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The Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize was established in 2016 through a global partnership between the TB Centre in London, The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre in Cape Town and The Union. It acknowledges young researchers under 40 years of age who are conducting promising work focused on reducing the disease burden of TB and HIV/AIDS in Africa. This year’s winner is Dr Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire, who leads the HIV-TB clinic at the Infectious Diseases Institute at Makerere University in Kampala. Dr Sekaggya-Wiltshire supervises care for complex cases of TB that are referred from health centres, and has conducted pharmacokinetic studies on anti-TB drugs in HIV patients.

African Academy of Sciences grant opportunity: The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) is inviting organizations to submit information regarding their interest in developing an open database for clinical trial capacities and sites on the African continent. The database, which will be managed by the AAS, should be tailored to answer questions from potential trial sponsors, collaborators, and participants. The submission deadline is November 22, 2018.

https://www.aasciences.ac.ke/calls-for-proposals/careers/request-for-information--clinical-trials-database-developer/ 

EDCTP would like to congtaulate Professor Abdoulaye Djimde (EDCTP Senior Fellow and RIA Coordinator) on his new appointment as the Director of MRTC-Parisito - Congratulations!

We recently held our first EDCTP Fellow's Day linked to the 9th EDCTP Forum in Lisbon, Portugal. We welcomed over 70 Fellows from around sub-Saharan Africa to discuss issues around good mentorship and research leadership in Africa. We heard from Professor Akuffo on the roles of supervisors and mentors in brining up the next generation of research leaders in Africa. We also heard from some of our Fellows on their personal journey to leadership and were very encouraged to hear just how much has been acomplished!