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JARED S. BAKUZA

Senior Lecturer, Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education
Education:

University of Glasgow, UK. PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Teaching:

  • Zoology particularly invertebrate and vertebrate (chordate) zoology, entomology and parasitology, developmental biology (embryology), vector biology, protozoology and helminthology, biostatistics and scientific methods and bioethics.

Research:

  • Disease ecology and epidemiological investigations of neglected tropical diseases particularly schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases and intestinal protozoan infections.
  • Examination and identification of disease-causing organisms and assessment of the status and distribution of diseases.
  • Assessment of wildlife health (diseases) and other zoonotic infections.
  • Application of geospatial tools such as GIS and remote sensing (RS) in the assessment and management of disease risks and transmission.
  • Integration of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) into disease control and management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Projects:

 

  1. UDSM’s Competitive Research Grants-2020/2021 for a study on Assessing and modelling the Quality of Handwashing Water and Sanitizers Used for COVID-19 Prevention in Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Zanzibar”. Dec. 2020-Nov. 2021 Value: US$ 12,937.00
  2. UDSM’s Competitive Research Grants-2019/2020 for research on Impact of Sanitation and Hygienic Practices on Vegetable Parasite Load in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nov. 2019-Oct. 2020. Value: US$ 12,860.00
  3. DUCE’s Competitive Research Grants-2019/2020 for research on A Survey of Intestinal and Urinary Parasites among University Students at Dar es Salaam University College of Education, Nov. 2019 -Oct. 2020. Value: US$ 5,910.00
  4. The Kushlan Research Award for a study Impact of the Feeding Habits of the African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) on Schistosome-transmitting snails in four water-logged sites in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania: Oct. 2016-Sept. 2017. Value: US$ 7,000.00. 
  5. WHO/TDR Short-term training grant for research capacity strengthening and knowledge management to study Geospatial analysis of infections patterns of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in southern Tanzania. Oct. 2015-Sept. 2016. Value: US$ 50,000.00
  6. Tanzania Partnership Programme for Sustainable Development (TPP) grant-Infection status of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Milola Ward, Lindi Tanzania: Aug. 2014-July 2015. Value: US$ 4,000.00

Publications:

  1. Peterson J.K., Bakuza J., Standley C.J. (2020). One Health and Neglected Tropical Diseases-Multisectoral Solutions to Endemic Challenges. Trop Med Infect Dis.;6(1):4. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed6010004. PMID: 33383621; PMCID: PMC7838914.
  2. Wolf, T. M., Deere, R. J., Lonsdorf, E. V., Collins, D. A., Gillespie, R. T., Terio, T., Murray, C. M., Mjungu, D., Kamenya, S., Mwacha, D., Raphael, J., Lipende, I., Bakuza J. et al. (2020). Forming, Storming and Norming Your Way into One Health: The Gombe Case Study. In Knauf S. & Jones-Engel, L. (Eds). Neglected Diseases in Monkeys, From the Monkey-Human Interface to One Health, pp. 373-382. © Springer Nature Switzerland.
  3. Bakuza, J. S. (2020). Epidemiological Significance of Parasitic Infections in Olive Baboons (Papio anubis) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, Vol 46 (1): 137-150.
  4. Bakuza J. (2018). Demographic factors driving infection of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases in Milola Ward Lindi District, Tanzania:  A useful guide for launching intervention programmes. The East African Health Research Journal, Vol. 2 (2): 156-167.
  5. Bakuza J. (2018). Distribution Patterns of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, Vol. 44 (1): 134-144. *
  6. Bakuza J., Denwood M. J., Nkwengulila G., Mable B. K. (2017). Estimating the prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infection among rural communities in Western Tanzania: The influence of sampling strategy and statistical approach. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11(9): e0005937. 
  7. Bakuza J. (2017). Gillespie, R., Nkwengulila, G.; Adam, A.; Kilbride, E., and Mable, B. Assessing S. mansoni prevalence in Biomphalaria snails in the Gombe region of Western Tanzania: the importance of DNA sequence data for clarifying species identification.  Parasites & Vectors, 10:584.
  8. Mtethiwa A. H., Nkwengulila G., Bakuza J., Sikawa D.and Kazembe, A (2015). Extent of morbidity associated with schistosomiasis infection in Malawi: a review paper. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 4;4:25. doi: 10.1186/s40249-015-0053-1. eCollection. *
  9. Mtethiwa, A. H.N, Bakuza J. and Nkwengulila G. (2015).  Prevalence and Intensity of Schistosomiasis in Communities around Water Reservoirs in Malawi.  Journal of Tropical Diseases. 4:1
  10. Bakuza, J. and Nkwengulila, G. (2009).  Variation over Time in Parasite Prevalence Among Free-ranging Chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania.  International Journal of Primatology, 30 (1): 43-53. 
  11. Gilespie, R. T. and Bakuza J. (2017). Trematodes of Primates.  The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Fuentes, A. (Ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Volume 1, P. 1–2. DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0445. ISBN: 978-0-470-67337-9. *