Edna Nyanchama Bosire, PhD

Dr Edna Nyanchama Bosire is a medical anthropologist, implementation scientist, and Assistant Professor at the Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, East Africa. She holds a PhD in Medical Anthropology and Public Health from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, a Master's degree in Medical Anthropology, and a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She completed postdoctoral training in Implementation Science through the Centre for Innovation in Global Health at Georgetown University (USA) and Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (Malawi). She has also undertaken advanced professional training in implementation science, global health, qualitative research methods, and health research ethics.

Her research examines how culture, ethics, lived experience, and health systems shape health outcomes and healthcare delivery in Africa. She combines medical anthropology with implementation science to design, implement, and evaluate culturally responsive health interventions that strengthen health systems and improve policy and practice.

Dr Bosire's research focuses on mental and brain health, aging and dementia, chronic illness, implementation science, community engagement, climate change and health, and health systems strengthening. She has led and collaborated on research across Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, and Ethiopia, working closely with communities, policymakers, and multidisciplinary teams to address complex global health challenges through equitable partnerships.

She has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals and serves as Associate Editor for Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health, Associate Editor for the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, and Academic Editor for PLOS Global Public Health. She is passionate about mentoring the next generation of African researchers and advancing community-engaged, interdisciplinary research that translates evidence into policy and practice.