Genomics Africa

Vimbiso Chidoti is a researcher at the University of Zimbabwe, specializing in Virology and Molecular Biology under Dr. Florian Liegeois from IRD. She holds a Master of Philosophy in Veterinary Science and a First-Class Honours Degree in Biological Sciences. Her expertise includes bat and rodent … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Vimbiso Chidoti

Chifundo Salifu is a molecular biologist and currently she is pursuing a PhD with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and while based at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome (MLW) Clinical Research Programme. Her research focuses on multiplex real-time PCR assays for diagnosing Central Nervous System … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Chifundo Salifu

Edem Apewokin is a veterinarian and researcher with the Veterinary Services Directorate of Ghana. He focuses on identifying and controlling zoonotic and transboundary animal diseases, including HPAI outbreaks. A graduate of Ghana’s In-Service Applied Veterinary Field Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) program, he is passionate about applying … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Edem Apewokin

Sètondji Islamiath KISSIRA is a medical virologist and research scientist at the National Laboratory for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Genomic Surveillance of Infections with Epidemic Potential in Benin. She works on genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, Dengue, Lassa, Zika, Chikungunya, monkeypox viruses, … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Sètondji Islamiath KISSIRA

Nqobile Mthembu is a medical scientist pursuing a Master’s in Medical Science at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Her project advances genomic surveillance of respiratory viruses by exploring targeted sequencing methods to identify an efficient single … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Nqobile Mthembu

Gideon Nsubuga is a research fellow/biomedical scientist at Makerere University’s College of Health Sciences, specializing in genomics and immunology. With an MSc in Immunology and Clinical Microbiology and a BSc in Biomedical Sciences from Makerere University, he focuses on host-pathogen interactions and pathogenicity. He has … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Gideon Nsubuga

Andrew Waititu is a  pharmacist and researcher currently serving  at the Ministry of Health, With a strong commitment to improving patient outcomes and medication safety, he has been actively involved in the field of pharmacogenomics, focusing on how genetic variations affect individual responses to medications. … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Dr. Andrew Waititu

Alhagie Papa Sey is the LIS Manager at the National Health Laboratory Services of the Ministry of Health, The Gambia. With a major in Information Systems (Computer Science) and a focus on Bioinformatics, he is part of the MoH-ICT Core implementation team as a system … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Alhagie Papa Sey

Omotayo Anick J. Bara is a PhD student at the Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL) in Gabon. Her research focuses on the transmission flow of Plasmodium falciparum genotypes from infected human hosts to mosquito vectors. As a biologist, she seeks to deepen her … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Omotayo Anick J. Bara

Eric is an Expert in One Health of the School of Public Health of the University of Lubumbashi-DRC and Medical Biologist in the Department of Health Information, Research and Communication of the National Institute of Public Health DRC.LinkedIn