Profiles Dr Modou Jobe aims to understand the link between metabolic problems and cardiovascular diseases Dr Nuredin Mohammed is shaping MRC Unit The Gambia’s Statistics Department Lamin Sillah a Product of MRCG’s Commitment to Train Young Africans to Become Scientists Dr Adedapo Bashorun – a Rising Star within the Vaccines and Immunity Theme The Fight to Eliminate Malaria With Dr Joseph Okebe Jacob Otu reshaping current concepts on drug-resistance prevalence in West Africa Dr Abdullahi Ahmad presents on how malaria transmission intensity could be very uneven over a small geographical area in a part of the upper river region of The Gambia Dr Olumuyiwa Owolabi a star in the Tuberculosis Case Contact platform Yaya Giana shaping the Logistics Department123