Health Systems & Research Ethics
Prof. Dorcas Kamuya
Head Of HSRE
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Dorcas Kamuya the Head of the Health Systems and Research Ethics (HSRE) Department at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme. She is also a Wellcome Trust Society & Ethics fellow. Dr. Kamuya is primarily based at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) in Kilifi, Kenya; is a member of several collaborative initiatives including Global Health Bioethics Network, Africa Ethics Working Group (AEWG) on Neuro-disability studies; International Association of Bioethics (IAB), among others.
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Her fellowship research is an empirical ethics examining if and how communities could be engaged on complex ethical topics, with bio-banking as a case study. As a social science researcher in LMIC, her research interests span several interrelated areas: ethical and social-cultural issues around emerging technologies (biobanking, machine learning); the value of community and public engagement in health research; ethical dilemmas for frontline research workers; and responsibility of researchers and research institutions conducting research in resource-limited contexts.
Recent publications
Creating different global health futures: mapping the health research ecosystem and taking decolonial action.
Tagoe, N.
Abimbola, S.
Bilardi, D.
Kamuya, D.
Gilson, L.
Muraya, K.
Molyneux, S.
Atuire, C.
BMC Health Serv Res, (2025). 25:565
A Pragmatic Trial of Glucocorticoids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Lucinde, R. K.
Gathuri, H.
Mwaniki, P.
Orindi, B.
Otieno, E. O.
Mwakio, S.
Mulemi, L.
Isaaka, L.
Shangala, J.
Saisi, M.
Isinde, E.
Oginga, I. N.
Wachira, A. W.
Manuthu, E.
Kariuki, H.
Asaava, P.
Nyikuli, J.
Wekesa, C.
Otedo, A.
Bosire, H.
Okoth, S. B.
Ongalo, W.
Mukabi, D. M.
Lusamba, W.
Muthui, B.
Adembesa, I.
Mithi, C.
Sood, M.
Aliyan, N. A.
Gituma, B.
Matiko, M. G.
Omondi, C. A.
Ombajo, L. A.
Kirui, N.
Ochola, L.
Abdi, A. I.
Kagucia, E. W.
English, M.
Hamaluba, M.
Ochola-Oyier, I.
Kamuya, D.
Bejon, P.
Barasa, E.
Agweyu, A.
Akech, S.
Etyang, A. O.
N Engl J Med, (2025). 393:2187-2197
A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of standard care versus corticosteroids plus standard care for treatment of pneumonia in adults admitted to Kenyan hospitals (SONIA).
Lucinde, R.
Abdi, A.
Orindi, B.
Mwakio, S.
Gathuri, H.
Onyango, E.
Chira, S.
Ogero, M.
Isaaka, L.
Shangala, J.
Oginga, I. N.
Wachira, A.
Manuthu, E.
Kariuki, H.
Nyikuli, J.
Wekesa, C.
Otedo, A.
Bosire, H.
Okoth, S. B.
Ongalo, W.
Mukabi, D.
Lusamba, W.
Muthui, B.
Kirui, N.
Adembesa, I.
Mithi, C.
Sood, M.
Ahmed, N.
Gituma, B.
Ongaki, V. B.
Giabe, M.
Omondi, C.
Ombajo, L. A.
Kagucia, W.
English, M.
Hamaluba, M.
Ochola-Oyier, L. I.
Kamuya, D.
Bejon, P.
Agweyu, A.
Akech, S.
Etyang, A. O.
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 7:269
Better engagement, better evidence: working in partnership with patients, the public, and communities in clinical trials with involvement and good participatory practice.
Gobat, N.
Slack, C.
Hannah, S.
Salzwedel, J.
Bladon, G.
Burgos, J. G.
Purvis, B.
Molony-Oates, B.
Siegfried, N.
Cheah, P. Y.
Conway, M.
Kamuya, D.
Davies, A.
Johnson, T.
Tholanah, M.
Mugamba, S.
Mutengu, N. L.
Machingaidze, S.
Schwartz, L.
Rago, L.
von Harbou, K.
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). 13:e716-e731
COVID-19 mortality in Africa and Asia - Authors' reply.
Bejon, P.
Agweyu, A.
Oyier, I.
Hamaluba, M.
Kamuya, D.
Kinyanjui, S.
Barasa, E.
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:e440