Nick is the Executive Director ClinWin Research Services; he provides overall project administrative and operational oversight across all contracted functions, and adequate project material and human resourcing for all contracts. He has 20+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience, having held leadership roles at pharmaceutical and CRO companies. He is an experienced Clinical Research and Public Health Projects Management Consultant, with local, regional, national, and global levels experience in Product Development Partnerships, Contract Research Organizations, Academic Medical Research Centers, Not for profit organizations and the Pharmaceutical industry.
He graduated with an MBA from Edinburgh Business School, UK and graduated with an honors B.Sc. in Biological Sciences and Chemistry from Egerton University, KE. He has also completed graduate professional training in Epidemiology, Vaccinology, Infectious Diseases (Institute of Tropical Medicine- Antwerp, BEL), Clinical Trial Research Training (University of Cape Town, SA) and Clinical Vaccine Trials (George Washington University, USA), and Good Clinical Practice from (John Hopkins University School of Public Health, USA). He is a continuing Doctoral Student at Edinburgh Business School of Heriot-Watt University, focusing on clinical trials projects management.
He is member at Association of Clinical Research Professionals of USA, Project Management Institute and The Institute of Clinical Research, UK, Clinical Research Society of Kenya and Society of Quality Assurance.
Angeline is a Clinical Project Manager at ClinWin Research Services, based in Nairobi. She has conducted monitoring and site management for Phase I, II&III Ebola, Malaria and Tuberculosis vaccines clinical trials and epidemiological studies in Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi and South Africa. For over six years, she has held roles of increasing responsibilities as Clinical Research Associate and Clinical Project Manager on different projects within ClinWin.
Her experience includes clinical trials monitoring, project management and quality assurance processes. She is also responsible for leading a group of CRAs and project assigned staff along with managing international clinical research projects. She is involved in monitoring and project management activities (site selection, site initiation, regular monitoring, site closure, regulatory and Ethics Committees submissions, experiences with EDC systems, IVRS system, vendor selection and management (country laboratory, courier, IMP distribution, pharmacy selection and management).
Angeline has a master’s degree in public health and a bachelor's degree in microbiology. She has completed professional training in Research Ethics, GCP, Data Management, Disaster Management, Fire Safety, Food-Borne Diseases, HACCP, Processing, Hygiene, and Quality Management, ISO 22000 awareness, and Food Safety. She is a member of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals, USA.
She is Consultant Clinical Research Associate, at ClinWin Research Services, based in Khartoum Sudan. She is involved in leishmaniasis clinical trials. She also serves as member and Rapporteur of the National Committee for Conducting Clinical Trials on Human & Animals in Sudan since Feb. 2017, and former Head of the Studies & Research Directorate in National Medicines and Poisons Board (NMPB) The National Regulatory Authority (NRA) in Sudan from July 2017 up to August 2018.
Reem has held positions of increasing responsibilities in pharmaceutical industry as Sales Manager and Medical Representative. She is a graduated with degree in Pharmacy, post graduate diploma in Business Administration from University of Khartoum. Reem is native Arabic speaker and fluent in English.
Robert is Clinical Laboratory Consultant at ClinWin. Currently, a doctoral student at Imperial College, London. Mr.Langat worked as laboratory scientist and trainer of Mucosal sampling, collection and processing and also trainer of Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) at KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research institute (ICR) University of Nairobi, an affiliate of International AIDS Vaccine initiative (IAVI) New York and Medical Research council, UK.
He has over 7 years experience in laboratory work i.e. protocol development, specimen management and tracking, database management, cell culture, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Enzyme Linked immunospot assay(ELISPOT),Flow cytometry and SOP development. He lead the Mucosal immunology team in setting up the Mucosal ELISA for testing mucosal immune mediators IgA and IgG at KAVI-ICR. He has mentored and trained a dozen of students from various institutions and staffs from Reference, provincial and Districts hospitals labs.
Mr. Langat received Good Clinical Practice from Johns Hopkins University (USA), GCLP from Qualogy limited(UK), Laboratory Health and Safety Management from IAVI, Protection of Human Research Subjects by Independent Review Consulting (IRC) and human Subjects Research Education from John Hopkins Bloomberg School of public health. He holds BSc. in Medical Laboratory Sciences from Mt.Kenya University, Diploma &Higher diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences from The Kenya Polytechnic University College and postgraduate Cert.in Protein structures from Birbeck College, University of London. Robert has a PhD in Immunology.
Maurice Okello is a Clinical Research Associate based in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing over five years of hands-on experience in clinical trials and public health research. He has a knack for monitoring and managing clinical studies from Phase I to IV, with a keen focus on infectious diseases like HIV and tuberculosis, as well as maternal and child health and malnutrition. Maurice is well-acquainted with ICH-GCP guidelines and regulatory frameworks, and he has a wealth of experience in site selection, initiation, monitoring, and closing out studies. His work is all about ensuring that clinical trials are conducted ethically, efficiently, and in line with international standards.
Currently, at ClinWin Research Services, Maurice plays a crucial role in coordinating clinical operations across various sites in East Africa. He works hand-in-hand with sponsors, investigators, and site staff to maintain data integrity, ensure participant safety, and adhere to protocols. His day-to-day tasks include verifying source data, reporting safety issues, managing investigational products, and training study personnel. Maurice has been a key player in several impactful studies, such as the Precision Rifampin Trial (PEE-TB) in Tanzania, the SEARCH-SAPPHIRE HIV study in Kenya and Uganda, and the PROTID preventive TB therapy study in Uganda and Tanzania.
Renowned for his analytical skills and dedication to ethical research, Maurice has spearheaded initiatives to enhance data systems, streamline operations, and improve service delivery at study sites. He’s technically savvy, proficient in Microsoft Office, EpiInfo, and R for data analysis, and he speaks English, Swahili, and Luo fluently, with a basic understanding of German. Maurice approaches his work with a profound sense of purpose, fueled by a passion for promoting health equity and strengthening research systems throughout the region.
Shireen Surtie is the Professional Development and Clinical Training Manager at Clinwin. she coordinates, organizes and manages all the clinical research training and capacity development contracts. Shireen has over 15 years experience in health care and clinical research. She has been involved in clinical care as a Registered Nurse at various hospitals in Western Cape Province, South Africa; clinical trials, clinical research professional training, clinical trials sites capacity development, clinical research project coordination and management.
Most recently, she was the Study Coordinator at Division of Paediatric Medicine and Project Coordinator, Division of Pharmacology, University of Cape Town, South Africa. She held positions of increasing responsibilities during her 3 years career at Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Cape Town South Africa, where she was the International Clinical Trainer and Clinical Research Associate.
While at Aeras, Shireen was responsible for Site staff training to promote and implement capacity building at site level and Community Advisory Boards in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Senegal, India and Cambodia. She is expert trainer in clinical trials diagnostic procedures, GCP and Protocol, site SOPs development, Competency Checklists for practical clinical procedures as well as Recruitment and Informed Consents and assents processes.
Previously, she held various positions of increasing responsibility as (Professional Development Program Coordinator, Professional Development Program Officer and Senior Research Nurse) at South Africa Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative.
Shireen received Charlotte Searle Nursing award for her dedicated work, and co-authored a paper on The Tuberculin Skin test: A Comparison of reading with a ruler to reading with a calliper.
Mariam Mariko is a Senior Clinical Research Consultant at ClinWin Research Services. She leads ClinWin projects in Francophone Africa countries, her bilingual skills and vast knowledge of clinical research environments is an added advantage for our clients. Mariam is Canadian citizen of Mali origin and has been involved in Clinical trials project management and monitoring for over 10 years. Most recently she was Senior Clinical Research Associate at Quintiles West Africa, based in Bamako, Mali.
Previously she has held positions of increasing responsibilities in Clinical Research industry in France and Canada. A bilingual
She holds Masters Degree in Public Administration, Bachelor of Science in Nutrition all from Canada, Diploma in Clinical Research from France and Diploma in Nursing from Morocco.
Her therapeutic experience is in oncology, pediatrics, infectious diseases, urology, and cardiology.
Dr El Yazeed is Senior Clinical Research Associate at ClinWin Research
Services, based in Khartoum Sudan. He has monitored and managed
clinical research studies in vaccines, infectious diseases, neglected
tropical diseases, COVID, diagnostics and hematology. Most recently, he
led country monitoring and operational management of the clinical drug
trials for the Visceral leishmaniasis, Post Kalazar Dermal Leishmaniasis
trials, Mycetoma clinical trials, and COVID-19 clinical trials.
Additionally, he has been played a central role in organizing and
coordinating Clinical Trial Workshops with expert Sudanese investigators
to train postgraduate students and researchers in clinical trial conduct
and GCP principles.
He holds a doctoral degree in Immunology at faculty of Science, Al
Neelain University. He holds master’s degree in molecular biology and
graduated with Honor degree in Parasitology.
El Yazeed completed his Clinical Trials Monitoring training at KAVI
Institute of Clinical Research, University of Nairobi, Kenya; and interned
at ClinWin. He has proven expertise in clinical trial oversight, regulatory
compliance, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards.
He’s established Sudan’s first certified RT-qPCR course and Flow
Cytometry programs. Beyond clinical research, he is contributing
extensively to academic teaching and mentorship. He serves as a
lecturer and laboratory instructor in several Sudanese universities,
where he teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
George Rugero takes pride in supporting ClinWin ’s efforts as a Contract Research Organization. He serves as Data and Information management Consultant.
Mr. Rugero worked at Projet San Francisco in Rwanda, an affiliate of Emory University conducting HIV prevention and Research. He led the data management of the first HIV Vaccine trial in country were he served as Data Manager.
He was responsible for Providing strategic DataManagement (DM) leadership and expertise to the Research Team; Protocol interpretation; Proactive Communication with the Research Team for all DataManagement Activities;
Review and approve DM related documents (Quality Management Plans, Edit Check Specification and Standard Operating Procedures); Assisting in implementation of more appropriate IT / database solutions.
This involves identifying both hardware and software needs of the project, soliciting for quotations and approving of the purchase.
Mr. Rugero received Advanced GCP, Clinical Vaccine Trials and Good Clinical Practice from Johns Hopkins University (USA). He did his undergraduate studies at Curtin University of Technology (Australia) and he is holder of PMP® certification
Hasifah is a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) at ClinWin Research Services, based in Kampala, Uganda. She has over 8 years of diverse experience in Clinical practice, Research and academia. With a background in Medical Laboratory Sciences, she is experienced in infectious disease, proficiency in Psychoneuroimmunology with skills in clinical trials conduct, monitoring, laboratory science, and medical innovation. Her current role involves Clinical Monitoring, Site Management, Clinical Quality Assurance, and regulatory compliance.
She holds a Master of Science in Immunology and Clinical Microbiology of Makerere University and a Master of Science in Clinical Trials of Addis Ababa University.
She has professional training in Implementation Research, Research Ethics, ICH-GCP, and Data Management for Clinical Research Studies, Responsible conduct of Research, Informed Consent and collecting and reporting adverse events in clinical research.
She member of Association of Clinical Research Professionals, USA and Allied Health Professionals’ Council, Uganda.
He is the Clinical Reseach Associate at ClinWin Research Services, based in Khartoum Sudan. He completed his clinical trials monitoring training in Kenya. His current projects include the Visceral leishmaniasis clinical trials and Post Kalazar Dermal Leishmaniasis trials.
Formerly, he was a Pharmacist at National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira. He holds Master’s Degree in Industrial Biotechnology and Masters in Clinical Research; and graduated with bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy.
He has completed short trainings in GCP, Bioinformatics, GMP and GCLP. He is native Arabic speaker and fluent in English.
Ann Mwendwa joined ClinWin on July 2018 as the Data and Information Management Officer. She is involved in client contracted data and information managements; and analytics. Ann holds a Bachelors degree (honours) in Economics from Karatina University, Kenya.
She has completed professional courses in Introduction to Clinical Research, ICH Good Clinical Practice, Data Management in Clinical Research and Certified Public Accountant of Kenya part II.
Collins is the Clinical Project Manager (CPM) at ClinWin Research Services. He also doubles as a Senior CRA when necessary and oversees all Sponsor assigned clinical trials, site monitoring and operational management of clinical studies. He has 15+ years’ experience in academic research and teaching (IND, DEU, UK, TZ), and 3 years as senior technologist for CDC / KEMRI - KE.
He has extensive One Health Concept experience in laboratory methodology and validation techniques in aspects of infectious and zoonotic diseases (human & veterinary), biochemistry, immunology, electrochemistry, andrology and fertility analysis as well as veterinary care of various kinds of animals. He is proficient in veterinary clinical studies under VICH and human health clinical trials under ICH-GCP.
Adept in clinical trials management in operational and project under various settings i.e., Academia, CRO, R&D, NHS, WHO and vast regulatory knowledge (FDA, MHRA, EMEA) and has been exposed to various clinical therapeutics areas including Oncology, Reproductive Health, Infections Diseases, Antimicrobials, and Vaccines. He is a Biomedical Scientist; trained at University of Rostock - DEU, Leibniz University Hannover – DEU and qualified at both the Lincoln University - UK (Ph.D.) and the University of Kent – UK (Post-Doctoral Fellowship). He is ICH GCP standards Certified CRA – Kriger Research International, Ontario - CAN.