Gabriel M’bwana is a Research Fellow in Programming at the Health Economics and Policy Unit (HEPU) under the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS). With over five years of experience in the IT field, Gabriel has contributed to a wide range of projects involving non-profits, government agencies, and private sector clients. He specializes in building secure and scalable back-end systems, disease modeling, and data simulation. Gabriel is proficient in Python, C#, Java, Laravel, Node.js, and DevOps practices. Currently, he is supporting simulation modeling work for the Thanzi la Onse (TLO) project. Gabriel is a member of the ICT Association of Malawi (ICTAM) and is passionate about leveraging technology to solve real-world public health and development challenges.