Dr Winifred Mutuku

Head of Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science Kenyatta University.

Dr Winifred Mutuku holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics and is the current Head of Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science Kenyatta University.

She is a member of the Technical Working Group and Strategic Information Team (TWG/SI) for the National Syndemic Disease Control Council; Chairperson of the Board of Management – Masii Boys Secondary School; a committee member of the Board of Management of both Machakos Boys High and Masii Girls Secondary Schools; the Patron of Kenyatta University STEM Club; a committee member of Kenyatta University Gender Mainstreaming Technical Working Group and a committee member of Kenyatta University Sexual and Gender Based Violence.

She has successfully supervised four PhD candidates and several Master’s students.  She has also published over 25 refereed journals articles.

She was awarded a grant by KEMRI-Wellcome Trust to carry out research on Modelling dynamics of HIV and another grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to carry out a research on women’s economic empowerment.