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general information

Locations

The Programme has two main bases in Kenya but works

Partnerships

Working in partnership

The work of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme is based on partnerships. On an international stage, key researchers hold academic positions at a number of institutions including the universities of Oxford and Warwick , the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Imperial college , and the Institute of Child Health in London. Researchers have established numerous collaborations with colleagues in the UK, USA and elsewhere. In Kilifi, the Programme is embedded within Kilifi District Hospital, building its research programmes around local medical infrastructure and contributing to healthcare delivery. Researchers are also committed to engaging with the local community, to discuss their research and why it is being carried out.

People

Learn more about the people working in the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme.

Research

The research agenda of the programme is led by 31 principal investigators (researchers with their own funding), of which 23 are Wellcome funded and 14 hold Wellcome Fellowships. Research falls into five major disciplines: Clinical sciences, Epidemiology and Demography, Pathogen Biology, Public Health Policy and Health systems, and Social and Behavioural research. To take account of geographical distribution there are eight functional reporting groups or clusters. There is considerable interaction within and between divisions and functional reporting groups with a number of overarching programmatic activities involving many groups.