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The
African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are partnering under the auspices of the
Coalition of African Research and Innovation (CARI) to establish a post-doctoral training fellowship program, the
African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI).
The fellows train in a global health research area of priority for their home institutions and countries, and AAS, BMGF and NIH, while building bridges and lasting connections between the partner organizations and African scientists and institutions. While at the NIH, the fellows must be on leave or sabbatical from their home institution under the
NIH Intramural Visiting Fellow Program. The research priority areas include infectious diseases, nutrition, and reproductive, maternal and child health; and developing skills for clinical and translational research.
2019 African Postdoctoral Training Initiative Fellows and NIH Hosts
- Fellow: Dr. Idowu Aimola
Home institution: Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
Host institution: National Human Genome Research Institute
Research area: diabetes, maternal and child health - Fellow: Dr. Nana Ama Amissah
Home institution: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Research area: infectious diseases - Fellow: Dr. Thomas Hormenu
Home institution: University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Host institution: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Research area: diabetes - Fellow: Dr. Musa Kana
Home institution: Federal University Lafia, Nigeria
Host institution: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Research area: tuberculosis, respiratory diseases, child health - Fellow: Dr. Rania Labib
Home institution: Children’s Cancer Hospital, Egypt
Host institution: National Cancer Institute
Research area: child health - Fellow: Dr. Hamma Maiga
Home institution: Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, Mali
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Research area: malaria, maternal and child health - Fellow: Dr. Bartholomew Ondigo
Home institution: Egerton University, Kenya
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Research area: malaria - Fellow: Dr. Kolapo Oyebola
Home institution: University of Lagos, Nigeria
Host institution: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Research area: sickle cell disease - Fellow: Dr. Irene Offei Owusu
Home institution: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Research area: infectious diseases, viruses - Fellow: Dr. Markos Tesfaye Woldeyohannes
Home institution: St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
Host institution: National Institute of Nursing Research
Research area: child health
Inquiries
- Susan Gichoga
Grants Officer, African Academy of Sciences
Phone: +254 709 158100
Email:
apti@aasciences.ac.ke - Jackie Officer
Program Specialist, Fogarty International Center, NIH
Phone: +1-301-496-4784
Email:
jackie.officer@nih.gov - Stacy Wallick
Program Officer, Fogarty International Center, NIH
Phone: +1-301-496-4784
Email:
stacy.wallick@nih.gov
Updated December 3, 2019