Govella, Nicodem

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CURRICULUM VITAE-Dr. Nicodem J. Govella (PhD) 
 
PERSONAL 
 
Surname      :  Govella 
First  (Middle)  names     :  Nicodem  (James) 
Country  of  birth     :  Tanzania 
Place  of  birth      :  Kasulu 
Date  of  birth      :  28/09/1977 
Nationality  (Birth)     :  Tanzanian 
Present  nationality     :  Tanzanian 
S e x        :   M a l e  
Marital  status      :  Married 
Languages          : Spoken and written English and Swahili 
Religion      :  Christian 
Address      :  P.O.  Box  78373 
      :   M i k o c h e n  
      :   D a r   e s   S a l a a m  
Phone  (work)      :  +255222774756 
Fax  (work)      :  +255222771714 
Mobile       :  +255713762252 
E - m a i l        :   govella@ihi.or.tz,  
Health  status      :  Good 
 
RESEARCH INTEREST 
Vector-borne diseases are major impediment to development in many countries. I am 
interested on understanding the ecology and behaviour of tropical diseases vectors, how 
these affect transmission (epidemiology) and how that information can be used to develop 
timely and effective control strategies.  
  
ACADEMIC PROFILE 
 
2006-2011: University of Liverpool (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), United 
Kingdom. 
Award: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) on malaria transmission and vector control 
 
2001 – 2004: University of Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania 
Award: BSc (General), Upper Second Class (Hons) major in Zoology, Wildlife ecology, 
Botany, Geography and Environmental Science. 
 
1998 – 2000: Mkwawa High School, Iringa, United Republic of Tanzania 
 Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Basic Applied mathematics and General studies. 
Award: Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination. 
 
1994 – 1997: Kigoma Secondary School, Kigoma, United Republic of Tanzania 
Subjects: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics, English language, Kiswahili 
language, History and Civics 
Award: Certificate of Secondary School Education Examination 
 
1987 – 1993: Kiezya Primary School, Kigoma, United Republic of Tanzania 
Award: Certificate of Primary school Education 
 
PROFESSIONAL COURSES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED 
2011- Introduction to QGIS by Dr. Paul Bessel from University of Glasgow- couse hosted by 
University of Dar es Salaam 
Award. Certificate of completion 
2010- Online skills course on project management offered by Liverpool School of Tropical 
Medicine 
 
2009-  Participated in training on ethical of medical research offered by Dr Aceme Nyika, 
Ethics coordinator from African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET) with focus on 
  Application of Ethical Principles in Health Reserach   Some misconduct in Health Research 
  Analysis of Risks and benefits associated with different type of Research 
  Review case study on the Virodene P058 controversy  
2008 - Data Exploration and Interpretation using SPSS held at Ifakara Health Institute (Ihi) by 
Dr. Gerry F. Killeen of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) 
 
2007 - Geographical Information System held at Ihi by Dr Nicole Achee of USUF 
Award: Certificate of Completion 
 
2007- Introduction to statistics held at Ihi by Dr. Gerry F. Killeen covering: 
  Generalized linear modeling for parasitologist &Entomologist 
  Logistic regression and non parametric analysis 
 
  Modeling disease transmission. Behaviorally explicit modeling of the impact of 
intervention. 
  Modelling malaria transmission. Quantifying human-mosquito interactions with simple 
models. 
Award: Certificate of Completion. 
 
2007 - Scientific Writing and Introduction to Referencing Management with Endnote by Dr. 
Tanya Russell. 
 
2006 – Mosquito Ecology and Vector Control held in Muheza, United Republic of Tanzania, 
26
th April to 5
th May. 
Award: Certificate of Completion. 
 
2006 – Actively participated in training on the application of Bacillus thuringiensis as a tool 
for Anopheline larval control in Dar es Salaam, being facilitated by Peter De chant 
(Peter.DeChant@valent.com) from Valent Bioscience Company, USA.   
2005 –Human Participants Protections Education for Research Teams, an online training 
course and examination run by the National Institutes of Health, USA 
 
Award: Certificate of Completion.  
 
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS/ SKILLS 
 
  The use of Ms Internet, Ms Excel, Ms Word, Power point, Endnote and SPSS 
  Driving License (Class D &B1- Tanzanian)   
 
 
WORK EXPERIENCE 
(7years work experience) 
 
2006 to 2011 
Institution 
Ifakara Health Institute, United Republic of Tanzania 
 
Position  
Research Scientist/Project Manager/ Acting Head of Entomology unity-IHI Dar es Salaam, IHI 
Dar es Salaam Deputy Branch Leader 
 
Duties and Responsibilities 
  Managing Malaria Transmission Consortium Project (MTC) with 450,000 USD 
annual turnovers 
  Managing African Vector control Network project (AVECNET-WP7) with 
120,398Euro annual turnovers 
  Spearheaded the development and evaluation of new mosquito traps which make, for 
the first time, routine programmatic surveillance of malaria transmission safe 
affordable, practical and scalable. 
  Investigates the epidemiological relevance of changing mosquito behaviours, notably 
the avoidance of mosquitoes to insecticide treated nets by predominantly feed outdoors 
and in earlier part of the night 
  Lead the insecticide resistance monitoring (Susceptibity test) for malaria vectors in 
urban Dar es Salaam 
  Member of Technical Review Committee of International Malaria Transmission 
Consortium Project.   Assist Branch Manager to manage both scientific and non-scientific activities in Dar 
es Salaam Branch. 
  Other duties as assigned by Executive Directors or Branch Leader.  
 
May 2005 – Jan 2006 
Institution 
Dar es Salaam City Council (Urban Malaria Control Program) 
 
Position 
Adult Mosquito Surveillance Technician 
 
Duties and Responsibilities 
  Conduct randomly night time spot checks to mosquito catchers in their respective 
stations. 
  Performing mosquito surveillance through human landing catch method. 
  Ensuring that mosquitoes collected are correctly identified and parity determined 
through dissection. 
  Redirect and retrain mosquito catcher’s (CORPS), to ensure effective 
implementation of the program. 
 
Sept 2004 – Febr. 2005 
Institution 
Frontier Organization (Uluguru Forestry Biodiversity Assessment Project 
 
Position 
Research Officer. 
Duties and Responsibilities 
Logistics, Report writing and full involvement in field data collections 
 
July 200 – Nov 2000 
Institution- 
Mwandiga Secondary School 
Position-  Teacher (Volunteer) 
Subject taught- Biology and Chemistry 
 
Jan – Aug 2001 
Institution 
Kihinga Secondary School 
Position 
Teacher (Volunteer) 
Subject taught 
Biology and Geography 
 
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS 
(4 as leading or first author and 8 as co-authors as seen below in bold) 
 
 
1.  2011- Tanya L Russel, Nicodem J Govella, Salum Aziz, Christopher J Drakeley, 
Patrick Kachur, Gerry F. Killeen. Residual malaria transmission may be maintained by 
contact with mosquitoes outdoor in rural Tanzanian communities using 
insecticide-treated nets. Malar J. 10: 8  
2.  2011- Nicodem J. Govella, Prosper P Chaki, John Mpangile, Gerry Killeen. 
Monitoring mosquitoes in urban Dar es Salaam: Evaluation of resting boxes, window 
exit traps, CDC light traps, Ifakara tent traps and human landing catches. Parasit & 
Vectors. 4:40 
3.  2010- Nicodem J. Govella, Jason Moore, Gerry Killeen. An exposure-free tool for 
monitoring adult malaria mosquito populations. Am J Trop Med Hygn 83(3):596-600 
4.  2010- Okumu, F.O., Govella, N.J., Moore, S.J., Chitnis, N. & G.F. Killeen (2010) 
Potential, limitations and target product profiles of odor-baited mosquito traps for 
malaria control in Africa. PLoS One 5(7): e11573  
5.   2010- Nicodem J. Govella, Fredros Okumu, Gerry Killeen. Short report: 
Insecticide-treated nets can reduce malaraia transmission by mosquitoes which feed 
outdoors. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hygn.82(3):415-19 
6.  2009- Prosper P. Chaki, Nicodem J. Govella,
 Bryson Shoo, Abdallah Hemed, 
Marcel Tanner, Ulrike Fillinger, Gerry F. Killeen
. Achieving high coverage of larval-stage mosquito surveillance: Challenge for a community- based mosquito 
control programme in Urban Dar es Salaam. Malar J 8:311 
7.  2009- Nicodem J. Govella, Prosper P. Chaki,  Yvonne Geissbuhler, Khadija 
Kannady, Fredros Okumu, J. Derek Charlwood, Robert A. Anderson, Gerry F. 
Killeen. A new tent trap for sampling exophagic and endophagic members of the 
Anopheles gambiae complex. Malar J 8: 157 
8.  2009- Maggy Sikulu, Nicodem J Govella, Sheila B Ogoma, John Mpangile, Said H 
Kambi, Khadija Kannady, Prosper Chaki, Wolfgang R Mukabana and Gerry F 
Killeen. Comparative Evaluation of the Ifakara Tent Trap-B, Standardized Resting 
Boxes and the Human landing Catch for sampling malaria vectors and other 
mosquitoes in urban Dares Salaam. Malar J 8: 197 
9.  2009- Sheila Ogoma, Khadija Kannady, Maggy sikulu, Prosper Chaki, Nicodem J 
Govella, Wolfgang R Mukabana and Gerry F Killeen. Window screening, ceilings 
and closed eaves as sustainable ways to control malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 
Malar J 8:221 
10. 2009- Yvonne Geissbühler, Khadija Kannady, Prosper Chaki, Basiliana Emidi, 
Nicodem James Govella, Valeliana Mayagaya, Michael Kiama, Deo Mtasiwa, Hassan 
Mshinda, Steven William Lindsay, Ulrike Fillinger, Marcel Tanner, Marcia Caldas de 
Castro, Gerry Francis Killeen.  Microbial larvicides application by a large-scale, 
community-based program reduces malaria infection prevalence in urban Dar es 
Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS one 4 e 5107 
11. 2008- Ulrike Fillinger, K. Kannady, George William, Michael J Vanek, Stefan Dongus, 
Dickson Nyika,  G.M. Kiama,  Dongus, D. Nyika, Yvonne Geissbühler, Prosper P. 
Chaki,  Nicodem J Govella, Evan M Mathenge, Burton HSinger, Hassan Mshinda, 
Steve W Lindsay,  Marcel Tanner,  Deo Mtasiwa, Marcia Caldas de Castro and Gerry F 
Killeen. A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and 
early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Program in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 
Malar J 7: 20 
12. 2007- Yvonne Geissbühler, Prosper Chaki, Basiliana , Nicodemus J. 
Govella,Rudolf Shirima, Valeliana Mayagaya, Deo Mtasiwa, Hassan Mshinda, 
Ulrike Fillinger,  Steven W. Lindsay, Khadija Kannady, Marcia Caldas de Castro, 
Marcel Tanner, and Gerry F. Killeen. Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in Urban Dar es Salaam, 
Tanzania. Malar J 6; 126  
POSTERS/ ABSTRACTS/ PRESENTATIONS 
2010- Nicodem J. Govella. Insecticide-treated nets can reduce malaria transmission by 
mosquitoes which feed outdoors. Presenting to NATNET on 22rd Jan and 5
th MIM Pan 
African malaria Conference 2rd to 6
th November, Nairobi, Kenya. 
 
2009- Nicodem J. Govella. An exposure-free tools for monitoring adult malaria mosquito 
populations. 58
th Annual meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 19
th 
21
th November, Washington Dc, USA 
 
2009- Nicodem J. Govella. Iterative development of a novel exposure-free Ifakara tent trap for 
monitoring malaria vector populations in Tanzania. 5
th MM Pan African malaria Conference 
2rd to 6
th November, Nairobi, Kenya.   
 
2007- Nicodem J. Govella. Sampling tools for adult malaria vectors in urban Dar es Salaam, 
Tanzania (56
th Annual Meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygine, 
November, Philadelphia Marriot Downtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.  
 
2006- Nicodem J. Govella, Prosper P. Chaki, Yvonne Geissbuhler, Hassan Ngonyani, Gerry F. 
Killeen. Sampling tools for adult malaria vectors in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: 
Preliminary findings (11
th International Congress on Parasitologist, SEEC, 6- 11 August, 
Glasgow, Scotland. 
 
HOBBIES 
 
Jogging, Watching and playing football, Travelling, listening to music and mingle with people 
  
 
REFEREE 
 
1. Gerry Killeen, PhD 
    Ifakara Health Institute 
    PO Box 78373 
    Mikochen B 
    Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. 
    Mobile: +255- (0) 784-477118 
    E-mail: gkilleen@ihi.or.tz 
2. Salim Abdullah, PhD 
   Director of Ifakara Health Institute 
   P O Box 78373 
   Mikochen B 
   Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. 
  sabudula@ihi.or.tz 

CURRICULUM VITAE.Dr. NICODEMOS GOVELLA

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