi-Ghana, Biomedical Scientist, Ghana

Richard Kajubi, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Study Coordinator, Uganda

Romuald BEH MBA, Centre de Recherches Medicales de Lambarene (CERMEL), Project Manager/Biostatistician, Gabon

Ruth W. Mmanga, National Institute for Medical Research, Study nurse, Mbeya, Tanzania

Sandra Mwebe, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Study Nurse, Uganda

Samirah Sani Mohammed, Henry Jackson Foundation, Research Coordinator, Nigeria

Sarah M. Browne, PREVAIL/FHIC, Site Manager, Cameroon

SengEn Her, International Vaccine Institute, Consultant /TMF Management, South Korea

Philomena Peter Asaga, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, WHO TDR Fellow,South Korea

Puvashnee Nydoo, CAPRISA- CENTRE FOR THE AIDS PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH IN SOUTH AFRICA, Study Coordinator, South Africa

Sewit Timothewos, Project Coordinator and Research Uptake lead, CDT-Africa

Sizwe Nqakala, Ezintsha, project coordinator, South Africa

Sweetness Naftal Laizer, Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Study Coordinator, Tanzania

Syovata Kimanthi, KEN SHE study, KEMRI-CCR, Study Physician/ Study coordinator,KENYA

Thabang Alfred Ngwaile, EZINTSHA, PHARMACIST ASSISTANT, South Africa

Yaw Ntiamoah, Malaria Research Centre, Project Pharmacist, Ghana