Research partnerships
We work with universities, research institutions, funders and health organisations to shape relevant questions, assess feasibility and develop studies grounded in local priorities.
Centre for Research in Therapeutic Sciences
CREATES — Centre for Research in Therapeutic Sciences:Advancing Health InnovationFrom Discovery to Patient Care.
We unite scientists, clinicians, institutions, and industry to move promising health innovations from concept through rigorous development to meaningful patient impact.
CREATES
Research that makes a difference. From vision to impact.
- Clinical sitesAcross Kenya
- Regional partnersConsortium-led
- Community trialsPeople-centred
Discover how CREATES shapes the future of Clinical Research.
Explore how CREATES and its consortium deliver rigorous clinical research across Kenya, from study design and site operations to bioequivalence evaluation, regulatory readiness, and community-centred engagement that strengthens evidence for therapeutic innovation.
Connected research intelligence for therapeutic sciences
CREATES — the Centre for Research in Therapeutic Sciences at Strathmore University — brings together research operations, clinical partnerships, implementation insight, and community trust to support high-quality health research in Kenya and the region. The Centre works across connected domains where scientific quality, operational excellence, and public value must move together.
Clinical development
Protocol-ready teams, study coordination, and site operations for clinical trials that need scientific discipline and local fluency.
Therapeutic sciences
Research that evaluates medicines, interventions, and therapeutic pathways with attention to quality, safety, and patient relevance.
Evidence translation
Turning study findings, implementation data, and real-world insight into decisions that can strengthen care and health systems.
Research capacity
Training investigators, clinicians, coordinators, and institutional teams to run rigorous, ethical, and sustainable research.
Community trust
Designing participant and community engagement around respect, clarity, retention, and research questions that matter locally.
Collaboration at CREATES
Better health research is built together.
CREATES is an open, multi-institutional platform where scientific expertise, clinical experience and local knowledge come together. We form partnerships around a clear health need and build the right team to take the work forward responsibly.
Study delivery
Our teams connect clinical sites, laboratories, pharmacy, data systems and community engagement to support ethical, well-coordinated research from protocol preparation through close-out.
Capacity and translation
We build learning into collaboration through mentorship, practical training and shared scientific work, while helping useful evidence move towards publication, policy and better patient care.
Our clinical network
Research with a local presence.
Alongside our Nairobi base, CREATES conducts studies and clinical trials through hospital-based sites in Kondele, Ahero and Homa Bay. This network supports research delivery closer to participants and communities across western Kenya.
Nairobi
- Nairobi
- Strathmore University Medical Centre
Western Kenya
- Kondele
- JOOTRH – Kondele Children's Hospital
- Ahero
- Ahero County Hospital
- Homa Bay
- Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital
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