Ever year on 8th March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. The Chairman, Human Pathology, Dr Peter Maturi wished all the Women working and studying in department a happy international Women’s day.
Happy International Women’s Day to the brilliant and professional Teaching and non teaching staff together with our students!
In any learning institution, training is a key component in education. The Wondfo-UON training center was officially launched on Thursday, 23rd November 2023 by the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, Prof Julius Ogen’go together with the President of Wondfo biotech company, Prof Li, CEO Peng and Vice President Mark Xu.
On Wednesday, 8th November 2023, Dr Edwin Walong will be presenting on Neonatal Heamochromatosis while Dr Anne Barasa will be moderating the webinar during the UON-KNH webinar rare disease series. The session will from 2-3.30pm. All are welcome.
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Hereditary Angioedema International - Europe, Middle East and Africa (HAEi EMEA)Conference was held in Munich, Germany on 1st to 3rd September 2023 bring together patients and caregivers from different regions.
HAE International is a global non-profit network of member organizations dedicated to raising awareness of hereditary angioedema and improving the lives of people with HAE.
This year, Dr Barasa gave a presentation on a cases report on Bowel Obstruction secondary to a small bowel tumour in hereditary angioedema patient.
The event was a white coat ceremony for the first years, Medical Laboratory Science programme. A white coat ceremony is a 'ritual’ in the Faculty of Health Sciences that marks students transitioning from high school to joining a noble medical course.It also serves as an official induction to the faculty and to the programme.
This was our first ever white coat ceremony for the MLST first years to be held since the course was initiated inUON.This was funded by the students, well - wishers ,sponsors and the Department of Human pathology.
The coordinators of the Berlin-Nairobi Global HEART program which combines Health Research, Exchange and Training and the COIL project
The Department welcomes both undergraduate and postgraduate students to the new academic year. Learning has started with students learning through various forms including lecture classes, practical demonstration, online classes and tutorials.
The World Health Summit is a global health conference and network that brings together stakeholders from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier future by inspiring innovative solutions for better health and well-being for all.
This year, the event took place in Berlin, Germany and online on 15th to 17th October 2023 under the theme "A Defining Year for Global Health Action".
Two UoN/Charite Exchange program alumni, Victor Mutua and Keisha Ouma attended the summit in Berlin under the Global Heart exchange program
Congratulations to Beverly Odhiambo, an Medical Laboratory Science and Technology (MLST) outgoing student for carrying the flag of the department high. Beverly was awarded a certificate of award for being the best presenter (student research) in AKMLSO Conference in Mombasa which took place from 10th-13th October 2023
Her research was on Anaplasma detection by PCR-High Resolution Melting using donkey and zebra samples at the Kenya Wildlife Services, 2022 which was supervised by Prof. Nyagol.
Dr. Frederick Okinyi appointed as the New Unit Head for the Hematology and Blood Transfusion unit taking over from Dr. Peter Maturi. Dr. Okinyi is a Hematologist in the department with great experience.
