Proforma

18 December 2024: PhD defence, Christabel Khaemba

On 18 December, Christabel Khaemba will defend her thesis titled Pharmacovigilance in Mass Drug Administration for the Control and Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Kenya. Christabel is the last of the five PROFORMA project’s PhD students to defend her thesis.

Date and time: 18 December 2024, 09:00 (CET)
Venue: Seminar room Parker, Widerström Building, Tomtebodavägen 18A, Karolinska Institutet Campus Solna
Follow the defence online via Zoom: https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/62437321086

Main supervisor:
Professor Eleni Aklillu, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet

Co-supervisors:
Professor Anastacia Guantai, Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, University of Nairobi
Professor Sammy Njenga, Research Laboratory, Eastern & Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control Neglected Tropical Disease, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Professor Marja-Liisa Dahl, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet

Opponent:
Professor Robert Bergquist, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

Examination board:
Professor Björn Wettermark, Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University
Professor Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet
Associate Professor Peter Hjelmström, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, WHO Collaborating Center for International Drug Monitoring

19 December 2024: PROFORMA project closure symposium

After six years, the PROFORMA project has come to an end. To celebrate all the achievements and the five new doctors within the project, a closure symposium will be held in Stockholm, Sweden.

Date and time: 19 December 2024, 09:00-17:00 (CET)
Venue: Birger & Margareta Blombäck-salen, Solnavägen 30, Stockholm

The first part of the symposium will be held as a hybrid event, allowing participation online as well as in person. During the afternoon session, the event will only be on site.
Please note that registration is mandatory: Register to the event.

Highlights on the agenda

• Overview of the PROFORMA project
• Key achievements
• Country highlights
• Presentations by the PROFORMA doctoral students
• Network reception

Full agenda will be published here shortly.