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Who we are

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Professor Robert Heyderman

Director
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Professor David Goldblatt

Co-Director

Dr Ifedayo Adetifa

MPRU Africa Co-Director

Mr Steven Kuo

Research Unit Manager
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Mr Rodrick Sambakunsi

MPRU Public Engagement Manager
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Dr Brenda Kwambana-Adams

Research Associate in Bacterial Pathogenesis and Genomics

Dr Caroline Weight

Research Associate in Molecular Microbiology

Dr Andrea Gori

Research Associate in Bacterial Genomics
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Dr Asia-Sophia Wolf

Research Associate in Mucosal and Vaccine Immunology
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Dr John Ojal

Research Fellow in Infectious Disease Modelling
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Dr Elizabeth Chan

Research Associate in Bacterial Pathogenesis and Genomics

Modupeh Betts

PhD Student

Chikondi Peno

PhD Student

Akuzike Kalizang'oma

PhD Student

Deus Thindwa

PhD Student

Mr Todd Swarthout

Senior Research Fellow - Epidemiology; Principal Investigator
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Recent News and Upcoming Events

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MPRU welcomes Prof Hannah Akuffo to the MPRU IAG

19 Feb 2021

“One for All: All for One” project doing its part in Engaging the Public on COVID 19 and COVID 19 Vaccines

11 Feb 2021

Paper on pneumococcal carriage dynamics published in Frontiers in Pediatrics

20 Jan 2021

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Modupeh Betts internal seminar talk

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@NIHR_MPRU Twitter feed

RT @medimaging_cdt: https://t.co/zF5uMcoxn3 Amazing opportunity for a funded PhD position at #UniversityCollegeLondon in Deep Learning guided Imaging. Applications open now.
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RT @deusthindwa: Excited to have contributed to this important work @SciReports on the influence of weather on temporal dynamics of TB notifications in Blantyre, Malawi. https://t.co/bHURRyuKjB
6 hours 5 min ago
RT @DanielaLSTM: Looking for a post doc with experience on computacional biology to work on human challenge trials https://t.co/HVzL8Cixfg
7 hours 49 min ago
RT @ISID_org: Check out the 2020 @ProMED_mail Report Map to see the trends in #InfectiousDiseases over the past year... #COVID19 #dengue #measles #ebola #polio https://t.co/qtrlbxFJNl
9 hours 5 min ago
RT @BioinfoHub_KE: Are you an undergraduate or masters, or PhD student interested in sharing your work with the BHKi community? BHKi is doing a science cafe, and we would like you to be part of it and register https://t.co/P1E4fjmdrj. https://t.co/ZtzUJ40pwN
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RT @BactiVac: Have a project that advances ability to tackle #globalchallenge of #AMR through #development of vaccines against bacterial pathogens? Apply for #BactiVacFunding call 16 May 2021. https://t.co/TCaWMIlMHz https://t.co/XS5NDA6jnL
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RT @ProfessorSow: "Cases of covid-19 were under-reported because testing was rarely done not because covid-19 was rare - If these data are generalizable, the impact of covid-19 in Africa has been vastly underestimated" #COVID19 #test #Africa https://t.co/xQZIlPmHhx
9 hours 10 min ago
RT @AHRI_News: Happening today 12 - 2pm! @dsigovza webinar 'Dispelling myths about vaccines & variants' AHRI's Prof Nceba Gqaleni joins a panel speaking on traditional medicine & #COVID19 & our @kobusherbst @saprin_mrc will discuss the journey of vaccines in SA ➡️ https://t.co/OsTQAtcULR https://t.co/mXDZAFtKhA
1 day 8 hours ago
RT @ProfessorSow: This is momentous!! A step towards #equity. A step towards a better world. #VaccinesWork #COVAX https://t.co/Pq9Mz4gOJ8
1 day 9 hours ago
RT @ProfessorSow: Looking forward to it!! Join me, @DrTedros, @GaviSeth @CEPIvaccines and others. https://t.co/Uvt9Ri7JbO
2 days 10 hours ago
RT @MlwTrust: Tune in tomorrow at 5pm to @Times360Malawi to watch and listen as our scientists Drs. @kjambo and @DrNdeketa discuss vaccine efficacy, how vaccine works and how vaccine is developed. #VaccinesWork https://t.co/OVLjhrZYV2
2 days 10 hours ago
RT @periCOVIDAfrica: Another awesome #WomenInScience ♀️ Juliet Bukenya- Specimen receptionist at the @MRC_Uganda/@UVRIug/@LSHTM Entebbe lab! @GBS_PREPARE @periCOVIDAfrica @GBSTeam_Uganda @womanpower @NIHR_MPRU @BactiVac @hic_vac @IMPRINT_network @MakerereU @IDIMakerere @MUIIPlus @kirstyledoare https://t.co/zIXRIXA7HF
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This research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (16/136/46) using UK aid from the UK Government to support global health research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK Department of Health and Social Care.
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