Departments

Introduction

Dr. Teresa Cherop Lotodo, MBchB, 2002(Moi University), MMed Human Pathology, 2013(U.O.N)

Head of Haematology and Blood Transfusion Department

The Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion is located at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) out-patient building at the MTRH-Moi University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS) complex on Nandi road in Eldoret. The department was established in 1988 as one of the departments in the Faculty of Health Sciences, which later became School of medicine, Moi University It has now grown to 6 members of Staff.

The Department is involved in Teaching, mounting practical’s and Research for several undergraduate programmes (MBchB III, Nursing II ,Physiotherapy II ,Dentistry II, BMLS) and Postgraduate programmes (Surgery and Orthopaedics, Msc Immunology). The departments is involved in clinical and Research collaborations with Indiana University, VU medical center (Netherlands),UCSF-Consultancy for Kaposi Sarcoma, Africa cancer registry network(AFRCN) and International association of cancer registries(IARC).

Introduction

Dr. Jeremiah Laktabai, Head of Department

The department of family medicine was established in 2005 as the first program in Kenya to offer Postgraduate training in Family Medicine.

Family Medicine is rooted in the belief that quality primary care is the foundation for all medical care.

The Family Physician (FP) is a medical doctor providing competent and comprehensive clinical care over a wide range of patient conditions, considering the patient’s physiologic, psychological, socio-economic, cultural and spiritual dimensions within the context of their family and community, and not limited by the person’s age, gender, organ system or disease entity.

Introduction

Dr. Ann Mwangi, BSc, Msc, PhD

Senior Lecturer and Head of Department Behavioral Science 

The department of behavioral sciences was established in 1998 as one of the departments under the faculty of health sciences which later became the school of medicine. Due to the necessity of health psychologists in the Moi teaching and referral hospital and across the country, in collaboration with Moi University Kenya and Maastricht University Netherlands, it started a Bachelors of Science Programme in Medical Psychology the first of a kind in Kenya and across Africa. The programme focuses on Medical Psychology, which is based on the biopsychosocial model that draws upon knowledge from health psychology, clinical psychology and neuropsychology. It is very useful in understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress and dysfunction in human being. The department also offer master’s in International Health Research Ethics and a Master’s of science in Clinical Psychology which will commence in the fall of 2019.The department is also the key custodian to the Human Communication Skill and Behavioural Science and Ethics Courses which are offered across all schools in the College of Health Sciences, Moi university. Since the establishment, the department has steadily grown expanding its connections not only to local universities but universities within Africa and across the world. The department is involved in clinical research collaboration with Duke university USA, skills training and academics in collaboration with Maastricht university Netherlands, regional expansion of international Health research ethics training in collaboration with Mbarara university Uganda to mention but a few. In doing this, it aims to create the exposure and awareness needed to motivate health researchers and psychologists; in addition it also aims to sensitize the general population on the necessity of mental health through campaigns and forums that it organizes on regular basis. Departmental members are also involved in collaborative research with global partners in the AMPATH Consortium.