Funded Projects 2023/24
Research/ Initiative Title |
Cambridge & African Collaborators |
African Country |
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| 1 | Informing fisheries management and conservation through gut content analysis of freshwater fish species in the Kigezi lakes, Western Uganda | Prof David Aldridge (Zoology) & Dr Alex Saturday (Department of Environmental Sciences, Kabale University) | Uganda |
| 2 | Exploring uncharted territories in Igboland, southeast Nigeria: Archaeological and environmental perspectives | Dr Kingsley Daraojimba (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research) & Dr Daniel Kenechukwu (Archaeology and Tourism, University of Nigeria) | Nigeria |
| 3 | Spurring development of root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita resistance in sweetpotato germplasm for food security in Uganda | Dr Lida Derevnina (Plant Sciences) & Dr Benard Yada (National Crops Resources Research Institute) | Uganda |
| 4 | Understanding Kenyan ILD epidemiology and optimising ILD care through establishing a national multidisciplinary meeting | Dr Jennifer Dickens (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) & Dr Jacqueline Wanjiku Kagima (Respiratory Society of Kenya,Affiliated with the University of Nairobi) | Kenya |
| 5 | Studies of the molecular mechanisms of anti-diabetic action of Hyptis verticillata jacq in type 2 diabetes models | Dr Daniel Fazakerley (Wellcome Trust - MRC Institute of Metabolic Science) & Dr Ironya Ogar (Department of Biochemistry, University of Calabar) | Nigeria |
| 6 | Conservation challenges in the face of gold mining expansion in Côte d'Ivoire | Professor Rachael Garrett (Geography) & Dr Prince Dégny Valé (Swiss Centre of Scientific Research in Côte d’Ivoire) | Ivory Coast |
| 7 | Enhancing River Blindness vaccine candidates using the SpyCatcher virus-like particle platform | Professor Mark Howarth (Pharmacology) & Dr Robert Adamu Shey (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea) | Cameroon |
| 8 | Rebuilding Lives on Lava: The Dynamic Forces Shaping Resettlement in Post-Eruption Goma | Dr Lara Mani (Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk) & Prof Francois Habiyaremye Muhashy (University of Goma) | DR Congo |
| 9 | SPEAK: Speech sampling Psychiatric Examination Automation, new Knowledge for clinical practice and health research | Dr Graham Murray (Psychiatry) & Dr Akin Ojagbemi (Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan) | Nigeria |
| 10 | Heterologous expression and evaluation of plant defensins as potential antimicrobial candidates | Prof Cahir J O'Kane (Genetics) & Dr Ifeoluwa Deborah Gbala (Drosophila Research Training Centre, Ibadan) | Nigeria |
| 11 | Call for Life: Exploring mHealth solutions for enhancing childhood vaccinations among displaced children in conflict-affected settings of Nigeria | Dr Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi (Psychiatry) & Dr Zara Wudiri (Department of Community Medicine, University of Maiduguri) | Nigeria |
| 12 | Sources and Reservoirs of human-infecting ESBL E. coli in Osogbo, Nigeria | Prof Julian Parkhill (Veterinary Medicine) & Dr Akeem Ganiyu Rabiu (Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Health Sciences, Nigeria) | Nigeria |
| 13 | Building capacity for the early diagnosis of Cervical Cancer in Nigeria | Dr Sara Pensa (Pharmacology) & Prof Afolabi-Balogun (Chemical Sciences, Fountain University Osogbo) | Nigeria |
| 14 | Understanding the transmission of Zoonotic Schistosomiasis in Nigeria: A Multicenter approach | Dr Anna Protasio (Pathology) & Prof Akinwale (Public Health and Epidemiology Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research) | Nigeria |
| 15 | Spatiotemporal epidemiological dynamics of rabies and the impacts of rabies control efforts in Tanzania | Dr Olivier Restif (Veterinary Medicine) & Dr Maganga Sambo (Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences) | Tanzania |
| 16 | Building capacity in modelling for the surveillance of infectious diseases in Cameroon using serological data | Prof Henrik Salje (Genetics) & Dr Ngu Njei Abanda (Centre Pasteur du Cameroon) | Cameroon |
| 17 | A deep dive into the underlying causes of high mortality among clinically diagnosed TB patients in Kilifi County, Kenya: a cross-sectional study | Dr Nyarie Sithole (Medicine) & Dr Osman Abdullahi (Department of Public Health, Pwani University) | Kenya |
| 18 | Mapping data for modelling the health impacts of African urban systems | Dr Lambed Sawkung Tatah (MRC Epidemiology Unit) & Dr Felix Assah (Health of Population in Transition Research Group, University of Yaoundé I) | Cameroon |
| 19 | Piloting objective measurement of physical activity in Tunisian school children: a crosssectional study in Sousse, Tunisia | Dr Esther van Sluijs (MRC Epidemiology Unit) & Prof Imed Harrabi (Epidemiology Department, University of Sousse) | Tunisia |
| 20 | One-Health approach to investigating the transmission of Staphylococcus aureus and antimicrobial resistance genes between livestock and humans in non-intensive livestock settings | Dr Lucy Weinert (Veterinary Medicine) & Professor Mohamed Elhadidy (Centre for Genomics, Zewail City of Science and Technology) | Egypt |
| 21 | African Textiles Collaboration | Dr Lorna Dillon (Centre of Latin American Studies) & Dr Eyifa-Dzidzienyo (Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana) | Ghana |
| 22 | Understanding the burden of adolescent vaping to successfully implement interventions to reduce electronic cigarette dependence amongst highs school learners in South Africa |
Dr Sebastian Kurten (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit) & Prof Richard van Zyl-Smit (Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of CapeTown) | South Africa |
| 23 | Exposure to Continuous Traumatic Stress and Its Consequences Among Adolescents in a High-Risk Social Environment | Prof Larysa Zasiekina (Psychology) & Prof Soraya Seedat (Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University) | South Africa |
| 24 | Aqueous Sodium-Ion Battery as a Promising Stationary Power Source: Probing the Dissolution/Passivation of Aluminium Current Collectors and Mitigating Corrosion | Prof Dame Clare P. Grey (Chemistry) & Dr Habibat Faith Chahul (Department of Chemistry, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University) | Nigeria |
| 25 | Executive Function Workshops for Child Development Researchers and Practitioners in South Africa | Dr Stephen Bayley (Faculty of Education) & Prof Catherine Draper (SAMRC Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand) | South Africa |
| 26 | Pan African Thoracic Society 'MECOR' Programme 2024 | Prof Kevin Mortimer (Pathology) & Prof Refiloe Masekela (Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, SA) | South Africa |
| 27 | Training Course in Oxford Nanopore Technology for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from West Africa | Dr Alex Murphy (Plant Sciences) & Dr Cyrielle Ndougonna (Central and West African Virus Epidemiology) | Ivory Coast |
| 28 | Classics Beyond Borders | Dr Frisbee Sheffield (Faculty of Classics) & Prof Kofi Ackah (Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of Ghana) | Ghana & Malawi |
| 29 | Beyond Communitarianism in African Philosophy and Anthropology | Prof Harri Englund (Social Anthropology) & Prof Grivas Muchineripi Kayange (Department of Philosophy, University of Malawi) | Malawi |
| 30 | Developing a collaborative freshwater biodiversity monitoring programme in Côte d'Ivoire | Dr Nigel Taylor (Zoology) & Dr Tanoh Marius Kamelan (Department of Biosciences, University of Felix Houphouet-Boigny) | Ivory Coast |
| 31 | Adaptive Genomic Diversity of Tanzanian Riverine Cichlids in Light of Climatic and Anthropogenic Stressors | Dr Emília Santos (Zoology) & Dr Edson Ishengoma (University of Dar es Salaam) | Tanzania |
| 32 | Kamuzu University of Health Sciences Clinical Academic Training Programme | Prof Alasdair Coles (Clinical Neuroscience) & Dr Wakisa Mulwafu (Kamuzu University of Health Sciences) | Malawi |