Research Scientist

Job Information

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    Category Admin & HR Jobs
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    Posted On Jan 29 ,2021
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    Qualifications Bachelor's Degree
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    Employer Name Kenya Medical Research – KEMRI
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    Contact Email cghr@kemri.org

Job Description

The Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), has been selected to participate in a seven-country Multi-Center study that will quantify the burden of Shigella diarrhoea among infants and young children in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia to inform future Shigella vaccine trials. KEMRI-CGHR working in collaboration with the Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children at the University of Washington and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will participate in the Enterics for Global Health (EFGH)-Shigella study.The EFGH-Shigella project represents an extension of the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) and the Vaccine Impact Assessment on Diarrhea in Africa (VIDA). The project is pleased to announce the following vacant position(s):