Videlis Nduba, MD, PhD

Centre Director, Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research (CRDR), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)

Dr. Videlis Nduba, MD, PhD, is a centre director at the Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, in Nairobi, Kenya. As a medical officer from Kenya and epidemiologist trained at the school of public health at the University of Washington, Seattle, he started his career working in HIV and eventually transitioned to respiratory diseases. He has 18 years of clinical trials experience and has conducted multiple trials in tuberculosis vaccines, TB drug trials, sickle cell disease, and malaria drug trials.

Publications

  1. Andrews, LIB, Halloran, ME, Neuzil, KM, van der Laan, L, Huang, Y, Andriesen, J et al.. Evaluating the Test-Negative Design for COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Using Randomized Trial Data: A Secondary Cross-Protocol Analysis of 5 Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8 (5):e2512763. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.12763. PubMed PMID:40434773 PubMed Central PMC12120655.
  2. Githua, J, Mecha, J, Stern, J, Escudero, JN, Njagi, L, Kijaro, L et al.. C-reactive protein for pulmonary tuberculosis screening and treatment response monitoring in children. medRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2025.04.24.25326338. PubMed PMID:40313307 PubMed Central PMC12045435.
  3. Njagi, LN, Tram, KH, Zifodya, JS, Paul, S, Ross, JM, Murithi, W et al.. Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infectiousness of Persons Identified Through Active and Passive Case-finding in a High-burden Setting. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12 (3):ofaf077. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf077. PubMed PMID:40046891 PubMed Central PMC11880886.
  4. Njagi, LN, Nduba, V, Murithi, WB, Mwongera, Z, Cook, K, Mecha, J et al.. Author Correction: Association of Mycobacterium tuberculosis aerosolization and HIV coinfection in the index case with T cell responses in household contacts. Sci Rep. 2025;15 (1):7085. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-90994-1. PubMed PMID:40016444 PubMed Central PMC11868520.
  5. Ong'ang'o, JR, Ross, J, Kiplimo, R, Kerama, C, Tram, KH, Zifodya, JS et al.. Persistently high TB prevalence in Nairobi County neighbourhoods, 2015-2022. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;5 (2):e0003849. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003849. PubMed PMID:39965017 PubMed Central PMC11835327.
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