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Godwin Pancras K, is a lecturer and head of the Department of Bioethics and Health Professionalism, School of Public Health and Social Sciences at MUHAS, Dar es Salaam. He holds a PhD in Bioethics and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics in the US. As an academician, Dr Pancras is engaged in teaching research methods and bioethics-related topics to both undergraduate and postgraduate students; mentoring; conducting research; and providing consultancies.
His main interests are in global health ethics, environmental ethics, research ethics, and studies employing qualitative methods in addressing public health problems, including but not limited to infectious diseases and NCDs. In addition, Dr Pancras has engaged in furthering scientific knowledge by acting as a reviewer for IRBs and internally recognized peer-reviewed journals.
• Climate and Health Research Regulation: Re-examining the Role of Research Ethics Committees and Training in Developing Countries (November 2024 to date)- Funded by Wellcome through the World Health Organization (WHO) [Grant#:306679/Z/23/Z].
• Access to COVID-19 vaccine information among rural communities in East Africa: A case of Kenya and Tanzania (December 2023-March 2025)- Funded by EAC Regional Center of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management [Grant #: RCE-VIHSCM 009/2022].
• Access to COVID- 19 vaccine information among rural communities in Tanzania: A case of Geita region (February 2022 to January 2023) Funded by Amne Salim COVID-19 Research Fund.
• What is the Ethical Role of Community Advisory Boards in HIV Vaccine Trials? Revisiting the Fundamental Ethical Principles (July 2020- August 2021)-
Funded by NIH through Transforming Health Education in Tanzania (THET) project [Grant #: 1R25TW011227-01]
1. Machaku, D., Chande-Mallya, R., Masalu, B., Pancras, G., & Kalinga, E. (2026). Moral Distress and Ethical Dilemmas at the Bedside: The Hidden Burden on ICU Healthcare Workers in a Low-Income Setting: A Qualitative Study from Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 27(4), 3790–3801. https://doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v27i4.8
2. Pancras G, Nazziwa W, Nderitu D, Bachwenkizi J, Joseph R. Research ethics committees and regulation of climate change and health research. Bull World Health Organ. 2026 Mar 1;104(3):168-174. doi: 10.2471/BLT.25.294147. Epub 2026 Jan 22. PMID: 41767992; PMCID: PMC12947209.
3. Pancras G, Morris B, Mercury S, Josepth R, Metta EO, Sirili N, Nderitu D. COVID-19 vaccination advocacy among Tanzanian rural communities: lessons for future pandemics. Rural and Remote Health 2025; 25: 9868. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH9868
4. Mkumbwa, R.D., Pancras, G. & Sirili, N.S. Going paperless: the strengths and limitations of electronic research ethics information management system in a health training institution in Tanzania. BMC Health Serv Res 25, 12 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12151-0
5. Pancras, G., Ezekiel, M., Mbugi, E., & Merz, J. F. (2024). Who to engage in HIV vaccine trial benefit-sharing negotiations? An empirical proposition of a framework. BMC Medical Ethics, 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-024-01058-4
6. Mremi, A., Pancras, G., Mrema, D. et al. Mentorship of young researchers in resource-limited settings: experiences of the mentees from selected health sciences Universities in Tanzania. BMC Med Educ 23, 375 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04369-z
