{"id":738,"date":"2022-06-19T08:26:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T08:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsec.amband.co.ke\/?page_id=738"},"modified":"2022-06-19T08:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T08:29:37","slug":"dr-hastings-ozwara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/?page_id=738","title":{"rendered":"DR. HASTINGS OZWARA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Hastings Ozwara is a 55 year old male Kenyan born in Migori County of Kenya. He is married to Florence Gwoneki Musalia and a father to Stacy Kamonya, Hague Odiyo and Chalyne Chamwada. He speaks Luhya, Luo fluently and a bit of Dutch. Currently Dr Ozwara is a Chief Research Scientist at the Institute of Primate Research, Karen, Nairobi. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

His Education background includes Bachelor of Science in Zoology (1988 to 1991, University of Nairobi), Master of Science in Parasitology (1991 to 1994, University of Nairobi) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medicine (Molecular Parasitology) <\/span><\/p>

from Leiden University in The Netherlands. The research interests of Dr Ozwara include Development and application of a <\/span>Plasmodium knowlesi\/<\/i><\/span>baboon model for diagnostics, drug, vaccine and<\/span> medical<\/span> devices development against malaria; Harnessing<\/span> Natural<\/span> Products<\/span> subsector<\/span> by<\/span> using<\/span> the<\/span> best<\/span> of<\/span> science<\/span> and<\/span> business<\/span> practice to add value to indigenous knowledge and associated technologies to<\/span> develop unique Kenyan products for the local, regional and international<\/span> markets; Indigenous<\/span> knowledge<\/span> systems<\/span> &<\/span> heritage<\/span> management; Ethics in animal research; Synthetic biology; and Project Management in Health Research.<\/span><\/p>

Dr Ozwara served as Director (2015 – 2021), Head<\/span><\/span> Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (2007<\/span><\/span> –<\/span><\/span> 2015), Senior<\/span><\/span> Research<\/span><\/span> Scientist<\/span><\/span> <\/b>(2005 – 2015) and Research<\/span><\/span> scientist (1998<\/span><\/span> \u2013<\/span><\/span> 2005) all at IPR. He also performed as<\/span><\/span> <\/b>a Guest<\/span><\/span> Scientist (1996 \u2013 1998) and a Ph.D.<\/span><\/span> student 1998 \u2013 2003) both at Biomedical Primate Research<\/span><\/span> Centre<\/span><\/span> (BPRC), in<\/span><\/span> Rijswijk,<\/span><\/span> Holland. Between 1990<\/span><\/span> \u20131991, Dr. Ozwara served as a Postgraduate<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> assistant at The University<\/span><\/span> of<\/span><\/span> Nairobi, Kenya. He is a member of Bioethics Society of Kenya; Kenya Society for Immunology; Dutch Societies for Parasitology and Immunology and a Gold life member of University of Nairobi Alumni Association. Professionally he has published over 48 papers in international peer-reviewed journal and two book chapters. He has attended or presented in over 30 workshops and 32 international scientific conferences. Dr. Ozwara is active in giving back to society as Director Quaker Investment Company and Lay leadership at Friends Church, Ngong Road.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Contacts<\/b><\/span>. <\/span>E-mail<\/i><\/span>: kamonya2002@gmail.com<\/a>; ozwara@primateresearch.org<\/a>;<\/span><\/p>

ozwara@museums.or.ke<\/a>. <\/span>Telephone<\/i><\/span>: Office, +25420606235\/6, Cell<\/span> phone +254<\/span> 721<\/span> 483326, <\/span><\/p>

Post<\/span><\/span> Office P.O.<\/span><\/span> Box<\/span><\/span> 24481, <\/span><\/span>Karen <\/span><\/span>-00502,<\/span><\/span> Nairobi.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DR. HASTINGS OZWARA Dr. Hastings Ozwara is a 55 year old male Kenyan born in Migori County of Kenya. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-738","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}