professorialappointments - university of nairobi

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Professorial AppointmentsWeaning Practices and Nutritional Statusof a Seminomadic Population group andcost-effectiveness on reduction of povertyand improvement of Nutrition and Healthstatus through making Zero-grading goatsto a rural community in Embu.

Prof. A.A. Kielman, Departmentof food Technology and Nutrition

Educational Background:

Prof. 8.8. Yahya Department ofLand Development

Prof. Kielmann, 59, holds B.Sc(Chemistry) from Sir George WilliamsUniversity, Canada and Master of Surgeryand Doctor of Medicine (C.M and M.D.)from McGill University, MontrealCanada. '

National Activities

Prof. Kielmann is an Associate of UnitedNations University, Tokyo Japan,Member of the Editorial Committee ofTropical Medicine and Parasitologyjournal and advisor on Lake KenyattaSettlement Scheme.

Teaching and SupervisionRecord

He joined University employment asAssociate Professor in 1982 under GTITechnical Assistance Programme. Priorto that, he served as Assistant Professorand Research Associate at School ofHygiene and Public Health, JohnsHopkins University, Baltimore,Mangland, U.S.A. Prof. Kielmann wasinstrumental in the development of aPostgraduate Programme in AppliedHuman Nutrition.

Prof. Gathuma Department ofPublic Health

Educational BackgroundProf. Gathuma, 46, holds

B.V.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. obtained fromUniversity of Nairobi in 1971,1974 and1978. Between 1973and 1974,he attendedgraduate course at the University ofCalifornia, Davis under the sponsorship ofthe Rockefeller Foundation.Teaching and SupervisionRecord

Prof. Gathuma joined Universityservices in 1974 as an Assistant Lecturerand promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1974.In 1979,he rose to the position of SeniorLecturer. He was promoted to AssociateProfessor in 1985, a position he held untilhe was elevated to full professorship.

Prof. Gathuma has successfullysupervised five Ph.D and Msc. candidatesand is currently supervising three Ph.Dand two M.Sc. candidates.

Educational BackgroundProf. Yahya, 50, attended S.W.

Essex Technical College of School Art,London, College of Estate Management,London, School of Community andRegional Planning, Canada and Universityof Nairobi where he was awarded Ph.D in1976.Teaching and SupervisionRecord

_ Prof. Yahya has been teaching inthe Department of Land Developmentsince 1968 when he joined UniversityService as Lecturer under the RockefellerFoundation Fellowship. In 1975, he wasmade an Associate Professor of LandDevelopment. He has successfullysupervised several Postgraduate Studentsin land Economics and town planning.Publications

He has authored three books and46 papers some of which have beenpublished in Peer-RefereedjoumaCurrent Research

Prof. Yahya has several ongoingresearch projects in land economics andurban planning.National Activities

He is a member of the RoyalInstitution of Chartered Surveyors,Canadian Institute of Planners andInstitution of Surveyors of Kenya. Prof.Yahya has served as external Examinersand University of Nigeria. Inugu andUniversity of Zambia.

Publications

Prof. Kielmann is a Prolific writer in hisfield of specialisation and has authored sixbooks and 25 learned papers which haveappeared ;n Peer-refereed scholarlyjournals.

Current Research

His ongoing research activities are on

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Teaching and SupervisionRecord

She has served as lecturer in theDepartment for the last 10 years. Shefirst served as assistant lecturer in thedepartment of Veterinary Pathology andMicrobiology in 1976.

She was first appointed onpromotion as Lecturer in 1979. She hasserved as a member of the board ofExaminers for M.Sc and Ph.D students.

She has acted as moderator forsupplementary Examinations in theFaculty of Human medicine, Departmentof Microbiology and Parasitology in twooccasions.Publications

Dr. Bebora has four publishedScientific papers to her credit and sixwhich have been presented for publication.Research

Dr. Bebora has developed avaccine against poultry disease. Currentlyshe has been consulted by the NationalCouncil for Science and Technology toevaluate for them a research proposal.

The proposal was entitled "surveyof antibodies to selected poultry diseaseagents in Kenya".

PublicationsHe has authored 57 learned papers

which have appeared in peer-refereedjournals and read 19others in internationalconferences.Current Research

Prof. Gathuma is carryingresearch in Epidemiology of Zoonoses inKenya, Epidemiology and Economics ofLivestock Disease, Environmental/FoodHygience and Wildlife diseases andproblems:National Activities

He has served as consultant ininternational organisations such as UNEP,AGREF and Hoechst E.A. and is amember of several professionalassociations in his field of specification.

PromotionsDr. George Gitau Kamau appointed .Lecturer Department ofOrthopaedic Surgery

Dr. George Gitau Kamau hasbeen promoted to lecturer. He was untilhis promotion a tutorial fellow in thedepartmentof orthopaedic Surgery.Educational Background

Dr. Kamau joined the Universityof Ibadan, sponsored by the Association ofAfrican Universities (1974 - 79) where heattained a degree of Bachelor of Medicineand Surgery (M.B.B.S) in 1979. '

He joined Nairobi University in1984 and was awarded a master ofmedicinedegree in 1988.Experience

He was a medical officer ofHealth at Marsabit District Hospital in1983. He was until his appointment aTutorial Fellow in the Department ofOrthopaedicSurgery.National Activities

Dr. Kamau is a member of threeprofessional associations which includethe Kenya Medical Association; theAssociation of Surgeons of East Africaand the Medical DefenceUnion.

Dr. Mohammed Bakari appointedSenior Lecturer Department ofLinguistics and Africa Languages

Educational BackgroundDr. Bakari holds a B.A

degree(1973) and B.Phil(1975) obtainedfrom Nairobi and York Universityrespectively.

In 1978, Dr. Bakari joined the

University of Nairobi for his M.A andlater Ph.D which he was awarded in 1978and 1982respectively.Teaching and SupervisionRecord

. Dr. Bakari joined Linguistics andAfrican languages department in 1976 as aTutorial Fellow. Between 1979 and 1980,he served as Assistant Lecturer beforebeing appointed on promotion as lecturerin 1981. He has taught UndergraduateStudents General Linguistics andPostgraduate Students Phonetics,Phonology and Morphology.

He has supervised a number ofM.A dissertations in Linguistics andSwahili Students since 1978. He iscurrently supervising two Ph.D studentsworking on Tharaka and KipokomoMorphonologies.Publications

He has individually and jointlywritten 13 highly learned papers some ofwhich have been published in highlyrespected scholarly journals and somepresented-ininternational conferences.

He has one book alreadypublished,(morphophonology of KenyanSwahili Dialects - 1985) and there is oneforthcoming entitled the phonology andmorphology of the Mijikenda Dialects.Current Research

He has twd on-going researchprojects on the oral Literature of theMijikenda and the morphology andphonology of Kidawida(TAITAJ.National Activities

Dr. Bakari is a member of theBoard of Governors, Muslim Girls HighSchool, Nairobi. he is also a member ofthe Language Survey Team working onLANGUAGE AND DIALECtS ATLASOF KENYA attached to the CoastalLanguages Group under Prof. Dr.Wilhalm Mohlig of the University ofCologne.

Dr. Stephen M. Njiro promoted toSenior Lecturer Department ofVeterinary Pathology.

Dr. Stephen Mukabi Njiro hasbeen appointed on promotion as SeniorLecturer in the Department of VeterinaryPathology and Microbiology.Educational Background

He received B.V.M, M.Sc andPh.D degrees from Nairobi Universitybetween 1971 - 1984.Teaching and SupervisionRecord

Dr. Njiro first served in theDepartment of veterinary Pathology,University of Nairobi, as AssistantLecturer. In 1979 was promoted to fullLecturer .in the same Department. Heteaches Pathology and special Pathologyto VeterinaryUndergraduates.

He has been on the board ofExaminers for severalM.Sc candidates andis currently supervising a postgraduatestudent

Since 1983, Dr. Njiro hashandled all matters pertaining to theteaching and examination of specialpathology paper.

While serving as warden ofWakulima Hall (1985) Dr. Njiropublished a pamphlet on sexual conduct

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Dr. BeboraappointedDepartmentPathology

Lily Caroline,Senior Lecturer

of Veterinary

Dr. Bebora Lilly Caroline(Mrs)has been appointed on promotion asSenior Lecturer in the Department ofveterinary pathology and Microbiology.Educational Background

Dr. Bebora holds B.V.M, M.Scand Ph.D(1988) obtained from NairobiUniversity.