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   IRB Members
  Our IRB is multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral in composition. It includes persons with relevant scientific expertise, balanced age and gender distribution, who have the qualifications and experience to review and evaluate scientific and medical ethics aspects of research protocol. Community members represent the interests and concerns of the community. The IHI-IRB has the flexibility of having ad hock external technical support according to the protocol need (new drug and vaccine).

The IHI-IRB collectively consists of 9 scientific and non-scientific members, as follows:
  1. Ms Joyce Ikingura – IRB Chairperson and Bioethist (National Ethics Committee)
  2. Ms Sally Mtenga – IRB Administrator and Social Scientist (IHI)
  3. Ms Beverly Msambichaka – IRB Secretary and Biomedical Scientist (IHI)
  4. Dr Aceme Nyika – Member and Clinical Trialist ( AMANET Ethics Expert)
  5. Dr Georgina Msemo – Member and Paediatrician (MoHSW)
  6. Mrs Georgia Kiluvia – Member and Nurse (MNH)
  7. Mr Harvey Kombe – Member and Lawyer
  8. Fr Stephano Kaombe – Member and Religious Representative
  9. Dr Saidi Mpendu – Member and Religious Representative
Ms Monica Sengoda assists the IRB Secretariat
   
 
   
 
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