0709 203000 - Nairobi 0709 983000 - Kilifi
0709 203000 - NRB 0709 983000 - Kilifi
0709 203000 - NRB | 0709 983000 - Kilifi

Bio

Primus is a public health specialist and bioethicist, with an interest in the ethics of controlled human infection studies and health policy and systems research in LMICs. Primus joined the programme in July 2018 as a Mid-Level Social Scientist (Senior Postdoctoral Researcher) from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, where he served as a researcher and lecturer with the Department of Public Health Sciences from March 2016 – April 2018. Prior to that he served as a doctoral researcher with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), where he worked on health systems in conflict-affected settings. Primus holds a PhD in International Health from the University of Oslo, Norway, an MPH (Public health and Research ethics) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and an M.Sc. (Medical Microbiology/Parasitology) from the University of Buea, Cameroon.

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Current Work

He leads a social science controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) study imbedded within ongoing and planned CHMI studies at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in kilifi, Kenya. Working with a team of scientists and social scientists, he employs empirical ethics approaches to understand the social and ethical implications of conducting such studies in a LMIC setting, with the goal of strengthening policy and practice.

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Recent publications

"We should be at the table together from the beginning": perspectives on partnership from stakeholders at four research institutions in sub-Saharan Africa.
Voller, S., Chitalu, C. M., Nyondo-Mipando, A. L., Opobo, T., Bangirana, C. A., Thorogood, N., Schellenberg, J., Chi, P.
Int J Equity Health, (2022). 21:111

Undertaking Community Engagement for a Controlled Human Malaria Infection Study in Kenya: Approaches and Lessons Learnt.
Mumba, N., Njuguna, P., Chi, P., Marsh, V., Awuor, E., Hamaluba, M., Mauncho, C., Mwalukore, S., Masha, J., Mwangoma, M., Kalama, B., Alphan, H., Wambua, J., Bejon, P., Kamuya, D., Kapulu, M. C.
Front Public Health, (2022). 10:793913