Peter Claver Kayumba

Biography

Prof. Pierre Claver Kayumba holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences. He has more than 10 years experiences in pharmaceutical and (Bio) medical field, including leadership and senior management positions. He served as Deputy Director General in charge of Medical production and Procurement and Acting Director General of Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) for a period of 2 years. His core role was to establish and monitor financial stability and sustainability system to respond to the country goal of increasing health sector service delivery, oversee and coordinate biomedical researches as evidence base for decision making in health promotion. Before joining RBC, P. Claver served as Senior Lecturer and Vice-Dean for Post-Graduate Studies, Consultancy and Research in the Faculty of Medicine at National University of Rwanda. He coordinated activities of designing modules and integrating health commodities Logistics into pre-service pharmacy curriculum. Prof Kayumba is actually the Deputy Dean of School of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Co-PI for the East African Regional Center of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management project where he leads the development of the training strategy, spearheads curriculum development, and accreditation process, political and donor advocacy.