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.
Photograph:
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 David Parker (Spinal Cord Neuronal Networks) djp27@cam.ac.uk More Info
Position & Affiliation:
Lecutrer, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/parker
Research Interests:
My work investigates spinal cord neuronal networks using lower vertebrates as model systems. The aim is to understand how different classes of nerve cell interact to generate rhythmic locomotor outputs. I also examine how spinal cord injury introduces changes in locomotor networks and sensory inputs below lesion sites to influence recovery.
Publications:
(1) Hoffman N & Parker D (2010) Lesioning alters functional properties in isolated spinal cord hemisegmental networks. Neuroscience 168: 732-43.
(2) Parker D (2010) Neuronal network analyses: premises, promises and uncertainties. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 365: 2315-28.
(3) Cooke RM & Parker D (2009) Locomotor recovery after spinal cord lesions in the lamprey is associated with functional and ultrastructural changes below lesion sites. J Neurotrauma 26: 597-612.
Dr Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi (HIV, STIs, Global health in Africa) rp549@medschl.cam.ac.uk More Info
Position & Affiliation:
Lecturer, Institute of Public Health
Research Interests:
Clinical operational research on sustaining HIV services. Including innovations such as mHealth, point of care tests. STI research including gonorrhoea resistance. STI point of care testing including syphilils. Cryptococcal and fungal diseases in AfricaPublications:
Clinical Evaluation of 2 Point-of-Care Lateral Flow Tests for the Diagnosis of Syphilis. Sex Transm Dis. 2016 DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000498
Sustainable HIV treatment in Africa through viral-load-informed differentiated care Nature 2015; 7580(528):S20-28
Strengthening the “Viral Failure Pathway” JAIDS 2015 DOI: 10.1097/QAI. 0000000000000820
Prof Julian Parkhill (Genomics Of Bacterial Pathogens) jp369@cam.ac.uk More Info
Position & Affiliation:
Marks and Spencer Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine
www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-director…
Research Interests:
Genomics of human and animal bacterial pathogens; Population genomics; Genotype/phenotype associations; High-throughput phenotype analysis.
Publications:
PMID: 30459193
PMID: 27846606
PMID: 28720578
Dr Michael Pashkevich (Socio-ecological impacts of oil palm cultivation in Liberia) mdp48@cam.ac.uk More Info
Position & Affiliation:
Marshall Sherfield Fellow, Department of Zoology; JRF, St Edmund's College
Research Interests:
I have an existing project - in collaboration with University of Liberia researchers, Golden Veroleum Liberia (a major oil palm developer), the Forestry Development Authority of the Government of Liberia, and local communities - that is investigating the ecological impacts of oil palm cultivation in Sinoe County, Liberia. I plan to expand on this project to better understand the socio-ecological impacts.Prof Gabriel Paternain (Hamiltonian Dynamics & Symplectic Geometry) g.p.paternain@dpmms.cam.ac.uk More Info
Position & Affiliation:
Professor of Mathematics, Dept of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS)
Research Interests:
Hamiltonian Dynamics and Symplectic Geometry
Publications:
(1) Cieliebak K et al. Symplectic Topology of Ma
Dr Sara Pensa (Breast cancer early detection & women’s health) sp580@cam.ac.uk More Info
Position & Affiliation:
Senior Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge
Research Interests:
My research interests lie on the identification and characterization of the mechanisms important in the early stages of cancer development and how these differ in different cancer subtypes and with different risk mutations. I am equally interested in the epidemiology of breast cancer and the influence of different risk factors on cancer prevalence in different populations. With the aim of developing strategies for the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, I currently use genetic models to recapitulate breast cancer initiation and analyse the changes occurring in the tissue prior to the establishment of tumours to identify these early mechanisms.
Publications:
Bach, K., Pensa, S., Zarocsinceva, M. et al. Time-resolved single-cell analysis of Brca1 associated mammary tumourigenesis reveals aberrant differentiation of luminal progenitors. Nat Commun 12, 1502 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21783-3
Bach, K., Pensa, S., Grzelak, M. et al. Differentiation dynamics of mammary epithelial cells revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing. Nat Commun 8, 2128 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02001-5
Lazarus, K.A., Hadi, F., Zambon, E. et al. BCL11A interacts with SOX2 to control the expression of epigenetic regulators in lung squamous carcinoma. Nat Commun 9, 3327 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05790-5
Prof Jaideep Prabhu (International business, marketing, strategy and innovation.) j.prabhu@jbs.cam.ac.uk More Info
Position & Affiliation:
Professor of Marketing, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/faculty-a-z/jai…
Research Interests:
International business marketing, strategy and innovation. Specific interests include: cross-national issues concerning the antecedents and consequences of radical innovation in high-technology contexts such as banking, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology; the role of firm culture in driving innovation in firms across nations; how multinational firms organise their innovation activities worldwide; the forces that drive R&D location decisions and the factors that influence the performance implications of these decisions; the internationalisation of firms from emerging markets; and innovation in emerging markets.
Visit the 'Jugaad Innovation' website: http://jugaadinnovation.com/
Possible project topics:
Frugal innovation, inclusive innovation
Current African links:
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa
Publications:
George, G., McGahan, A.M. and Prabhu, J. (2012) "Innovation for inclusive growth: towards a theoretical framework and a research agenda." Journal of Management Studies, 49(4): 661-683 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01048.x)
Radjou, N. and Prabhu, J. (2012) "Mobilizing for growth in emerging markets: to reach the "next billion" consumers, multinational companies will need to move beyond value chain localization and create new networks of local partners." MIT Sloan Management Review, 53(3): 81-88
Radjou, N., Prabhu, J. and Ahuja, S. (2012) Jugaad innovation: think frugal, be flexible, generate breakthrough growth. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.