Asssistant Profrossor Traore has just completed his EDCTP Clinical Research and Development Fellowship where he was placed with Merck, Darmstadt, Germany.
Dr Traore was promoted to Assistant Professor at the University of Bobo-Dioulasso in July 2018 and as of Jan 2019 he took up the role of Technical Director of Centre Muraz in the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) of Burkina Faso.
Congratulations from the EDCTP Alumni Network!
Read moreWe are pleased to announce that Professor Jean Nachega (EDCTP1 Senior Fellow) has been elected to join as Fellow of the Academy of Sciences (AAS).
EDCTP is proud to see our Fellows well established in their respective specialities, continuing to contribute to the pool of scientific research leaders on the continent.
https://aasciences.ac.ke/recognising-excellence/the-aas-fellowships/recognising-excellence-/
Read moreThe African Research Leader (ARL) scheme is a prestigious award, jointly funded under the MRC/DFID concordat agreement. The scheme aims to strengthen research leadership across sub-Saharan Africa by attracting and retaining exceptionally talented individuals who will undertake high-quality programmes of research on key global health issues pertinent to the region.
Dr Adetifa will begin his Fellowship in January 2019.
Read moreThe 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.
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