Biography
Brian Mhando
- Scholar-elect
- United States, Tanzania, United Republic of
- 2026 MPhil Veterinary Science
- Lucy Cavendish College
I am a graduate of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at Princeton University, where I studied disease dynamics related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). My family comes from a rural village near Lake Victoria, where the prevalence of sexually transmitted bacterial infections is high. Inspired by this upbringing, I pursued research at Princeton focused on village health inequities, sustainable health systems development, and African foreign policy. Through research experiences in Brazil, India, Poland, Taiwan Singapore, Uganda, and Kenya, I've gained a valuable global perspective that will enrich my future research pursuits. I will be studying for a research MPhil in Veterinary Medicine, where I hope to leverage disease modeling to assess the effectiveness of the 4CMenB vaccine in reducing gonorrhea prevalence in low-resource areas. Through this research, I hope to propose cost-effective strategies for limiting AMR incidence in rural East Africa.
Previous Education
Princeton University Disease Ecology 2026
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