Dr. Davis R. Mumbengegwi Biography

Tertiary Qualifications:
  • Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Science) 2002, University of Manchester (U.K)
  • MSc. (Biotechnology and Molecular Biology)1998, University of Hull (U.K)
  • BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences 1996, University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)

Room:   E30
Phone:   061 206 3698
Fax:       061 206 3684
Email: dmumbengegwi@unam.na

Research Interests
  • Treatment and diagnosis of communicable and non-communicable diseases including malaria, cancer and intracellular infections
  • Preclinical evaluation of novel anti-malaria treatments, synthetic and extracts from medicinal plants
  • Molecular surveillance of drug resistance markers
  • Signaling pathways as potential drug targets
  • Targeted and controlled-release drug delivery systems
Teaching assignments
  • Applied genetics
  • Virology
Biography in brief

Dr. Mumbengegwi did a BSc (Hons) degree in microbiology and genetics at the University of Zimbabwe.  He then proceeded to do an MSc in Biotechnology and molecular biology at the University of Hull in the U.K where he graduated at the top of his class. He received a scholarship from DERA, U.K to carry out his doctoral studies at the University Of Manchester School Of Pharmacy which included training from Porton Down microbiologists. Following completion of his PhD, Dr Mumbengegwi was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Alberta, department of pharmacology in Edmonton, Canada and a research fellowship at the University of Iowa in the department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Carver College of medicine. He is currently the lead researcher in the Pharmaceuticals program in the Science, Technology and Innovation Division. He is also the head of the division and Deputy Director of the MRC.

Project supervision & co-supervision and Postgraduate students
Recent Professional Activities and Pulications

 

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