Dr. Njelembo Joshua Mbewe is a Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Zambia School of Public Health, teaching on the MSc Epidemiology, MSc Field Epidemiology, and MSc Medical Statistics programmes and supervising PhD and MSc research. He also serves as MPH Coordinator at UNZA's Institute of Distance Education. He holds a PhD in Entomology from the University of Pretoria, South Africa (2019), an MSc in Epidemiology from the University of Zambia (2014), and a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Zambia (2006).Dr. Mbewe is a public health entomologist and epidemiologist with two decades of experience in vector-borne disease surveillance, control, and research. He previously served as Entomology Director and Entomology Manager on the PMI Evolve Project with Abt Global in Zambia, and as a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, directing evaluations of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spray products at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College University Pan African Malaria Vector Research Consortium in Tanzania. Earlier, he was Principal and Senior Tsetse Biologist with Zambia's Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, contributing to the national tsetse and trypanosomiasis control programme.His research interests include disease ecology, and evaluation of vector control products for malaria and trypanosomiasis as well as medical devices that could contribute to control of Tuberclosis.