Symon Nyondo is a Community Health Lecturer in the Department of Public and Environmental Health Sciences – School of Science and Technology at Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) where he teaches Research Methods, Research Project, Communicable and Non-communicable Disease Control, Global Health, Epidemiology, and Nutrition modules to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Symon is the Research Support Coordinator in the Department of Research and Innovation within the Research Support Unit at MUBAS. He is a member of MUBAS Research Ethics Committee.

Symon is an experienced public health expert with over ten years working in the field. He was twice Field Team Supervisor during the 2014 and 2017 Malawi Malaria Indicator Surveys for the Ministry of Health – National Malaria Control Program (NMCP). Symon is a member of the National Technical Working Group for malaria case management at NMCP from 2014 to date. He was a team leader during data collection exercise organised by the Ministry of Health, aimed at evaluating implementation and uptake of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine among standard/grade 4 girls aged between 9–13 years in two pilot districts of Zomba urban and Rumphi rural in 2014. Symon worked as Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer for USAID/Malawi project aimed at leveraging local capacity to strengthen health service delivery from 2021 to 2024. He was involved in the Ministry of Health quarterly outreach training, supportive supervision and mentorship of healthcare workers on malaria data quality and case management in health facilities across Malawi from 2016 to 2021. Symon has vast experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning roles, project management, healthcare evaluation, grant application writing, research designing, data collection tool development as well as quantitative and qualitative data analysis.

Educational Qualifications and Awards
2017–2018: Master of Science in Public Health (Epidemiology). University of London -London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

2012–2013: Bachelor of Science in Clinical Medicine (Mental Health). Mzuzu University⁣ & St. John of God College of Health Sciences.

2003–2006: Diploma in Clinical Medicine. Malawi College of Health Sciences.
2017 Commonwealth Scholarship Award: By the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom.

2014 Best Student Award: By Saint John of God College of Health Sciences for excellence in theory and clinical practice of clinical medicine at the bachelor’s degree level.

2006 Best Student Award: By Malawi College of Health Sciences for excellence in clinical practice of Clinical Medicine at Diploma Level.