Joseph Nicolao Otieno
Joseph Nicolao Otieno is the Associate Research Professor in Ethnobotany at the Institute of Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). He served as the Director of the institute for the past 6 years from 2018 to 2024. He is currently a presidential appointee as the chairperson of the Traditional and Alternative Health Practitioners Council of Tanzania (TAHPC) of the Ministry of Health from 2024 to 2027 (renewable). He is a university tutor, researcher and consultant in natural remedies and Traditional Medicine, Plant conservation and plant biotechnology where he has disseminated over 50 scholarly articles in various publication platforms.
He is a MUHAS contact for initiative to bring-to-life African Indigenous Knowledge Systems for social development in collaboration with other institutional hubs in Africa with headquarters in KwaZulu Natal. Prof Otieno is working on a number of research areas including nutritive/medicinal values of the Tanzanian wild vegetables and native fruits, taxonomy of native Aloes of Tanzania, community based sustainable conservation of threatened plant species i.e. Prunus africana, Osyris lanceolata, Hypoxis species and other tuberous food herbs of Tanzania. Besides, he is the father of two daughters and a son.
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