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Training West African Public Health and Clinical Research Professionals to Conduct Pan-Pathogen Surveillance Using Sustainable and Effective Genetic, Molecular, and Serological Approaches (TWA-PPPSA)
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
Global Infectious Diseases (GID)
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Training West African Public Health and Clinical Research Professionals to Conduct Pan-Pathogen Surveillance Using Sustainable and Effective Genetic, Molecular, and Serological Approaches (TWA-PPPSA)
Principal Institution
Columbia University Health Sciences
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Wickiser, John Kenneth; Doumbia, Seydou
Project Contact Information
Email:
jkw2161@cumc.columbia.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2024-2029
Country
Liberia
NIH Partners
NIAID
Project Description
We propose here to train, facilitate, and sustain current and future public health in Western Africa by developing the in-country workforce to independently conduct pan-pathogen surveillance assays and to analyze and share the resulting data by
- taking advantage of the transition of existing U.S./Columbia University-based GAPP Workforce Development training program for capture sequencing to the Mali-University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Team for Western Africa regional network,
- creating and implementing scientific writing courses at UCRC using both in-person and remote methods to West African partners focusing on using data generated to produce posters, reports, journal articles, and funding proposals, and
- creating and implementing the masters in science in molecular biology program at UCRC/USTTB.
The success of this training program will increase the ability of Mali and other Western Africa countries to become more efficient and independent in their medical surveillance programs. It will also increase the capabilities of our young scientists to step into the global research community.
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