Professor Henry Mwandumba, - 'The Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme: Research Excellence, Impact and Opportunities for Collaboration'
2:00pm - 3:00pm /
Tuesday 21st April 2026
/ Venue: LT2 Life Sciences Building
Type: Seminar /
Category: Department
/ Series: Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences
- Carole Thomas
- Suitable for: All are welcome
- Admission: Free
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Professor Henry Mwandumba is Director of the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme (MLW) and Head of the Mucosal and Vascular Immunology Research Group at MLW, Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi, and Honorary Consultant Physician at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. His research has three major themes: HIV, Tuberculosis and Vascular Diseases and focuses on understanding the immunopathogenesis of HIV-associated illnesses to improve patient outcomes. Henry is Past-President of the Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS) and Past-Treasurer of the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians (ECSACOP). He was Cornell University’s Distinguished African Scholar in 2015, was awarded the MRC/DfID African Research Leader Award in 2017, the Royal Society Africa Prize in 2019 and the Weber-Parkes Prize in 2022.