Paul Macharia

Dr. Macharia will spend his fellowship year at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya under the mentorship of Cyrus Mugo, MBChB, MPH, PhD and Christine Ngaruiya, MD, MSc, DTMH. His research will focus on a user-centered approach to designing a social media app to foster interaction, peer learning and HIV awareness among adolescents and young adults.

Dr. Macharia is a Human-Centered Design Researcher at Kenyatta National Hospital. Guided by human-centered design approach, his research will focus on designing a social media app fostering interaction, peer learning and HIV awareness among adolescents and young adults in urban, peri-urban and rural settings in Kenya. As a computer scientist by training, he has spent the last 14 years leveraging digital health technologies to improve access and quality of healthcare in resource-limited settings.