Lecturer
CoD, Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, School of Health Sciences

Primary Discipline: Microbiologist

Degrees Awarded: [Note: List highest degree awarded first]

1. PhD, Medical Laboratory Sciences- (Bacteriology) (On-going), Kenyatta University, Kenya.
2. MSc Infectious Diseases (Bacteriology), Kenyatta University, Kenya
3. BSc Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences, Kenya Methodist University.
4. Higher National Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences, Kenya Polytechnic.
5. Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences, Kenya Polytechnic.

Current Professional/Scientific Interests, Memberships, and Activities:
Scientific Interests

1. Research Interests in Synthetic Biology and Bacteriology

Memberships

1. Member Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician and Technologist Board
2. Member African Society for Laboratory Medicine

Activities

1. Examiner by the Kenya National Examination Council-Technical Examinations
2. Examiner by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician and Technologist Board Examinations

Research, Scholarly, Professional and Scientific Activities

1. Ontweka LN, Deng LO, Rauzier J, Debes AK, Tadesse F, Parker LA, et al. (2016) Cholera Rapid Test with Enrichment Step Has Diagnostic Performance Equivalent to Culture. PLoS ONE 11 (12): e0168257. https://doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0168257
2. Lameck Nyangena Ontweka, Margaret W. Muturi, Francisco Luquero (2018). Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Vibrio Cholerae Serotypes in Juba, South Sudan. International Annals of Medicine. 2(5). https://doi.org/10.24087/IAM.2018.2.5.448
3. Andrew, Lameck Ontweka et al. (2016) Effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak: a case-cohort study. https://Lancet Glob Health 2016; 4: e856–63

Contacts
P.O. Box 170-90200, KITUI
Email: lontweka@seku.ac.ke