Vision
Excellence in Knowledge Exchange for sustainable development.
Governance & Leadership
The structures, bodies, and team guiding the UNILIA Research Department.
About the Research Department
Mission
Advance research that transforms communities and informs policy.
Values
Integrity, Innovation, Inclusivity, Impact.
Our Team
Gracious Kumwanje
AdministratorGracious Kumwanje holds a Master of Science in Global Sanitation (University of Livingstonia, UNILIA, 2024) while also serving in the following positions: a research officer, an administrator for the UNILIA Research Ethics Committee, an editor for Livingstonia Press, and an associate lecturer on leadership in sanitation. And he has bachelor of science in community health and development obtained at Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK), Kenya, in 2018. As a research assistant at the University of Livingstonia (UNILIA) since 2018, he has co-developed and implemented a number of projects, including a Systematic Review Project on Diabetes Knowledge by Service Providers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in 2019. A non-communicable disease care situation analysis in three hospitals in Mzuzu City, Malawi, in 2019, and the Resilience to Climate Change and COVID-19 in Malawi and Rwanda project in 2020, to name a few.
Mphatso Kachingwe
Compliance OfficersMphatso Kachingwe holds a Master of Science in Global Sanitation from the University of Livingstonia and Bachelor of Science in Managing Rural and Community Development. She currently works as a Research Ethics Compliance Officer and Research Assistant, coordinating research ethics compliance processes while supporting field research, data analysis, and academic publications.
Administrator
Gracious Kumwanje
Gracious Kumwanje holds a Master of Science in Global Sanitation (University of Livingstonia, UNILIA, 2024) while also serving in the following positions: a research officer, an administrator for the UNILIA Research Ethics Committee, an editor for Livingstonia Press, and an associate lecturer on leadership in sanitation. And he has bachelor of science in community health and development obtained at Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK), Kenya, in 2018. As a research assistant at the University of Livingstonia (UNILIA) since 2018, he has co-developed and implemented a number of projects, including a Systematic Review Project on Diabetes Knowledge by Service Providers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in 2019. A non-communicable disease care situation analysis in three hospitals in Mzuzu City, Malawi, in 2019, and the Resilience to Climate Change and COVID-19 in Malawi and Rwanda project in 2020, to name a few.
Compliance Officers
Mphatso Kachingwe
Mphatso Kachingwe holds a Master of Science in Global Sanitation from the University of Livingstonia and Bachelor of Science in Managing Rural and Community Development. She currently works as a Research Ethics Compliance Officer and Research Assistant, coordinating research ethics compliance processes while supporting field research, data analysis, and academic publications.