Dr. Florence Milando is a medical doctor and a public health specialist working with the Malaria Research group within the Interventions and Clinical Trials Department at IHI. She has a background in clinical medicine (MD) with over five-year experience in public healthcare and research. She holds an MD and a Master of Public Health.

Dr. Milando joined the Institute in May 2014 as a Research Officer after completing her internship at the Mwanayamala Regional Referral Hospital in Dar es Salaam. Previously, she was trained as a Medical Doctor at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Muhas), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and graduated in 2012. 

Dr. Milando pursued a Master of Public Health from the same university and graduated in 2017. During the master’s program, she acquired knowledge and skills for managing public health programs; planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating public health programs or interventions, as well as designing and conducting public health research. Currently, she is undergoing fellowship training on Global Health Leadership under the Afya Bora Consortium.

Dr. Milando has been participating in the evaluation of pre-erythrocytic and blood-stage malaria vaccines and treatments for regulatory licensure and has over 5-year experience in conducting Phase I to Phase IV Good Clinical Practice (GCP) compliant clinical trials. Her scientific knowledge and clinical expertise cut across the spectrum from the diagnosis, treatment and care to conducting advanced clinical research.

Dr. Milando has been actively involved in the implementation of the clinical trials which test the safety, efficacy and tolerability of malaria vaccine using Controlled Human Malaria Infection (CHMI) of purified Sporozoite. These trials have been conducted successfully with volunteers of varying ages (from 6 months to 45 years), both HIV status, different dose regimes in excellent study designs.

She actively participates in the recruitment of volunteers into clinical trials by participating in initial meetings, performing informed consent process, reviewing the health of the clinical trial subjects and providing clinical judgment on their health status during clinical visits, and completion of case report forms. 

Additionally, Dr. Milando is involved in the writing of clinical trial protocols, standard operational procedures and safety reports as well as review of adverse events occurring during study periods.#