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Gloria K. Ngaiza

MD, MSc


DPhil Student of Clinical Medicine

EDUCATION

MSc Global Health and Development (distinction), University College London (UCL).

Doctor of Medicine (unclassified), the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS).

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Gloria has worked in clinical medicine, public health and international development. She has experience working for the UK government as a Health Adviser for the Department for International Development (DFID) and later the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). She led the $100 million Tanzanian health and nutrition portfolio, which focused on stunting reduction and early childhood development, reproductive and maternal health, global health security and health system strengthening activities. She also supported other multi-million dollar programmes in UK government offices in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Nepal. Before that, she worked for the Ministry of Health as a Medical Doctor and Regional Coordinator for the Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Programme in Tanzania.

Thesis

Technology Integration in Newborn Care: Examining Communication and Decision-making among Health Professionals in Newborn Units in Kenyan hospitals. 

RESEARCH OVERVIEW  

3 MINUTE RESEARCH SUMMARY

Gloria introduces her DPhil Thesis: The role of technology in shaping communication in newborn units in Kenyan hospitals.

Other Achievements

HIGH-Q Programme and NDM Tropical Network Fund DPhil Studentship (2021-2024).

Race Equality Award Winner, offered by the Oxford Student Union (2023).

Highly Commended for the Nautilus Citizenship Award, offered by the Green Templeton College, University of Oxford (2023).

winner of the Race Equality Award