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Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.)
Positions
- Senior Lecturer, Strathmore Business School , Strathmore University
- Fellow, Kenya National Academy of Sciences 2011 -
- Director, Institute of Health Care Management , Strathmore University 2014 -
- Fellow, African Academy of Sciences 2006 -
- Professor of Health Systems Research, Strathmore University 2014 -
- Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Nairobi 2000 -
- Founder Director, Consortium for Nairobi Health Research (CNHR) 2008 - 2014
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Nairobi 1995 - 2000
- Chairman, Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Nairobi 1995 - 1999
- Senior Lecturer, Pharmaceutics, University of Nairobi 1987 - 1995
- Lecturer, Pharmaceutics, University of Nairobi 1984 - 1987
Research Areas
- Clinical pharmacology (LCSH)
- Clinical trials (LCSH)
- Drug metabolism
- Drugs--Metabolism (LCSH)
- Drugs--Physiological effect (LCSH)
- Health Systems
- Malaria (LCSH)
- Pharmacodynamics
- Pharmacokinetics (LCSH)
- Proteomics (LCSH)
Affiliation
head of
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology 1998 - 2008
member of
- Malaria Journal Editorial Board Member 2009 -
- Research Training Steering Committee, WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases Member 2008 - 2011
- African Society for Drug Metabolism Member 2009
- Expert Scientific Advisory Committee, Medicine for Malaria Venture Member 1998 - 2001
Publications
selected publications
editor of
Research
research overview
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Professor Gilbert Kokwaro has published over 90 full articles and abstracts in international peer-reviewed Journals in the area clinical pharmacology of drugs used in the treatment of infection. He has also been the editor and lead contributor to a regional formulary on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria for Eastern, Central and Southern African Countries. He has supervised several Masters, PhD and Post-Doctoral students, and examined several PhD Theses in Europe, Africa and India. He has been a reviewer for several international journals including:
1. Clinical Infectious Diseases;
2. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology;
3. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences;
4. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene;
5. East African Medical Journal;
6. Malaria Journal;
7. PloS ONE;
8. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery;
investigator on
- Clinical pharmacology of diazepam in children with severe malaria. awarded by Wellcome Trust (UK) 1995 - 1998
- Effect of malaria on drug disposition awarded by Wellcome Trust (UK) 1991 - 1993
keywords
- Clinical pharmacology of anticonvulsant drugs used in children
- Clinical pharmacology of drugs used in the treatment of tropical diseases
- Drug Management and Rational Drug Use in Health Facilities
- Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and drug metabolism
- Proteomics and severe disease: potential for development of new diagnostic and disease-monitoring techniques
Teaching
advisees
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graduate advising relationship
- Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.) advising Gitau, Evelyn N. (Person) 2008
- Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.) advising Muchohi, Simon N. (Person) 2007
- Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.) advising Sasi, Philip (Person) 2007
- Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.) advising Amin, Abdinasir A. (Person) 2005
- Ogutu, Bernhards (Prof.), Ph.D. candidate, 2002
- Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.) advising Radwen, Hellen 2000
- Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.) advising Muchohi, Simon N. (Person) 2000
- Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.) advising Mberu, Edward K. (Person) 1998
- Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.) advising Glazier, Anthony P. (Person) 1995
- Kokwaro, Gilbert O. (Prof.) advising Ismail, Sabariah (Person) 1994
Service
reviewer of
- Adverse drug reactions and underlying metabolic profiles in HIV patients on long-term antiretroviral therapy (Thesis) 2017
- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs used for combination therapy in Malaria (Book) 2014
- A Pharmacological investigation of South African lichens, desiccation-tolerant plants and the medicinal tree, Warburgia salutaris (Thesis) 2010
- Development, formulation and evaluation of tropical preparations of terbinafine hydrochloride for the treatment of superficial dermatophytosis (Thesis) 2008
- Drug resistance polymorphisms in African isolates of plasmodium falciparum and their influence on drug response (Thesis) 2007
- The isolation characterisation and antiplasmodial activity of two novel dimeric sesquiterpenes from dicoma anomala (Thesis) 2007
- Estimating the sequestered load in plasmodium falciparum Malaria (Thesis) 2005
- A study of the antimalarial action of pyronaridine and its accumulation In plasmodium falciparum (Thesis) 2004
- The antimalarial activity of dicoma anomala and the chloroquine resistance reversing effects of sclerocarya birrea on plasmodium falciparum in vitro (Thesis) 2001
Background
education and training
- B.Pharm., University of Nairobi
- POSTDOC. Postdoctoral in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool 1991 - 1993
- Ph.D. in Pharmacokinetics, University of Wales 1984 - 1987
- M.Sc. in Pharmaceutics, University of Nairobi 1980 - 1982
credential eligibility attained
- Clinical Pharmacology Certificate
- Clinical Trials Certificate
- Drug metabolism Certificate
- GLP/GCP Certificate
- Pharmacokinetics Certificate
Contact
full name
- Prof.Gilbert Kokwaro
primary email
- gkokwaro@strathmore.edu
webpage
phone
- 0722323651
- (+254) 703 034 538
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