Dr. Francis Mhimbira

Dr. Francis Mhimbira is an epidemiologist and a senior research scientist at Ifakara Health Institute (IHI, www.ihi.or.tz). He joined IHI since 2012 working with a TB research group conducting TB epidemiological, diagnostic and clinical trials (drugs and vaccines). He has experience in conducting phase II and phase III TB drug clinical trials. He is currently leading the preparation and conduct of PanACEA related studies at Ifakara Health Institute. Dr. Francis has other research interests which include implementation studies on TB case finding and diagnostic studies.

Dr. Francis received his medical degree from University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, a Masters’ degree in Epidemiology from University of Melbourne, Australia and a PhD in Epidemiology from University of Basel, Switzerland.