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Dr. Hoyce Amini Mshida  (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Hoyce Amini Mshida  (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC)  Project title: Enhancing Nutritional Care and Support for Cancer Patients through Health Service Delivery Optimization in Specialized Cancer Referral Hospitals of Tanzania.  Dr. Hoyce...

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Dr. Gurdeep Jaswant Hunjan  (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Gurdeep Jaswant Hunjan  (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organisation (TIRDO)  Project title: Strengthening genomic surveillance to support control of endemic and emerging zoonotic Pathogens in Africa. I am a Research Scientist at TIRDO with over...

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Dr. Estelle Mewamba Mezajou  (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Estelle Mewamba Mezajou  (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases  Project title: Building genomics, bioinformatics and leadership capacity in identifying and characterising hybrids schistosomes species and strengthening the Next Generation Sequencing platform...

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Dr. Eric TOSSOU (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Eric TOSSOU (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: National University of Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (ENS/UNSTIM) Project title: Harnessing molecular tools to link agricultural contaminants with insecticide resistance in malaria vectors: Capacity building and...

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Dr. Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Centre for Research in Applied Biology, University of Energy and Natural Resources  Project title: Molecular Diagnostics Development Fellowship at the International Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Reference Centre in...

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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. Deus Thindwa (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Deus Thindwa (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme (MLW)      Project title: Using advanced dynamic modelling to inform disease control strategies in Africa  I am a Postdoctoral Associate at the MLW Programme with interests in developing and applying...

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Dr. Clement Likhovole (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Dr. Clement Likhovole (AREF RDF Fellow 2026)

Employing (Home) Organisation: Mount Kenya University     Project title: Immiscible filtration assisted by surface tension (IFAST) Assay and isothermal amplification for colorimetric detection of malaria in pregnant women ...

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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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