Dr Harrieth P Ndumwa is a scientist holding a Medical Degree from the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and currently working as a Research Fellow at the directorate of research and publications and the department of haematology and blood transfusion, MUHAS.
She is passionate on researches of global public health importance, academia, health technology and innovation. She has conducted a number of research works on Mental health and Drug Use, HIV-AIDs, COVID-19, Anti-Microbial Resistance, Non-Communicable Diseases as well as digital health.
As of now, Harrieth has 4 scientific publications, 7 manuscripts submitted to peer reviewed journals, 9 manuscripts in the pipeline, 1 book chapter under review and 4 ongoing research work.
She has recently won two research grants under the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) and the Laerdal Foundation. She is currently coordinating two big collaborative research projects between MUHAS and the University of Oxford.
Prior to this, she coordinated a collaborative implementational research project between the Association Casa Famiglia Rosetta (ACFR)-Italy, the Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA), the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).