Nyanda Ntinginya

Dr. Nyanda Ntinginya is the Centre Director of NIMR-MMRC and the national and principal investigator in PROTID. He oversees activities related to all research tasks at NIMR-MMRC.

 

Dr. Ntinginya is a Medical Doctor, holds a Master Degree in Tropical and Infectious Diseases from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine UK, and is a PhD holder from CIHLMU Centre for International Health at Ludwig-Maximilians- niversität, Munich. Dr. Nyanda has more than 10 years of experience in managing clinical trials, diagnostic and operational studies as a Coordinator, Principal Investigator amd Clinical Trial Manager at institutional and national level in a cross-functional and multicultural and international environment. He has recognizable experience in research of TB new drugs and diagnostic as well as emerging diseases with a strong expertise on ICH GCP guidelines.

His main areas of research interest are on Infectious Diseases in particular TB; ranging from diagnostics, therapeutic to operational/implementation research. He has published over 22 publications dealing particularly with TB, HIV and selected infectious diseases.