Happy Mkali is a Research Scientist specializing in ICT/HSIEP. Currently, she also serves as a disease surveillance coordinator for the DYNAMIC project in collaboration with NIMR and Swiss partners (Unisante/Swiss TPH). 

She holds a BSc. in Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences from Sokoine University of Agriculture and pursued an MSc. in Molecular Biology at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. 

Currently undertaking a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences with a Global Health track at the University of Geneva-Institute of Global Health. 

Notably, she conducted a One Health specialist short course in 2019 under the PREDICT project, focusing on strengthening the local One Health workforce. She has worked on Malaria projects in collaboration with international partners such as CDC and CRESIB, focusing on in-vitro malaria drug sensitivity testing and MiPPAD. As the laboratory lead for Tanzania in the PREDICT project, she focused on emerging zoonotic viruses.