In a multiple award winning research, Dr Muhammed Afolabi of the MRC Unit The Gambia developed a multimedia consent tool for achieving informed consent in low to non –literate settings
The main results of the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) clinical trial have been published in Lancet Global Health. The trial was undertaken as part of a series of trials funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The long awaited MRCG festival to promote dialogue with the public about the global benefits of our medical research attracted over 400 people at our main site in Fajara on 21 June 2016.
This paper summarises the data available on both maternal and neonatal vaccination to prevent disease in newborns and early infancy and considers the key challenges and next steps for research in the field.
Clinician Scientist, Dr Toyin Togun has been offered a postdoctoral position at McGill University, Montreal, Canada to further develop his research in the area of Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics and biomarkers.
On May 20 this year, the Clinical Trials Group (CTG) of MRC Unit The Gambia celebrated International Clinical Trials Day.
In the fourth edition of ‘Meet the Editor’ series, we interview Dr Joseph Okebe.
The Disease Control and Elimination Theme of MRC Unit The Gambia has been awarded a Grand Challenge Exploration grant, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to pursue an innovative global health and development research project using medical-detection dogs
A longitudinal prospective cohort study conducted by investigators from the Vaccines & Immunity Theme at the MRC Unit The Gambia evaluated the prevalence of colonising and invasive disease serotypes of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in Gambian women and their infants
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for attending our Science Festival, highlighting the achievements of our young scientists representing our three themes, Vaccines and Immunity, Disease Control and Elimination and Nutrition.
The Young Scientist from MRCG’s Vaccines and Immunity Theme will take you on a journey where you will be able to explore the impact of vaccination strategies on pathogens by conducting immune-epidemiology, clinical trials and laboratory-based research.
The Young Scientist from MRCG’s Nutrition theme will take you on a journey where you will be able to explore global efforts to combat under‐nutrition, gain novel insights into the basic mechanisms linking malnutrition to metabolic and infectious diseases.