“WHEREBY, THE LATE DR. CECILIA JILL SHINONDO WAS AMONG THE FIRST FEMALE GRADUATES IN THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA WHERE SHE GRADUATED WITH A MERIT IN 1971. IN MALOLE, KASAMA, NORTHERN PROVINCE, DR. SHINONDO COMPLETED HER SECONDARY EDUCATION AT CHIPEMBI GIRLS. SHE OBTAINED A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE SPECIALISING IN PARASITOLOGY FROM UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE IN 1976, FOLLOWED BY A MASTER IN PUBLIC HEALTH FROM TULANE UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SHE LATER OBTAINED A DOCTORATE IN SCIENCE DEGREE FROM THE SAME UNIVERSITY IN 1992. WHEREBY, THE LATE DR. SHINONDO’S CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA WAS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED. SHE BEGUN IN 1971 AS A STAFF DEVELOPMENT FELLOW IN THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, AND ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO BECOME LECTURER, SENIOR LECTURER AND HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, A POSITION SHE HELD UNTIL HER DEATH. AS A RESEARCHER, DR. SHINONDO WAS DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING MALARIA THROUGHOUT HER CAREER. SHE WAS ALSO A CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT. HER WORK IN THIS AREA ALSO EXTENDED TO SOUTHERN AFRICA AND TO THE GLOBAL STAGE, WHERE SHE SHARED PLATFORMS AND COLLABORATED WITH EMINENT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS AND MICROBIOLOGISTS. WHEREBY, LATE DR. SHINONDO WAS ONE OF THE EIGHT FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE LUSAKA APEX MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (LAMU) IN 2008. HER DEDICATION TO DUTY AND RESILIENCE IN HER CAREER AS SHE SAVED MANY LIVES IN ZAMBIA AND MANY OTHER NATIONS INDEED DESERVES SPECIAL RECOGNITION.”
| Gender | Female |
| Province | Lusaka |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 1335 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2025-10-22 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | Yes |
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