Isabel Kazanga Chiumia is a health systems researcher and senior research fellow at the Health Economics and Policy Unit (HEPU). She also serves as a senior lecturer in the Department of Health Systems and Policy at the School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu College of Health Sciences (KUHeS). Dr Chiumia holds a PhD in global health from Trinity College Dublin and a joint master’s degree in health systems from the University of Verona, University of Deusto, Corvinus University of Budapest, and Vilnius University. Her educational background also includes a BSc in Nursing and a certificate in Midwifery from the University of Malawi.

Dr. Chiumia has extensive experience in teaching, research, and consulting in health systems and policy, public health, health workforce, quality management, RMNCH and project management. She has contributed to health workforce strategic planning and policy changes in Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and the Africa Region. She has previously served as the deputy dean of students at KUHeS and was a board member of the Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi. Additionally, she is a member of national and global health workforce groups and serves on the editorial boards of Health Policy Open and Public Health Challenges of Wiley. Dr. Chiumia has completed numerous assignments for organizations such as WHO, World Bank, Global Fund, African Union, UNICEF, USAID, Euro Health Group, and others.

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