Cambridge-Africa

Researchers' Database

Researchers from across the University of Cambridge and its affiliated institutes are engaging with the initiatives of the Cambridge-Africa Programme by carrying out collaborative research with African colleagues, and/or supporting African fellows.

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Dr Annettee Nakimuli, Makerere University and MUII PhD Fellow, and her Cambridge co-supervisor Professor Ashley Moffett, Department of Pathology.

 

 

 

In order to encourage new collaborations with African researchers and to support African PhD students and post-doctoral fellows, we have built (and are continuously expanding) a database of current and potential Cambridge collaborators and their expertise. The Cambridge researchers listed are either already engaging with, or have indicated their interest in being matched to Africans who have similar research interests. Cambridge researchers who would like to get involved do not need to have a pre-prepared project available, or existing African links, in order to be included in the database. If you would like your details to be included, please complete the (short and painless) registration form.

Note to African researchers searching for a Cambridge collaborator: Please be aware that any enquiries about potential collaboration with a Cambridge researcher should to be directed to one of the Cambridge-Africa team or enquiries@cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk in the first instance. They will then put you in touch with the Cambridge researcher if there is an appropriate match in the research interests. Thanks for your cooperation.

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Dr Shadia Taha (Ethnography , Oral Traditions and Attachment to Abandoned Heritage) More Info

Position & Affiliation:
Research Fellow; Member of (SARS) Sudan Archaeological Research Society, British Museum; Member of (SAS) Sudan Archaeological Society, Khartoum- Sudan.

Research Interests:

Attachment to abandoned heritage: the case of Suakin-Sudan is published by Archaeopress Oxford, UK. in February 2013. She co-edited in 2011 'Historic Cities', proceedings for the 10th Heritage Seminar with Afroditi Chatzoglou, Archontia Polyzoudi, Marie Lousie Stig Sørensen. Currently, she is co-editing the Proceedings of the African Conference: 'Connections, contribution and complexity: Africa's later Holocene in global context'. In 2004, she co-edited 'Fifty years in the Archaeology of Africa: Themes in archaeological theory and practice', in: 'Papers in honour of John Alexander, with G. Wahida, S., Laurence Smith and Pamela Rose'.

Dr Justice Tankebe (Legitimacy, criminal justice, vigilantism, death penalty, corruption) More Info

Position & Affiliation:
Lecturer in Criminology, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
www.crim.cam.ac.uk/People/dr-justice-tankebe

Research Interests:

Policing, Criminal Justice, Sentencing, Legitimacy and legitimation, Corruption, Death Penalty, and Vigilantism.

Current African links: Collaborating with Dr. Peter Atudiwe (University of Ghana) and Dr. Kofi Boakye (Anglia Ruskin University) on Cambridge-Africa funded project on death penalty in Ghana

 

Publications:
Tankebe, J. (2014) The Making of Democracy's Champions: Police Support for Democracy in Ghana. Special Issue of Criminology & Criminal Justice 14(1): 25-43

Tankebe, J. and Liebling A. (2013) (eds.) Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Bottoms, A. E and Tankebe, J. (2013) 'Voice Within': Power-holders' Perspectives on Authority and Legitimacy. In J. Tankebe and A. Liebling (eds.) Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Dr Lambed Tatah (Urban and transport health impact) More Info

Position & Affiliation:
Postdoc @ MRC Epidemiology Unit

Research Interests:

Urban and transport health impact in African cities

Dr Nigel Taylor (Freshwater biodiversity monitoring, Economic costs of invasive alien species) More Info

Position & Affiliation:
Research Associate, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology
nigeltaylor.weebly.com

Research Interests:

I am interested in evaluating the effects of conservation actions, through field experiments and/or evidence synthesis. I am also interested in quantifying ecological and economic impacts of invasive alien species. I have a particular interest in the biodiversity and ecology of aquatic systems including wetlands, peatlands, marshes, swamps, mangroves, rivers and lakes.

Publications:
Taylor et al. (2021) Marsh and Swamp Conservation: Global Evidence for the Effects of Interventions to Conserve Marsh and Swamp Vegetation. Conservation Evidence Series Synopses. https://nigeltaylor.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/4/7/30475314/marsh_and_swamp_conservation_2021.pdf

Cuthbert et al. (2021) Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species. Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145238

Taylor et al. (2021) The future for Mediterranean wetlands: 50 key issues and 50 important conservation research questions. Regional Environmental Change, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01743-1

Dr Laura Torrente (Catalysis, chemical engineering, sustainable energy) More Info

Position & Affiliation:
Reader in Reaction Engineering and Catalysis
www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/process-integrat…

Research Interests:

Heterogeneous catalysis Synthesis of nanoparticles for a wide range of applications Sustainable chemical processes Sustainable energy vectors - for example, ammonia

Dr Flavio Toxvaerd (The Economics Of Infectious Disease) More Info

Position & Affiliation:
Lecturer, Faculty of Economics
people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/fmot2

Research Interests:

The economics of infectious disease. Optimal control of epidemics. Externalities and decentralisation of control policies.

Publications:
(1) Torok ME et al. Immune reconstitution disease of the central nervous system. Curr Opinions HIV/AIDS 2008; 3: 438



Professor Caroline Trotter (Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Vaccines, TB, Meningitis ) More Info

Position & Affiliation:
Principal Research Associate, Disease Dynamics Unit, Dept of Veterinary Medicine
www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/clt56@cam.ac.uk

Research Interests:

I am in infectious disease epidemiologist with a particular interest in vaccine-preventable diseases and bacterial meningitis in particular. I use a variety of methods including mathematical modelling, cost-effectiveness studies, analyses of large databases, and clinical studies including carriage and seroprevalence surveys.

Publications:
(1) Trotter CL, Yaro S, Njanpop-Lafourcade B-M, Drabo A, Kroman SS, Idahou RS, Sanou O, Bowen L, Findlow H, Diagbouga S, Gessner BD, Borrow R, Mueller JE. Seroprevalence of bactericidal, specific IgG antibodies and incidence of meningitis due to group A Neisseria meningitidis by age in Burkina Faso 2008. PLOS ONE 2013. 8 (2), e55486

(2) Irving T, Blyuss K, Colijn C, Trotter CL. Modelling meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt. Epidemiol & Infect 2012;140(5):897-905.



(3) Trotter CL, Greenwood BM. Meningococcal carriage studies in the African meningitis belt: a review. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007; 7(12): 797-803

Professor Suzanne Turner (Childhood cancer) More Info

Position & Affiliation:
Professor of childhood cancer biology, Department of Pathology
www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/suzanne-turner

Research Interests:

Our lab seeks to understand why and how cancer develops in children and using that knowledge, to identify novel biomarkers and therapeutic approaches. In particular, we are interested in non-Hodgkin lymphoma of childhood with a special interest in Burkitt lymphoma (both sporadic and endemic) and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).

Publications:
Okello, C.D., Niyonzima, N., Ferraresso, M., Kadhumbula, S., Ddungu, H., Tarlock, K., Balagadde, J., Omoding, A., Karagu, A., Mwaiselage, J., Harlan, J.M., Uldrick, T.S., Turner, S.D.* and Orem, J.* (2021) Review Series on Priorities in Haematological Care in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Blood Cancers. Haematological Malignancies (HMs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): East Africa as an exemplar for Improving Care in the Region. Lancet Haematol. 2021 Oct;8(10):e756-e769. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(21)00198-8.

Forde, S., Matthews, J.D., Jahangiri, L., Lee, L.C., Malcolm, T.I., Bell, N., Bomken, S., Burke, G.A.A., and Turner, S.D. (2020) Paediatric Burkitt lymphoma patient-derived xenografts capture disease characteristics over time and are a model for therapy, British Journal of Haematology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17043

Prokoph, N., Probst, N.A., Lee, L.C., Monahan, J.M., Malik, V., Liang, H-C., Sharma, G.G., Montes-Mojarro, I., Mota, I., Larose, H., Forde, S.D., Imamoglu, R., Matthews, J.D., Trigg, R., Ceccon, M., Ducray, S.P., Lobello, C., Janikova, A., Gambacorti-Passerini, C., Pospisilova, S., Kenner, L., Klapper, W., Jauch, R., Woessmann, W., Chiarle, R., Mologni, L., Merkel, O., Brugières, L., Geoerger, B., Barbieri, I., and Turner, S.D. (2020) Inflammatory networks drive resistance to drugs in ALCL, ALK+; the IL10R is up-regulated in response to consistent exposure to ALK inhibition. Blood, 136(14):1657-1669. doi: 10.1182/blood.2019003793

Professor Ed Turner (Supporting ecosystem functioning in agricultural crops) More Info

Position & Affiliation:
Professor of Insect Ecology, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-edgar-turner

Research Interests:

My research interests relate to ways that human dominated systems can be managed to support higher levels of biodiversity and associated ecosystem functioning. In the tropics this often relates to the development of more sustainable management practices in oil palm.

Publications:
Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers, 2023, Ecological solutions and evidence, doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12293

Understory vegetation supports more abundant and diverse butterfly communities in oil palm plantations, 2023, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2023.1205744

The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) Programme: using large-scale experiments to test and develop more-sustainable oil palm management, 2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00075