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Saidi Kapiga

Professor of Epidemiology and International Health

Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health

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  • Professor of Epidemiology and International Health
    Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
  • +44(0)2079272676 (Work)
  • +255756774688 (Mobile)
  • Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, Isamilo Road, Mwanza, Mwanza, 11936, Tanzania

BIO

Saidi Kapiga joined the School in 2007, and is a clinical epidemiologist. Prior to coming to the School, he was an Associate Professor of Reproductive Health at Harvard School of Public Health, MA, USA. Saidi is currently based fulltime in Mwanza, Tanzania where he is the Scientific Director of the Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU), the Unit established by the School in partnership with the Tanzanian National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR). Saidi is a member of several research and capacity development programmes in East Africa, including the Wellcome Trust funded THRiVE to Research Excellence consortium, and the Lake Victoria Consortium for Health Research that aims to improve the health of populations in fishing communities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor of Epidemiology and International Health
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom1 Aug 2016 - present
  • Reader in Epidemiology and International Health
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom1 May 2008 - 31 Jul 2016
  • Clinical Senior Lecturer
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom15 May 2007 - 1 Apr 2008

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor of Reproductive Health
    Harvard University School of Public Health, Population and International Health, Cambridge, United States2 Jul 2005 - 15 May 2012
  • Assistant Professor of Reproductive Health
    Harvard University School of Public Health, Population and International Health, Cambridge, United States30 Aug 1999 - 30 Jun 2005
  • Lecturer of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    University of Dar es Salaam, Epidemiology, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of1 Jul 1994 - 31 Jul 1999

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Scientific Director
    Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, Mwanza, Tanzania, United Republic of15 May 2007 - present

DEGREES

  • ScD
    Harvard University School of Public Health, United States30 Aug 1995 - 18 Jun 1998
  • MPH
    Harvard University School of Public Health, United States30 Aug 1989 - 15 Jun 1990
  • MD
    University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania2 Aug 1981 - 4 Jun 1986

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Swahili
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

RESEARCH CENTRES

  • Centre for Evaluation
  • Vaccine Centre

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES