Yamikani Rose Mbilizi-Chimwaza

Yamikani Rose Mbilizi-Chimwaza is a prominent public health professional currently serving as President of the Malawi Chapter of Women in Global Health and as a National Consultant for Results for Development. Yamikani holds a PhD student position at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust and works as a Research Consultant with the Society of Medical Doctors. Previously, Yamikani was an Independent Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, focusing on an investment case for safe blood in Malawi. Yamikani has also held roles as a Grantee with OutRight Action International and as Project Lead at Jhpiego. Extensive research experience includes serving as a Research Study Coordinator for a Johns Hopkins Research Project in Malawi and a Research Scholar with the HIV Prevention Trials Network. Yamikani's academic background includes a PhD in Global Maternal Health from the University of Liverpool and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Yamikani completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Malawi College of Medicine.