Ochanda Horace

Professor of Applied Parasitology, University of Nairobi

Prof. Horace Ochanda is the Deputy Principal, College of Education and External Studies and Professor of Applied Parasitology, University of Nairobi. Born in 1960, he graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Education (Science) Honours degree in 1985 and a Master of Science (Parasitology) in 1988. In 1994, he graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (Parasite Epidemiology) from the University of Warwick, UK.

Prof. Ochanda has served in many capacities at the University of Nairobi including being the Associate Dean (Science), Kenya Science Campus, Quality Assurance Officer for College of Biological and Physical Sciences and Disposal Committee Chairman, Kenya Science Campus. He is currently the Senate Representative to the Embu University College Council, Quality Assurance Board member and ISO Internal Quality Auditor, among others.

Prof. Ochanda has mentored and supervised many BSc, MSc and PhD students and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. Some of his research interests include: community-based vector-borne disease control, parasite epidemiology, vectorial capacity of vectors, immune responses of hosts to parasitic infections and Novel control strategies against HIV & AIDS.

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Prof. Horace Ochanda

Websites

Staff Profile

https://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/hochanda/

Classes

Contact information

Office: Deputy Principal's Office Kenya Science
Email: hochanda@uonbi.ac.ke
Office Phone: +254 2 3872569/3875567(office),0722-228231 (cell phone)

Recent publications

Mutuku MW, Brianna R Beechler, Ibrahim N Mwangi, Otiato FO, Horace Ochanda B. " A Search for Snail-Related Answers to Explain Differences in Response of Schistosoma mansoni to Praziquantel Treatment among Responding and Persistent Hotspot Villages along the Kenyan Shore of Lake Victoria." The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2019:tpmd190089.

Ndombi EM, Abudho B, Kittur N, Carter JM, Korir H, Riner DK, Ochanda H, Lee Y‐M, S EW. "Effect of four rounds of annual school‐wide mass praziquantel treatment for schistosoma mansoni control on schistosome‐specific immune responses." Parasite Immunology. 2018:e12530.

Mutuku MW, Lu L, Otiato FO, Mwangi IN, Kinuthia JM, Maina GM, Laidemitt MR, Lelo EA, Ochanda H, Loker ES, Mkoji GM. "A Comparison of Kenyan Biomphalaria pfeifferi and B. Sudanica as Vectors for Schistosoma mansoni, Including a Discussion of the Need to Better Understand …." The Journal of parasitology. 2017;103(6):669-676.