Sody Mweetwa Munsaka

Prof. Dr. Sody Mweetwa Munsaka

University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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Biography

Prof. Sody Munsaka is a Neuroimmune and Infectious Diseases Scientist working as a Lecturer and Dean of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Zambia. He teaches Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology, Research Methods, and Biostatistics to Biomedical Sciences students, medical students, and postgraduate students. His research interest is in path-immune mechanisms of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders and interactions with drug abuse and other infectious diseases, including malaria and tuberculosis. He is also involved in a research project to evaluate correlates of immune dysfunction in HIV- and HHV-8-infected patients. He graduated from the University of Zambia (BSc-Biological Sciences, Microbiology major) and the University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (MSc and PhD in Biomedical Sciences-Tropical Medicine). He also completed his post-doctoral fellowship in Neuroscience (Neuroimmune Pharmacology) from the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Medicine Neuroscience and Magnetic Resonance Research program.

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University of Zambia

Lusaka, Zambia

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