Employing (Home) Organisation: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana Project title: Building capacity in cell biology to explore the immunological interplay driving the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex epidemic in West Africa My...
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Dr. Blessing Obinaju Effiong (2024)
Employing institution: University of Uyo
Host institution: University of West England
Project title:
Combating Infectious Disease Using Combination Therapy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy; An Investigation Using Bioactive Plants Products and Streptococcus species.
Dr. Effiong holds a PhD (Biological Sciences) from Lancaster University, England with a focus on the applications of Infrared Spectroscopy in disease diagnosis. She is a 2011 Fellow; Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Foundation program and is interested in projects which show the applications of Infrared spectroscopy towards improving time to diagnosis, a robust understanding of molecular stages of cancer and infectious disease. Her research career has been inspired majorly by Prof. Ekaete I. U. Etuk (of blessed memory) and her PhD supervisor Prof. Francis L. Martin.


