Dalphine Chebet Ndiema

Dalphine Ndiema, graces a decade of full-time, supervised interprofessional trainings and multiple certifications. The licensed: clinical Masters in Speech and Language Pathology (2024), degree of Special Needs Education with specializations in Emotional Behavioural Disorders and Hearing Impairment (2019), a diploma in Early Childhood Development and Education (2018) and a certificate of leadership development and mentorship (2016) all from Kenyatta University. She is also a certified professional mediator (2019), coupled up with a diploma in psychological counselling (2020). Wealthy in parallel transitions across public and private services in (special) schools, correctional, vocational and medical systems. Her current administrative and scholarly contributions in health and rehabilitation sciences hub structures stem from her comprehensive examination, dissertation and final project titled: Health professionals’ awareness and involvement in oropharyngeal dysphagia management among inpatients in a Kenyan National hospital (2024); post - one year SLP inter/externship among patients across National and Referral, Teaching and Research Hospitals in Kenya. She graduated as a first author of at least seven peer-reviewed journal articles in notable publications, and more affiliated manuscripts are under peer-review around topics like dysphagia and developmental and acquired neurological communication disorders. Dalphine further disseminates her data through (inter)national seminars, conferences and trainings. Her doctoral interests in communication and feeding sciences and disorders is to improve collaborative clinical-academia practice and research developments in Kenya and globally.