Elizabeth Itotia
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(Bachelor of Pharmacy)
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
(Master of Pharmacy in Nuclear Pharmacy
Elizabeth Itotia | |
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 Itoita in 2017 | |
| Born | c. 1992 (age 33–34) Kenya |
| Education | University of Nairobi (Bachelor of Pharmacy) Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (Master of Pharmacy in Nuclear Pharmacy |
| Occupation | Radiopharmacist |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Title | Radiopharmacist at Kenyatta University Hospital |
Elizabeth Wangari Itotia (born c. 1992) is a nuclear pharmacist from Kenya. She is the first Kenyan woman to qualify as a nuclear pharmacist (also referred to as a radiopharmacist). As of July 2021, she is one of only three similarly qualified people in that country, the others being male. She is currently employed as a member of the nuclear pharmacy team at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH).[1]
Itotia was born in 1992, in Limuru, in present-day Kiambu County to a farming family. Itotia joined Loreto Kiambu Girls' High School, where she scored a straight A in KCSE and was admitted to the University of Nairobi to study pharmacy. She graduated at the top of her class in 2017 (58th graduation valedictorian), with a Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) degree.[2]
She was awarded a scholarship by the International Atomic Energy Agency to pursue a master's degree. She was admitted to Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Pretoria, South Africa, where she graduated in 2021 with a Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree, specializing in Nuclear Pharmacy.[2]
