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Sickle Pan Africa Research Consortium TRAINing (SPARC- TRAIN) Program

The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Funding Fogarty Program

Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training

Project Information in NIH RePORTER

Sickle Pan Africa Research Consortium TRAINing (SPARC- TRAIN) Program

Principal Institution

University of Abuja

Principal Investigator(s) (PI)

Nnodu, Obiageli Eunice; Adejumo, Prisca Olabisi; Peprah, Emmanuel K; Sarfo, Fred Stephen

Project Contact Information

Email: oennodu@gmail.com

Year(s) Awarded

2024–2029

Country

Ghana; Nigeria

Collaborators

University of Ibadan
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
New York University

Project Description

The SPARC-TRAIN program will recruit and train a diverse group of four to six talented and highly motivated scholars in Nigeria and Ghana per year to become leaders in hemoglobinopathies and implementation science research utilizing a team science approach at University of Abuja (UoA), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and University of Ibadan (UI).

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