Musa joined TAHSSL from the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa Canada, where he was a Senior Program Specialist with the multi-donor Livestock Vaccine Innovation Fund (LVIF). In this role, he was responsible for the technical management and administration of a multi-million-dollar portfolio of cutting-edge vaccine discovery and development projects with multiple international partnerships. Musa completed two post-doctoral research fellowships focusing on livestock vaccine development and mucosal immune responses to oral vaccines in malnourished children in poor settings with high infectious disease burdens. These were undertaken at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization - International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) in Saskatchewan, Canada and the Wellcome Trust Research Program in Kilifi, Kenya, respectively. He holds a PhD in Immunology & Vaccine Development from the Royal Veterinary College of the University of London (UK) and a Master of Science also in Immunology from Kenyatta University in Kenya.