Tatenda Chiuya (Zimbabwe)

Tatenda Chiuya

<p><strong>Research project</strong>:&nbsp; One Health approach to vector biology and arbovirus epidemiology in smallholder livestock system.</p> <p><strong>Research goals</strong>: The study will determine the most important vectors of zoonotic pathogens and their livestock reservoirs in western Kenya, where a large diversity of potential arbovirus vectors have recently been identified.</p> <p><strong>Host project and funding</strong>: Zoonoses in Livestock in Kenya (ZooLinK) project, funded under the UK Research Council and the Department for International Development (DFID).</p> <p><strong>Bio</strong>: Tatenda holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree from University of Zimbabwe and an MSc in Tropical Animal Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium.</p> <p><strong>Supervisors</strong>: Dr Dan Masiga and Dr Jandouwe Villinger (<em><em>icipe</em></em>); and Dr Eric Fevre (International Livestock Research Institute, ILRI).</p>