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Dr EDWARD OWITI OKONJO

Lecturer, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

Applied Sciences and Technology Biological and Life Sciences Applied and Technical Biology

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Official email

Edward.Okonjo@tukenya.ac.ke

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Office telephone

+254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672

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Consultation hours

8AM-5PM MON - FRI

About

Dr EDWARD OWITI OKONJO is a Lecturer, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES at the Technical University of Kenya, specialising in Botany/zoology, Applied Parasitology, Parasitology. Dr EDWARD OWITI OKONJO holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and is based in the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology.

Current Position	Office
LECTURER	DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

A research scientist who seeks to use my aquired knowledge and skills to impact my country by engaging in scientific research aimed at alleviating the burden of parasitic infections and improving the health status of the community. I am passionate about impating the next generation of research scientists and leaders through mentorship and career development

INTEGRATED SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL-CASE STUDY OF MWEA IRRIGATION SCHEME	PARASITOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY
Establishing a Network of Permanent Observatories for Mos-quitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases in East and Southern Africa (VectorGrid-Africa)	Public Health and Entomology
AnophoLess Africa project: Learning to Eliminate Dominant Malaria Vectors.	Entomology, Parasitology
African conversations for Gene Drives for mosquito control	Malaria

Title	Link to publication	Year
Chronic S. mansoni infection critically regulates PbA infection-associated severity and pathological events in a mouse model	View online	2025
Ochilo, W. N., Otipa, M., Oronje, M., Chege, F., Lingeera, E. K., Lusenaka, E., & Okonjo, E. O. (2018). Pest Management Practices Prescribed by Frontline Extension Workers in the Smallholder Agricultural Subsector of Kenya, Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 9(1): 15; 1–9.	View online
Adapting Africa’s vector surveillance systems to monitor gene-drive mosquitoes in malaria control	View online	2026
Evaluation of the Beneficial Nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita in the control of Biomphalaria pfeifferi. Afr J Health Sci. 2015; 28(1):168-170	View online
Okonjo Edward, Yole D., Ogoyi D (2017). Prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma mansoni before and after chemotherapy in school aged children, Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 7(22), 29-36.	View online
Detection of induced proteins in the haemolymph of Biomphalaria pfeifferi infected with Schistosoma mansomi.	View online
Edward Okonjo Dorcas Yole, and Dorington Ogoyi Cytokine Response Profiles of School-Aged Children Infected with Schistosomiasis before and after Praziquantel Treatment	View online
Schistosoma mansoni Co-infection Decelerates Murine Plasmodium berghei ANKA Induced Inflammatory Response and Organ Damage	View online
Okonjo Edward., Yole D., Ogoyi D (2017). Evaluation of the knowledge and activities of a local community in Mwea endemic with schistosomiasis, Journal of Natural Science Research, 7(22) 95-104.	View online
Vickie C. Koske, Shiphrah N. Kuria, Edward O. Okonjo, Moses O. Otieno. Antiretroviral therapy regimens associated with viral suppression in adolescents on HIV treatment in Kenya. HIV AIDS Rev 2025; 24, 4: 286-292	View online	2025

Name	Project Title	Period
Vickie Koske	Antiretroviral therapy regimens associated with viral suppression in adolescents on HIV treatment in Kenya	2023
Christine Mutisya	‘Prevalence and risk factors of Q-fever among slaughterhouse workers in Kiambu County, Kenya	2024
Andrew Kasiti Msc Parasitology	Outcome of chronic schistosomiasis in regulation of malaria disease severity and pathological events in a mouse model’	2020-2022
Edwin Wanga- Mtech Parasitology	Optimization of trypsin method of obtaining viable Schistosoma mansoni eggs in livers of Balb/c mice	2019-2022
Margaret Njeru- PhD Parasitology	Molluscidal and Antichistomal activity of Phytochemicals from Bridelia micrantha Stem bark and Ocimum americanum whole plant’	2020-2023

Name	Description	Period
PROTOZOOLOGY	protozoan parasites, life cycle, pathrogenesis, treatment and control	2014 - TO-DATE
HELMINTHOLOGY	Helminth parasites, life cylce, parthogenesis, treatment and control	2014 - TO-DATE
Principles of immunology	A look into the bod defense mechanisims, cellular and humoral responses and interractions, immunideficiency, vaccine development etc	2012 - TO-DATE
Research Methods	Proposal development and techniques in carrying out research	2014 - TO-DATE
medical parasitology	parasites of medical importance and their vectors, life cycle parthogenesis and control	September 2012 - December 2012

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