Dr Bernhards Ragama Ogutu is chief research officer with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and senior clinical trialist at the Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance of the INDEPTH-Network. Dr Ogutu is also director for the Centre for Research in Therapeutic Sciences (CREATES) at Strathmore University in Nairobi.

He has authored more than 50 peer reviewed publications. His areas of research expertise includes clinical trials, disease pathogenesis, and clinical therapeutics with a bias in malaria and clinical trials capacity development.

He earned bachelor degrees in Medicine and Surgery, Medical degree, and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Nairobi. He has held different positions since 1992, including serving as a practicing pediatrician at several hospitals and leading clinical trials in a number of product evaluation protocols. His areas of research expertise includes clinical trials, disease pathogenesis, and clinical therapeutics with a bias in malaria and clinical trials capacity development.