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Dr. Esin Nkereuwe (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Esin Nkereuwe (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: MRC Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Project title: Using artificial intelligence to improve diagnosis and long-term post-tuberculosis respiratory outcomes in children and adolescents Dr Esin Nkereuwem is...

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Dr. Oritoke Modupe Okeowo (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Oritoke Modupe Okeowo (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria         Project title: Skills Acquisition and Capacity Building in In Silico and Stem Cell-Based Screening of Voacanga africana Alkaloids as Enzyme Inhibitors Against...

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Dr. Majidah Hamid-Adiamoh (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Majidah Hamid-Adiamoh (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine   Project title: Developing Capacity in CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing for Functional Validation of Insecticide Resistance Markers in Malaria Vectors   I am a malaria...

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Dr.  Emmanuel C. Ohaekenyem (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr.  Emmanuel C. Ohaekenyem (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka  Project title: Targeting G-Quadruplex DNA in Trypanosoma brucei with Photoactivated Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes for Human African Trypanosomiasis Therapy I am a researcher trained in chemical and...

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Dr. Emelda Chukwu (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Emelda Chukwu (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Nigerian Institute of Medical Research      Project title: Strengthening capacity for pneumococcal disease surveillance and AMR mapping in Nigerian children Dr. Emelda Chukwu is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Infectious...

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Dr. Sylvester Omoruyi (2025)

Dr. Sylvester Omoruyi (2025)

Employing (Home) Organisation: University of the Witwatersrand    Project title: Training in 3-dimensional, surgically-relevant brain tumour models to deliver effective and affordable therapies  Dr Omoruyi specialises in Cellular Neuroscience and obtained his PhD from...

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Dr. Ogunsuyi Opeyemi Babatunde (2025)

Dr. Ogunsuyi Opeyemi Babatunde (2025)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Project title: Building Research Capacity in Novel Gender-Based Behavioral and  Neural Circuit Evaluation Techniques for the Assessment of Solanum Vegetables as Dietary Intervention for...

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Dr. Joseph Ojonugwa Shaibu (2025)

Dr. Joseph Ojonugwa Shaibu (2025)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria   Project title: Capacity development in seromolecular, epidemiological and analytical techniques to identify arboviral aetiologies of pyrexia of unknown origin in Nigeria  I...

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Dr. Ifeorah Ijeoma (2025)

Dr. Ifeorah Ijeoma (2025)

Employing (Home) Organisation: University of Nigeria Nsukka Project title: Advanced molecular approaches to identify mutations and epigenetic changes with potential bio-maker value in high-risk Human Papilloma Virus genomes from Nigeria. Dr. Ifeorah is a virologist...

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Dr. HADIZA LAWAL ABDULLAHI (2025)

Dr. HADIZA LAWAL ABDULLAHI (2025)

Employing (Home) Organisation: BAYERO UNIVERSITY KANO (BUK) Project title: Strengthening of Skills in Human Biomonitoring of Dietary Contaminants: A Requisite for Building Exposome Research Capacity to Improve Food Safety and Health in Africa Hadiza Lawal Abdullahi is...

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