School of Biomedical sciences (SOBMS) held a school board consultative meeting on Wednesday 30th of April 2025 at iPIC from 9.00 Am. The meeting was attended by the Principal COHES; Dr. Reuben Thuo, Dean SOBMS; Prof. Johnson Kinyua, Director Grants; Prof. Naomi Maina and members of staff from the three departments (Department of Medical Laboratory...
UPCOMING MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES SHORT COURSE TRAINING
The May-August Timetable for the Biochemistry Department is as follows;
The Department of Medical Microbiology (MMB) witnessed transition of leadership from the outgoing Chairperson, Dr. Caroline Ngugi, to the incoming Chairperson, Dr. Edinah Songoro, during a ceremony at the department on Monday, October 9, 2023. The appointment, made by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Victoria Wambui Ngumi marks the beginning of Dr. Songoro’s two-year tenure as...
Posted on May 14, 2018 Title: From Evidence generation through effective lab diagnosis and disease prediction strategies to effective implementation of findings.” Location: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (College of Health Sciences)– Nairobi, KenyaDates: 6-17 August 2018 Aims: This workshop aims (1) to establish and promote scientific capacity building in African countries through training and mentorship of young...
Posted on September 27, 2019 ICGEB was established in 1987. It is an international, intergovernmental organization conceived as a Centre of excellence for research and training with special emphasis on the needs of the developing world. It runs 46 state-of-the-art laboratories, in Italy, New Delhi, India and Cape Town, South Africa and forms an interactive network...
The kidney disease that affects millions of people globally is progressively becoming a public health issue that needs to be addressed. This is mainly due to the upsurge in the prevalence of poorly controlled non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus and hypertension, which further predispose these patients to higher risk of contracting the Coronavirus disease...