Dr. Maima is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy and the Dean, School of Pharmacy, Maseno University - KENYA. He holds a PhD in Community Health and Development; and Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analysis). He is a former Dean and Program Leader of the School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences at the United States International University Africa. He is a Fellow of the Centre for Effective Global Action (CEGA) of the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) and the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID). He is also a Trained PhD Supervisor. Dr. Maima is a Pharmaceutical Chemist & Analyst; Public Health Specialist & Epidemiologist; Implementation Research Scientist; Registered Pharmacist in Kenya & Good Standing Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya.

His other current and past memberships include: International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP); Experts /Specialization Committee and that of the Training and Assessment Technical Committee of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya; the Board of Management of the National Quality Control Laboratories; and the Ministerial Committee that prepared the Kenya National Pharmaceutical Policy (KNPP) of 2010. He is also the current President of the Association of Pharmacy Schools of Kenya (APSK) and the Editor-in-Chief of the Pharmaceutical Journal of Kenya.