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Dr. JPR Ochieng’-Odero

Governing Council Member

PHD in Entomology, HSC in Zoology.

Biography

Holder of International Centre of Insect Physiology, Ken (ICIPE) PDF 1990-92 Biological Performance in insects.Trustee, National Research Fund (NRF, July 2015 - current), Member of the Independent External Expert Advisory Group (EEAG) Socio Technical Approach to Road Safety (STARS) project funded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (2018 – Current), Member of the UKRI International Development Peer Review College (2018 – Current).


Member, Governing Council of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital (2018-Current), Member, Research Advisory Group (RAG) of the British Council (2017-2018), Member of Review panel, External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) of the Consortium for National Health Research (CNHR, August 2016), Commissioner, Commission for University Education (CUE 2014 - 2017), Member of Review panel, External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) of the Consortium for National Health Research (CNHR, 2016), Member, Planning Working Group (PWG) of the National Research Fund (NRF,2014-2015),


Head of State Commendations (HSC) 2013, Deputy Director and Head of Scientific Programmes, Consortium of National Health Research (CNHR) (2008 - 2014), Secretary, External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) of CNHR (2008 - 2014), Visiting Scientist, icipe – African Insect Science (2008 - 2014), Head of Capacity Building and Institutional Development Programme, ICIPE (2004- 2008), Senior Research Scientist and Manager of the Research Capacity Building Office, ICIPE (1998-2000), Research Scientist, ICIPE (1989 - 1992), Senior Programme Planning Officer, RANDFORUM (1992 - 1997), External Reviewer, National S&T Grants of the Commission of Higher Education (CHE), Kenya (2005-2010), Member, Programme Monitoring Committee of the Regional Integration Research Network of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA, 1998 - 2005), Secretary, African Association of Insect Scientists (AAIS, 1992-1994), 1984: Winner of Africa-wide Postgraduate Research Fellowship in Insect Mass Rearing Technology, ICIPE, 1982: Winner, National Merit Scholarship for Science, India.

Education

  • Auckland University, New Zealand PhD 1985-89 Zoology (Entomology)
  • University of Poona, India BSc (Hons) 1979-82 Zoology