Dr. Grace Wanjiku

Biography

Grace Wanjiku is an Associate Professor in the Emergency Medicine division at Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She completed her medical education at Yale School of Medicine, followed by residency training in Emergency Medicine at the Brown University Emergency Medicine Residency Program. In addition to her residency, she has undergone a two-year fellowship in Acute Critical Care Ultrasound at Yale University and holds a Master's in Public Health from Yale School of Public Health. Wanjiku has clinical experience at notable institutions including Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital in the United States, as well as Kenyatta National Hospital and Aga Khan University Hospital in Kenya. She is dedicated to international education and development practices in Emergency Medicine, particularly in low-resource settings. Wanjiku is currently working on creating an emergency medicine residency-training program in Nairobi, supported by the Carnegie African Diaspora Program. Her involvement extends to teaching trauma courses in Kenya, Rwanda, and Nicaragua. Her research interests focus on the development and evaluation of point-of-care ultrasound training programs in low-resource areas, including participation in a nation-wide rural training program in Kenya, and the creation of a tele-mentoring program to enhance support for rural ultrasound trainees. She has also organized short PoCUS courses in Egypt and Rwanda.

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