Job Calis is a paediatric intensivist attached to the Amsterdam UMC and KUHeS, Blantyre Malawi. Besides his clinical appointment, he further is a researcher at AIGHD and the Amsterdam Center for Global Child Health.

During his career, he worked in Malawi for three longer periods in several hospitals. Between 2002-2005 he worked in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital In Malawi which has led towards a NEJM publication and a PhD on severe anaemia in Malawian Children. In 2017-2019 he helped to start the first Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Malawi.

He has been involved in several research projects in global child health in sub-Saharan Africa and other low-middle income countries. His research interest concerns critical illnesses in children in resource-poor settings and modern techniques to reduce morbidity and mortality. He has so far supported six PhD students and several other students towards successful projects.

With the current project, he aims to reduce preventable deaths in children admitted to hospitals in low-middle income countries. Doing so he hopes to provide opportunities for doctors, nurses, technicians and researchers in Malawi to grow and become research leaders.