Location:
Eldoret, Kenya
Title:
Epidemiologist, Moi University
Foundation Role:
Board member
Prof. Diana Menya is a medical doctor with a Master of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology and a doctorate in Environmental Health. She is a founding member of Moi University College of Health Sciences, Eldoret, Kenya, where has served as Chair of her department, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics and acting Dean School of Public Health. As a teacher and a researcher, she has vast experience in working in rural communities where she conducts her own research and supervises both undergraduate and postgraduate students in their research. She brings the perspective of a Clinician, an Epidemiologist and Environmental Health expert into her teaching, research, and community work. Prof. Menya’s research interests are in both non-communicable disease (NCD) and communicable diseases. Her NCD research for the past ten years has focused on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma which has a high incidence in both men and women in western Kenya. She is the Principal Investigator in a large NIH/NCI funded study in esophageal cancer in collaboration with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). She is also the Eldoret site coordinator for the Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Africa Prevention Research (ESCCAPE), working with Tanzania and Malawi. She is a founding member of African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC), started by a group of researchers to coordinate etiologic and molecular studies of on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Africa. She is serving as a board member of The AfrECC Foundation since June, 2024.
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