Dr Alfred Amambua-Ngwa is a Senior Scientist and Head of Malaria Population Biology Group in the Disease Control and Elimination Programme of MRCG at LSHTM. Dr Amambua-Ngwa obtained a PhD in Biochemistry from the Biotechnology Unit at the University of Buea, Cameroon in 2004 with a thesis research focus on identifying and characterizing Onchocerca volvulus […]
RHD results from cardiac valvular damage caused by an exaggerated immune response to Group A Streptococcus infections (GAS), usually during childhood and adolescence, with global estimates of >34 million people affected and >345,000 deaths with sub-Saharan Africa as the main hotspot Complications include heart failure, atrial fibrillation, stroke, infective endocarditis and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Though […]
Professor Martin Antonio and Dr Brenda Kwambana-Adams won a competitive grant from The National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the H3 Africa Scheme. The grant is to be use in understanding the impact of inhaled environmental exposures on the microbiota of the upper airways of African children. Inhaled exposures, such as dust, environmental tobacco smoke, […]
In October 2017, MRCG at LSHTM Laboratories in Fajara operating according to GCLP were re-assessed by an independent certification body, Qualogy. The laboratories included in this assessment were Haematology, Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Serology and Mycobacteriology (TB) Laboratories. The objective of the assessment was to examine the laboratory facilities, processes, systems and procedures that have been […]
Dr Brotherton has over 13 years clinical paediatric experience in a varietyof health care settings in UK, Ireland, Australia and West Africa. She is a visiting PhD student in the Disease Control Elimination Theme at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM and an Honorary Consultant General Paediatrician with an interest in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, at […]
Brenda was awarded a competitive MRC Capacity Development PhD studentship to carry out her doctorate studies at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM and the University of Leicester following her undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences at Wellesley College, Massachusetts on a prestigious Davis United World Scholarship and an MSc in Medical Microbiology at London School […]
Randomised control clinical trials are considered the gold standard in health care research and our reliance on them will continue as the world seeks to find new health care interventions that solve the growing global health problems. More so in Sub Saharan Africa where the burden of disease is greater, therefore, the need to conduct […]
She is studying the molecular mechanisms by which human genetic variations in RBC surface proteins impact Malaria Pathogenesis She has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Mohamed V in Rabat Morocco. She was awarded a scholarship by the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM to do an MSc course in Molecular Parasitology […]
MRC Unit the Gambia at LSHTM inaugurated a new Data Center and Entomology Laboratory on Monday 16th July 2018. The MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM’s IT infrastructure provides the backbone for critical information processing and analyses needed for the sustenance and expansion of medical research. The purpose of the Data Centre is to accommodate […]
Findings could aid understanding of how our early environment influences later health Scientists have gained a glimpse of how marks on our genes that could be linked to adverse health outcomes in later life behave differently in the first few days after conception, according to new research published in Science Advances. Some of these marks […]
In a series of studies carried out across The Gambia, we have seen that epigenetic marks at key regions of the genome appear to be influenced by seasonal changes in a mother’s diet around conception. These changes are only seen postnatally without direct evidence that they could occur in the very first few days of […]
Bai Lamin has keen interest in understanding and influencing the evolution of large and complex information systems in healthcare, particularly within the medical research setting After completing his BSc in Software Engineering, he did an MSc in Strategic IT Management at Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. In 2009, he returned to The Gambia where he worked as […]