Lulu Said Fundikira

I am a Radiologist and academic dedicated to excellence in clinical practice, university teaching, research, and leadership in professional societies. In my clinical role, I combine precision and patient-centered care with a commitment to continuous learning and quality improvement. As an educator, I co-design engaging curricula, mentor students and trainees, and integrate clinical insights into teaching to bridge theory and practice. My research experience includes leading projects from design to publication, securing funding, and building capacity among emerging researchers. Within professional societies, I actively contribute through organising conferences, fostering collaborations, and driving initiatives that advance radiology and medical education. I am passionate about using my leadership, organisational skills, and collaborative approach to make meaningful contributions across clinical, academic, and professional domains.

Experienced radiology professional with strong background in diagnostic imaging and patient care. Skilled in advanced imaging techniques, including MRI, CT, and ultrasound. Known for collaborative work style, adaptability to changing needs, and delivering reliable results. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and focused on achieving optimal outcomes.

• Tanzania Radiology Society
• Medical Association of Tanzania
• Medical Women Association of Tanzania
• European Society of Cardiology
• European Society of Radiology
• Radiology Society of North America
• International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine-African Chapter

• Fundikira L. The role of computed tomography in gastrointestinal diseases( Masters of Medicine in Radiology dissertation,ISCM-Camaguey, Cuba).
• Fundikira L. Impact of Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Tanzania (Doctoral dissertation, Utrecht University, The Netherlands).

• Ministry of Health: Standard Medical Radiology and Imaging Equipment Guidelines (April 2018, retrievable from MoH website www.moh.go.tz)
• Ministry of Health: Standard Operating Procedures For Imaging Patients During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Tanzania (October 2020, retrievable from MoH website www.moh.go.tz)
• World Health Organization: National Tuberculosis prevalence surveys 2007-2016, ISBN 978-92-4-002243-0(published online 2021).
• Ministry of Health: National Standards for Medical Radiology and Imaging Services(March 2021, retrievable from MoH website www.moh.go.tz ).

• Reviewer of a journal article (Tanzania Medical Journal) 2022.
• Reviewer of journal article (Tanzania Medical Journal) Jan 2024
• Reviewer of journal article (Sage Open Medicine) Nov 2024
• Reviewer of journal article (Cardiovascular journal of Africa) Feb 2025

• Heart Team Africa conference CardioTan, Zanzibar April 2025
• 13th MUHAS Scientific Conference, Centre of Excellence for Cardiovascular Sciences ,Dar es salaam June 18-19 2025.

• RSNA scientific assembly and annual meeting Nov 2th to Dec 1 2022, Chicago, USA.
• RSNA scientific assembly and annual meeting Nov 26th -30th, 2023,Chicago, USA.
• GE Healthcare Radiology Forum 2024, 19-20th April 2024, Diani Beach, Kenya.
• RSNA scientific assembly and annual meeting Nov 26th -30th, 2024, Chicago,USA.

• Ministry of Public Health (Cuba)
• Medical Council of Tanganyika ( Tanzania)
• Medical Radiology and Imaging Professional Council (Tanzania)

• Radiology and Clinical Pharmacology Cluster Representative to MUHAS University Senate 2012/2013 and 2014/2015.
• Secretary of Muhimbili University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) from March 2013 to March 2017.
• School of Medicine Representative to the MUHAS University Workers Council from 2013 to 2018.
• Member of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) Council from March 2016 to March 2017.
• Team member, School of Diagnostic Medicine research coordination( 2023 to date).
• Department of Radiology and Imaging Research coordinator from 2024 to date.

• Attended MUHAS-UCSF Cancer Research Training Program, Mentorship training in 2022.
• Currently supervising residents sponsored by the Cancer Research program
• Mentorship of MUHAS undergraduate students under the College of Medicine

• I. Undergraduate teaching and supervision
• 1. Teaching of Radiology sessions to MD year 3 students
• 2. Teaching and elective research supervision of BSc. Radiography students
• 3. Elective research supervised in the last 3 years:
• 3.1. Assessing the Knowledge of Contrast Materials and Guidelines for Their Administration among Radiology Staff in Public Hospitals in Dar es Salaam.
• 3.2 Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude Towards Mammography in Breast Cancer Screening among Undergraduate Medical Students at MUHAS.
• 3.3 Assessment of Level of Awareness and Knowledge of Interventional Radiology Among Undergraduate Medical Students in Clinical Years at Muhimbili University of Health And Allied Sciences.
• 3.4 Assessment of Clinical Symptoms, Indications and Radiological Findings among Patients who Underwent Chest Radiograph at Muhimbili National Hospital.
• II. Postgraduate teaching and supervision( Masters of Medicine)
• 1. Supervision of MMed Radiology seminars/journal clubs and clinical supervisions
• 2. Supervision of other MMeD programs as per schedule
• 3. Supervision of fellowships in Neuroradiology and Female Imaging Seminars
• 4. Dissertation research supervision in the last 3 years:
• 4.1 Cross Sectional Imaging and Histopathological Correlation in Diagnosis of Intra- Orbital Tumors At Muhimbili National Hospital And Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute Dar Es Salaam Tanzania.
• 4.2 Magnitude And Patterns of Structural Brain Changes Among Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Using Cross-Sectional Brain Imaging at Muhimbili National Hospital and Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute.
• 4.3 Diagnostic Performance of Coronary CTA In Patients Suspected of Coronary Artery Disease Attending MNH And JKCI.
• 4.4 Risk Factors of Male Infertility and Correlation of Scrotal Ultrasound Findings to sperm analysis in Men Attending Fertility Clinics in Dar es Salaam.
• 4.5 Magnitude of Placenta Praevia in Women Undergoing Obstetric Ultrasound at Muhimbili National Hospital.
• 4.6 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings Among Patients with Intracranial Tuberculosis at Muhimbili National Hospital.
• III. Postgraduate PhD supervision
• Co-supervisor of PhD fellow ( Dr Balowa Musa) with research title “Computed Aided Detection of Subclinical Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Anti-TB Resistance among Household Contacts of Newly Diagnosed Index Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Tanzania” since May 2025.

• Strengthening Health services: Member of supportive supervision team of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) for Public and Private Hospitals in Singida Region in 2011.
• Capacity building in chest radiography interpretation to the Malawi Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey under WHO, December 2012.
• ICAP and AIDS Relief Capacity building: training clinicians in the HIV management setting on chest radiograph interpretations from 2010 to 2013.
• Capacity building in Chest Radiograph Interpretation and Member of the Steering Committee of TB prevalence survey under National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme (NTLP) in Tanzania from 2010 to 2012.
• Chairman: Medical Radiology and Imaging Professional Council in Tanzania (MRIPC): Aug 2019-Aug 2022.
• Member of the African Women Leaders Network( AWLN) since 2020, an initiative supported by African Union Commission and United Nations.
• Secretary: Pan African Congress of Radiology (PACORI) for 2017-2019.
• Radiology Society of North America (RSNA); International Advisory Committee, regional committee member for Middle East and Africa from Dec 2022.
• President: Tanzania Radiology Society (TARASO) from Dec 2022.

• Head of Unit: CT and MRI, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: June to December 2011.
• Head of Department: Radiology and Imaging Department at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS),Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from September 2012 to November 2018.
• Acting Director of Clinical Support Services: MUHAS Academic Medical Centre (MAMC): Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from December 2017 to October 2018.

• Certificate of organization and participation: The 1st Neuro-Radiology Conference in Tanzania, June 2015, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
• Certificate of organization and participation: Pan African Congress of Radiology (PACORI), biannual conference. February 2017. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
• Certificate of organization and participation: International Day of Radiology Symposium annually since 2020.
• Certificate of organization and participation: LIRAD WEBINAR (Liver Cancer Radiology Interpretation) March 2023 by Tanzania Radiology Society (TARASO) and Radiological Society of North America( RSNA).
• Certificate of organization and participation: International Radiology Conference: Advancing Subspecialty Radiology Training in Tanzania, June 2023 (MUHAS/TARASO/RSNA) June 2023.
• Certificate of organization and participation: International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (ISMRM) African Chapter Conference in September 2024, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (TARASO/ISMRM).
• Certificate of organization and participation: Tanzania Radiology Society and Radiology Across Borders(RAB) symposium and ultrasound workshop, June 13-14, 2025, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (MUHAS/TARASO/RAB Australia).

• Senkoro M, Mfinanga S, Egwaga S, Mtandu R, Kamara DV, Basra D, Fundikira L, Kahwa A, Shirima R, Range N, Hinderaker SG. Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in adult population of Tanzania: a national survey, 2012. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2016 Aug 1; 20(8):1014-21.
• Fundikira LS, Hong YJ, Kim PK, Lee SA, Nam KS, Im DJ, Park CH, Lee HJ, Hur J, Kim YJ, Kim TH. CVIA Clinical Application of T1 and T2 Mapping in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Case-Based. Cardiovascular Imaging Asia. 2018 Jan 1;2(1):12-8. doi.org/10.22468/cvia.2017.00185
• Jacob M, Saunders DE, Kawadler JM, Mussa B, Murdoch R, Lapidaire W, Tluway F, Kazema RR, Nkya S…Fundikira L. Neuroimaging in patients with sickle cell anemia: capacity building in Africa. Blood advances. 2018 Nov 30;2(Suppl 1):26-9. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2018GS112714
• Baraka BM, Jacob M, Kazema R, Nagu T, Suluba E, Mwanga A, Mliwa RT, Nkrumbih Z, Fundikira L. Comparison of chest radiographic findings among HIV positive and negative adults with smear positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Dar-es-salaam. Tanzania Medical Journal. 2020 Jul 22;31(1):48-65. DOI: 10.4314/tmj.v31i1.336
• Fundikira LS, Chillo P, van Laake LW, Mutagaywa RK, Schmidt AF, Kamuhabwa A, Kwesigabo G, Asselbergs FW. Risk Factors and Prevalence of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR research protocols. 2021 Jan 21; 10(1):e18229. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/18229.
• Mutagaywa RK, Mwakigonja A, Chillo P, Ngaiza A, Byomuganyizi M, Fundikira L, Cramer MJ, Kwesigabo G, Kamuhabwa A, Chamuleau S. Histopathological evaluation of chronic rheumatic mitral valve stenosis: the association with clinical presentation, pathogenesis and management at a National Cardiac Institute, Tanzania. Cardiovascular Pathology. 2022 May 15:107434. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carpath.2022.107434
• Mutagaywa RK, Vroon JC, Fundikira L, Wind AM, Kunambi P, Manyahi J, Kamuhabwa A, Kwesigabo G, Chamuleau SA, Cramer MJ, Chillo P. Infective endocarditis in developing countries: An update. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022; 9. DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1007118
• Sakafu LL, Philipo GS, Malichewe CV, Fundikira LS, Lwakatare FA, Van Loon K, Mushi BP, DeBoer RJ, Bialous SA, Lee AY. Delayed diagnostic evaluation of symptomatic breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative study of Tanzanian women. PloS one. 2022 Oct 6;17(10):e0275639. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275639
• Fundikira LS, Chillo P, Mutagaywa R, Kamuhabwa A, Kwesigabo G, Asselbergs FW, van Laake LW. Risk Factors and Prevalence of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. Global Heart. 2022; 17(1): 76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1166.
• Fundikira LS, Julius J, Chillo P, Mayala H, Kifai E, van Laake LW, Kamuhabwa A, Kwesigabo G, Asselbergs FW. Yield of family screening in dilated cardiomyopathy within low-income setting: Tanzanian experience. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2023 Jul 25;34:1-6. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2023-037. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37526977.
• Fundikira LS, Chillo P, Alimohamed MZ, Mayala H, Kifai E, Aloyce GM, Kamuhabwa A, Kwesigabo G, van Laake LW, Asselbergs FW. Characterisation of Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Native Tanzanian Cohort: MOYO Study. Global Heart. 2024;19(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1298.
• Mugusi SF, Shayo GA, Sasi PG, Fundikira LS, Aris EA, Sudfeld CR, Mugusi FM. Kidney disease among adults on tenofovir-based second-line antiretroviral therapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. South Afr J HIV Med. 2025 Jan 31;26(1):1640. doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v26i1.1640. PMID: 39967751; PMCID: PMC11830870.
• Komba E, Mtonga F, Nagu T, Fundikira L, Rwegasha J. Fatty Liver Disease and its Correlates among People Living with HIV/AIDS Attending Care and Treatment Clinic at Temeke Regional Referral Hospital in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania Medical Journal. 2025 Jun 13;36(2):19-33. https://doi.org/10.4314/tmj.v36i2.40.
• Kwarteng LA, Lee AY, Sakafu L, Mango VL, Fundikira LS, Lyimo F, Kwikima U, Mushi BP, Van Loon K, Minja FJ. Global radiology: Building equitable and effective partnerships with low and middle-income countries. Clinical Imaging. 2025 Jul 7:110559.

• Ahmed, Jusabani, Associate Professor in Radiology, drjusabani@gmail.com, 0713 273890, Lumumba Regional Hospital, Zanzibar
• Ramadhani, Kazema, Senior Lecturer, rkazema@gmail.com, 0754 4288644, Kampala International University, Dar es Salaam
• Mboni, Rugezea, Director General, mbonirugezea@tlsb.go.tz, mbonirugezea@gmail.com, 0773 137755, 0784 044 455, Tanzania Library Services Board, Dar es Salaam