Naomi Chege

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Naomi
Chege

Research associate
International Livestock Research Institute
Biography

Naomi Chege is a research associate in the Animal and Human Health (AHH) program at the International Livestock Research Institute. She is involved in vaccine development and immunological experiments on East coast fever, African swine flu and Mycoplasma related livestock diseases. She has also been involved in projects on helminths, Malaria, Leishmania, and Schistosomiasis. Her proficiencies lie heavily on epidemiology, immunology and molecular biology with a keen interest in immunology for health advancement. She holds a degree in Bachelor of Science and currently on her final stages of her masters of science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology both from Egerton University.

Research interests

To exceptionally step in the gap to offer solution (s) to biomedical research in human and livestock diseases through research and collaboration for health advancement with a keen focus on 

Immunology

Vaccine development

Projects you're working on

Vaccine development for East Coast Fever, Mycoplasma and African swine flu

challenge model development 

Discipline
Cellular biology Challenge model development Challenge study design Epidemiology Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology Parasitology Protein biology Quality assurance Statistics Virology
Host species
Cattle Pigs
Pathogen
Bacteria›E. coli Bacteria›Mycobacteria bovis Parasites›Nematodes Parasites›Theileria annulata Parasites›Theileria parva Parasites›Ticks Viruses›African swine fever virus Viruses›Rift Valley fever virus
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Field trials Vaccine delivery