Allen School for Global Health

Meet the Rabies Free Africa team: Kennedy Lushasi

Kennedy Lushasi is a member of the Rabies Free Tanzania team. Kennedy is an epidemiologist who works on the Integrated Bite Case Management program. Kennedy is a doctoral student with the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Technology (one of our partners) and the Ifakara Health Institute.  How long have you been working with Rabies Free […]

Kennedy sitting next to a brick home with 4 others.

Tomorrow’s Scientists: Savannah Sanchez

Savannah Sanchez has a bright future in microbiology, but only a handful of years ago she was contemplating a career in professional motocross. Now a senior doctoral student in the lab of Dr. Anders Omsland in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health at Washington State University, Savannah was just 16 years old when she […]

Savannah Sanchez in a lab.

Meet the Rabies Free Africa team: Dr. Imam Mzimbiri

Dr. Imam Mzimbiri is the rabies project manager in Tanzania Where do you live?  Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Why is it important to eliminate rabies?  It is important to eliminate rabies because it’s a killer disease in humans, livestock, and wildlife in Tanzania. Have you known anyone who has died from rabies?  Yes, I have known […]

Dr. Imam Mzimbiri standing next to a white Land Rover with Rabies Free Africa signage on it.