African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) announces second cohort of fellows to be hosted at NIH
April 14, 2021
The
African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) will soon welcome its second cohort of ten fellows to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The post-doctoral training fellowship program, launched in 2019, is supported through a partnership of the
African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and implemented through the
Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) platform, NIH and the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, under the auspices of the
Coalition of African Research and Innovation (CARI).
Fellows chosen for the second cohort come from seven African countries: Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. They will focus their research on a broad range of research areas, including genetic diseases and stigma; HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis; malaria; the microbiome, respiratory infections and bioinformatics; pneumocystis and HIV-related opportunistic infections; protozoan parasites; and tuberculosis.
NIH institutes and centers hosting fellows include the NIH Clinical Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).
Cohort 2: African Postdoctoral Training Initiative Fellows and NIH Hosts (2021-2022)
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Fellow: Dr. Oluwaremilekun Ajakaye
Home institution: Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Research area: Protozoan parasites -
Fellow: Dr. Abdoulie Bojang
Home institution: Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Research area: Microbiome, respiratory infections, bioinformatics -
Fellow: Dr. Benjamin Chimukangara
Home institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Host institution: NIH Clinical Center
Research area: Pneumocystis, HIV-related opportunistic infections -
Fellow: Dr. Chinwe Chukwudi
Home institution: University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Research area: Protozoan parasites -
Fellow: Dr. Michael Frimpong
Home institution: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Research area: Microbiome, respiratory infections, bioinformatics -
Fellow: Dr. Daniel Kiboi
Home institution: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Research area: Malaria -
Fellow: Dr. Olivia Matshabane
Home institution: University of Cape Town, South Africa
Host institution: National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Research area: Genetic diseases, stigma -
Fellow: Dr. Henrietta Mensah-Brown
Home institution: University of Ghana
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Research area: Malaria -
Fellow: Dr. Nicholaus Mnyambwa
Home institution: National Institute for Medical Research, Muhimbili Centre, Tanzania
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Research area: Tuberculosis -
Fellow: Dr. Kenneth Ssebambulidde
Home institution: The Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Uganda
Host institution: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Research area: HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis
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