DAY 1

Introduction to the Kilimanjaro International PhD Symposium 

• Essence of the 2nd Kilimanjaro International PhD Symposium ~ Gibson Kibiki
• PhD program KCMUCo ~ Declare Mushi
• Building Stronger Universities in Developing Countries (BSU) updates ~ Gibson Kibiki
• KCMC/KCMU College Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Updates ~ John Bartlett
• Updates on research proposal development: Problem & stakeholders' analysis and identification of research question ~ Peter Furu (UC Denmark)

DAY 2

PhD manuscript presentation 

• Associations between salivary, protein-unbound and total plasma concentrations of rifampicin ~ Hadija Semvua
• Discovery of novel IgM binding PfEMP1 variants in Plasmodium falciparum line ~ Anine Engholm Jeppesen
• HIV-1 pol diversity among female bar and hotel workers in Northen Tanzania ~ Irene Kiwelu
• Utilizing nanobody technology to target non-immuno dominant domains of VAR2CSA ~ Sisse Bolm Ditlev
• Distribution of Anopheles gambiaes.l. in different Ecological Zones of Tanzania:Implications for Malaria Vector Control ~ Bilali I. kabula
• The Effect of diabetes mellitus on the pharmacokinetics of tuberculosis drugs in Tanzania patients ~Charles Mtabho
• Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Tanzania: Approaches to improve management ~ Stellah George Mpagama
• Plarmacological Studies on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV infection ~ Eva Prosper Muro
• Epidemiology of sub-patent Plasmodium falciparum infection: Implications for detection of hotspots with imperfect diagnostics ~ Jacklin Mosha
• Validating the applicability of malaria rapid diagnostic tests and whole genome sequencing to survey molecular aspects of malaria epidemiology and epidemic risks ~ Sidsel Nag
• Designing and optimizing an Adenovirus Encoded VLP Vaccine against HIV ~ Anne-Marie Andersson

DAY 3

Career Development

• Personal Development Planning ~ Jovin Kitau & Hazel McCullough
• Introduction to Mentoring ~ Elizabeth Msoka & Hazel McCullough
• ePhD Log ~ Helen Allwood