I am a Tanzanian medical doctor with postgraduate qualifications in public health management, epidemiology, biostatistics, vaccinology and infectious disease. I have extensive experience in global health, epidemiology, research, academics, infectious disease, and public health programme management. For more than 17 years, I have worked as a medical practitioner, health systems manager, researcher, university professor and epidemiologist. I have served in different capacities in Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Ghana, Botswana, Cambodia, Liberia and Malawi. I am currently the Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program Resident Advisor in Malawi, employed by the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington.