Dr. Charles Mwandawiro is internationally renowned for his expertise in operational research with a focus on school health, especially school-based parasite control. He is currently leading a team that is monitoring and evaluating the impact of Kenya's National School-based Deworming Programme. Alongside his research, Charles is also responsible for KEMRI's resource mobilization.

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Charles is Assistant Director and Chief Research Officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Nairobi, Kenya. He studied Medical Parasitology at the University of Nairobi and was awarded a PhD in medical entomology from Nagasaki University, Japan.  

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Since receiving his PhD, his research has focused on school health, especially school-based parasite control. He is currently leading a team that is monitoring and evaluating the impact of Kenya's National School-based Deworming Programme.

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Alongside his research, Charles is also responsible for KEMRI's resource mobilization.

Reflected his position as a leading parasitologist, Charles was appointed by the WHO as a Temporary Advisor in the mapping and control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), especially Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) and Schistosomiasis, in the African region.

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Charles is a committee member and chair of the Operational Research Stream of the STH Advisory Committee of the US based, Children Without Worms.

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Charles also lectures in medical entomology at the Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases in Nairboi, Kenya. He has supervised 11 Masters and 4 PhD students in the area of neglected tropical diseases.