Doreen Pamba is a Social Scientist employed at the National Institute for Medical Research-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (NIMR-MMRC) in Tanzania. She has a degree in Medical Sociology, Masters of Philosophy in International Health and is currently a PhD student at University of Munich, Germany. Ms. Pamba has coordinated community engagement activities since 2010 in TB drug and vaccine trials as well as HIV vaccine trials. She also has experience in implementing qualitative research nested in these clinical trials and in mixed methods TB and HIV operational research.