Dr. Elizabeth Kiilu

Biography

Dr. Elizabeth Kiilu joined the University of Bradford in 2022, as a Lecturer in Public Health. She is a module leader for Health Education and Promotion in the BSc (Hons) Public Health and Community Wellbeing program. She supervises postgraduate students and is involved with various research groups across the faculty. Dr. Elizabeth Kiilu is a Health Systems consultant and Public Health specialist with over 10 years of experience in Health Systems Strengthening and Public Health interventions. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Health from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), a Master of Science in Public Health (MPH) from University of South Wales (UK), and a Master of Science in Health Systems Management from Kenya Methodist University (KEMU). Prior to joining the University of Bradford, Dr. Kiilu was a Lecturer at JKUAT, in the School of Public Health where she taught and supervised masters and PhD students in their thesis dissertations. She has 2 PhD completions and 5 masters completions. Dr. Kiilu is experienced in project development and implementation, curriculum development, and monitoring and evaluation of programs in a variety of highly competitive industries and fast-paced environments in the private, public, and NGO sectors such as U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), European Union, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Ministry of Health Kenya, and World Bank. Currently, Dr. Kiilu is a Co-investigator in an ongoing 2-year research grant that is funded by European Union and CDC to train epidemiology and biostatistics to public health fellows selected from 8 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The research grant aims to ensure capacity development for disease outbreaks and epidemic responses in sub-Saharan Africa.