UANDISHI-Building Capacity for Writing Scientific Manuscripts program held the certificate award ceremony to mark completion of the year 2023 training.
UANDISHI is an innovative and experiential blended mentor-mentee Scientific Manuscript Writing and Mentorship training being implemented at the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), University of Nairobi.
The training seasons in 2023 were March-June 2023 for Cohort 1, and July-October 2023 for Cohort 2. A total of 18 postgraduate students (mentees) and 6 faculty members (mentors) successfully completed the training. Each of the mentees developed a manuscript out of their postgraduate project data. Of the 18 manuscripts, 7 have already been submitted to peer reviewed journals with 1 manuscript already accepted for publication.
Ms Mawia Mutava, Program Management Specialist ADVANCE from IAVI, was in attendance. In her brief remarks, Ms Mutava, commended the work and achievements by UANDISHI team; she expressed gratitude to the University of Nairobi for support, the mentees for their dedication and outputs, the mentors for offering support whole heartedly, the Program Principal Investigator Dr. Gloria Omosa- Manyonyi for the commitment and KAVI-ICR director Prof. Walter Jaoko for supporting the project.
The University of Nairobi invited the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Research and Innovation for the award ceremony. In her speech presented by Prof. Jaoko, she expressed her pleasure in the University’s investment in Research through the UANDISHI training.
“I am aware that this initiative aims at building capacity for scientific writing at the Faculty of Health
Sciences not only among students but also among faculty members,” she commented.
She emphasized on the importance of publishing research findings. She termed not Disseminating research findings after doing research as criminal and unethical.
Prof. Hutchinson completed her speech by congratulating the mentors and mentees for their efforts in investing in research skills and wished them the best as the ventured more equipped into the world of research.
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