Associate Professor Ndaziona Peter Kwanjo Banda

Area of Specialization

Internal medicine, Tropical medicine and Respiratory medicine

Current Positions

• Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Respiratory Medicine, Specialist Physician and Pulmonologist (Respiratory Medicine Physician) in Medicine Department, School of Medicine and Oral Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) and Queen Elizabeth Central and Teaching Hospital, Blantyre.
• Senator in Kamuzu University of Health Sciences Senate.
• President for Malawi College of Physicians
• ECSACOP Academy of Educators Committee member
• National Medicines and Supply Board Member and National Standard Treatment Guidelines reviewer
• Co-Investigator and Senior Clinical Physician in Malawi Accelerated Research in Vaccines, Experimental and Laboratory Systems-MARVELS) with Malawi Liverpool Welcome trust. Controlled Human Infection Model Studies.
• Investigator of record: ACTG studies at Johns Hopkins Research Project, Blantyre site.
• Consulting Specialist Physician and Pulmonologist: Mwaiwathu Private Hospital and KUHes Private Clinic
• Trainer of Glasgow-KUHES DTM&H Microscopy

Clinical Work, Teaching and Research Experience

• Extensive experience in patients' management, training and education of health professionals at KUHeS and Queen Elizabeth Central and teaching (both undergraduate and postgraduate students Hospital (QECH) since 2007
• Research supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate students research work at KUHES for many years
• Coordinator for MBBS, BSC internal Medicine and Postgraduate-HIV diploma programs at KUHES for many years
• Founding member and educator of ECSACOP.
• External examiner for Medicine department at Malawi Adventist University (Malamulo College of Health Sciences Campus) and Malawi College of Health Sciences for many years.
• Member of COVID-19 pandemic response leadership team at QECH, KUHeS and National level.
• Curriculum development and review for MBBS, Bachelor of Science in internal medicine, MMED (Internal medicine), East Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians Fellowship programs
• Previous World Diabetes Federation Lead for Diabetes Services Upscaling in Malawi
• Trainer on ART services in Public and Private Companies
• Previous co-investigator for NCD BRITE grant - Building Research capacity, implementation and Translation Expertise grant whose objectives included needs assessment on Non-communicable diseases (NCD) and mentoring young researchers on their research projects.
• Previous consultant reviewer of Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (non-profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland) on a study about causes of febrile illness for three years in the recent past.
• Former Head of Medicine Department (KUHES).

Research Interests

• Controlled human infections Model and vaccines development studies
• Non-communicable diseases and chronic lung diseases