Dr. Vivian Tuei is the Chair and a Lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry in the School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Moi University. She received a BSc degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry (First Class Honors) from University of Nairobi in 2005 and both MSc (2007) and PhD (2010) degrees from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA in Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering. Her research interests are on the molecular basis of metabolic-related diseases, specifically investigating the roles of nutrients and toxicants in diabetes mellitus, obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Prior to her joining the Department in June 2023, she worked for 8.4 years as a Lecturer of Biochemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Eldoret, Kenya while also serving as the Departmental Biochemistry Postgraduate Coordinator and Head of Department (2019-2021). She has also previously worked as a Lecturer of Biochemistry and Head of Department of Biological Sciences at University of Kabianga, Kericho, Kenya from 2012-2014. Dr. Tuei has taught over twenty different courses/topics in biochemistry and molecular biology of undergraduate and graduate levels. She continues to teach, mentor and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students on research. Majority of the postgraduate students she has supervised and who have so far graduated were research grant awardees of the National Research Fund, Kenya. Dr.Tuei is an awardee of the Cornell Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellowship (2015) and the American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (2009-2010). Dr. Tuei has been serving as an Ad hoc reviewer for several journals and as an external thesis examiner for several Universities within Kenya and also abroad. She has also held various representations and memberships in Departmental, School, Senate and University-wide Committees including Curriculum Development and Review Committees amongst others. Dr. Tuei has published several peer-reviewed journal publications, abstracts, a book chapter and a newsletter article and has participated in several academic symposiums and conferences. She is a member of the Biochemistry and Biotechnology Professionals Society of Kenya (BBPSK) and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). Extracurricularly, she volunteers in career mentorships and science communication.