Oscar Kanjerwa is a Laboratory Technician at MLW for RV3-BB vaccine trial the Virology Research group. In this project, we are testing RV3-BB vaccine for its safety and immunogenicity as primary end points. Prior this, Oscar also worked in the vaccine surveillance study which was assessing vaccine effectiveness of the rotavirus vaccine that was intoruduced in Malawi in October 2012.
Oscar has a Diploma in Biomedical Sciences from the Malawi Adventist University (Malamulo College of Health Sciences) and a Certificate in Education from Lilongwe Teachers College. He is currently pursuing a BSc. in Public Health at Share World Open University.
His long-term goal is to become a vibrant researcher in Molecular Biology and contribute a lot in the area of disease prevention at national and international level.