Professor Honorati Masanja

A highly-regarded researcher with vast experience in data management, analysis of clinical trials and in evaluation of large maternal and child health effectiveness programs.

He has published extensively in the area of malaria epidemiology, maternal and child health in internationally renowned journals and participated in the first malaria vaccine trial in Africa (SPf66), spearheaded the establishment of the Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System (RHDSS), a system that provides annual information on births, deaths, causes of deaths and migration in a population of approximately 90,000 people. In his capacity as local PI, Dr Masanja will be responsible for the quality of the implementation of the research activities that will take place in Tanzania.