Elizabeth H. Shayo is a Principal Research Scientist at NIMR with a PhD in International Health and postdoctoral training from LSTM. With 23 years of experience, she has led qualitative and quantitative studies on malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB, NCDs, maternal health, and outbreak diseases including COVID-19. She specialises in health systems, governance, community empowerment, and stakeholder engagement, producing policy briefs, facilitating dialogue, and coordinating social science components in integrated healthcare research.