Bernhards Ogutu is founding President of the East African Chapter of the Association of the Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). He is a Certified Physician Investigator (CPI) of the ACRP and a Board Registered Pediatrician of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board.  He is also a member of the Expert Committee on Clinical Trials of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board and the Regulatory Authority of the Kenyan Ministry of Health.  He was instrumental in establishing the Malaria Diagnostic Centre of Excellence at KEMRI, Kisumu.  Dr. Ogutu has extensive experience in malaria research and has been involved in a number of malaria vaccine and drug trials at the KEMRI Centres in Kisumu and Kilifi. He has published over 35 papers in peer-reviewed journals and authored two book chapters. Dr. Ogutu is actively involved in several scientific working groups in the field of malaria and clinical trials within and outside Africa.