Mr. Daniel Protasy Challe is a Senior Research officer employed by the National Institute for Medical Research at Tanga Medical Research Centre since July 2010. He has dedicated his career interests and dreams to biomedical research in demography, epidemiology, and biostatistics. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Population and Development Planning from the Institute of Rural Development Planning in 2009; Dodoma-Tanzania. He also holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics from Tumaini University Makumira, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College; Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in 2015.

He registered as a PhD student at the Open University of Tanzania in 2022 with a research title; Spatial-temporal mapping and micro-stratification of malaria infection and associated factors in areas of different transmission intensities in Tanzania. In his career, he managed to acquire two grants; Drivers of HIV in motorcyclist riders and Dengue and febrile illness studies. Currently, prepared to lead a project entitled; “Endoscopic and Clinical Patterns of Esophageal Tumor in Tanga Regional Referral Hospital, Tanga Region” He managed to analyse various medical research studies and publish 11 articles in different peer-reviewed journals. Moreover, he attended several scientific conferences within and outside the country, short courses, and meetings, which positively enabled him to improve his career. He plans to become a Health Researcher with the full capacity to execute more biomedical research for the betterment of his country’s people.