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Dr. ESTHER GWAE KIMARO

Senior Lecturer
Dr. Esther G. Kimaro earned her PhD in Veterinary Epidemiology from the University of Sydney, Australia.

Experience & Activities

Dr. Esther G. Kimaro earned her PhD in Veterinary Epidemiology from the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of infectious diseases including zoonosis and vector-borne diseases of livestock and public health importance using One Health approach, disease surveillance and participatory epidemiology. She currently train postgraduate courses in epidemiology of infectious diseases, One Health and research methods. Dr. Kimaro also supervises MSc and PhD scholars at NM-AIST, and through regional collaborations. She has authored and co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications and has led and contributed to multiple research projects addressing livestock and public health challenges, particularly in resource-limited settings. Her recent work emphasizes community based One Health interventions aimed at improving health outcomes at the human, animal, and environment interface. She is a recipient of the OWSD-UNESCO Early Career Fellowship (2024–2026), the Afrique One-REACH Fellowship (2024–2025), and the Plowright One Health Mentoring Scheme (2025–2026).

  • Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases.
  • One Health.
  • Research Methods
  • Deputy Research Leader
  • Member of Consultancy Bureau at NM-AIST
  • Team Member for Laboratory Monitoring and Evaluation Committee
  • Team member of Five University Consortium Technical Committee (5UCC

 

  • Early Career Researcher -Orgaisation for Women in Science in Developing Countries (2024-2026)
  • Early Career Fellow Afrique One-REACH Fellowship (2024–2025)
  • Meade Collaboration Travel Grants in Epidemiology (2025-2026)
  • Australia Awards Alumni small grant for climate change project (2025-2026)
  • Plowright One Health Mentoring Scheme (2025–2026).
  • Australia Awards for Africa: PhD studies (2014-2018)
  • New Zealand Development Scholarship 2009
  • Phase-out: Epidemiology of Sleeping Sickness in western Tanzania: Principal Investigator for the project ( PI) 2019-2021: Swedish International   Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA) through Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH)

 

  • Ongoing:
  • Principal Investigator for the project ( PI):-_Development of a novel plant-based acaricide from Commiphora swynertonii for the sustainable management of ticks on livestock in Tanzania (2024-2026)
  • Principal Investigator for the project ( PI):-of a Community Engagement Project on:-Co-Creation of Dog Deworming Practices for Sustainable Control of Taenia multiceps ‘coenurosis’ in Maasai Communities: A Participatory Intervention Approach (2024-2026)
  • Tanzania Internalisation Strategies for Higher Education Funds from European Union. Project Member (2025-2028)
  • Capacitating One health in Eastern and Sothern African Countries (COHESA) -Research Team member (2022-2025)

 

  • ZeroKupe+ Prototype development in progress, a bio resource for tick control in livestock.