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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 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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News

Review on pneumococcal interactions in aging hosts published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

09 Jul 2021

Updates from virtual workshop “Conducting Microbiome Research in Low and Middle Income Countries"

29 Jun 2021

Updates from the MPRU Conference 2021

27 May 2021

Events

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2021

Akuzike Kalizang'oma internal seminar talk

Virtual Seminar Series
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2021

Dr Caroline Weight internal seminar talk

Virtual Seminar Series

@NIHR_MPRU Twitter feed

RT @utgssa: #Day4 vaccines rolled out team, successfully administered 150 jabs to UTG and Gambia College Students, Staff, and community members at the Brikama campus. Get fully vaccinated now, and encourage everyone else to do the same. #VaccinesWork #GetVaccinatedNow https://t.co/8MmQQXSWqD
1 day 14 hours ago
RT @GBSSupport: Welcome to ISSAD! A free online global conference identifying and preventing morbidity and mortality caused by Group B Strep, 3-5 November. Registration: https://t.co/IxsMvr6NMN #ISSAD2021 #GBSconference2021 #GBSburden #groupBStrep https://t.co/y1X03ruX1k
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RT @IssadOrg: As Group B Strep Awareness Month (July 2021) comes to an end. The research and education regarding the disease will never stop. Please join us on November 3-5 to continue to learn more! Register to attend our free virtual conference https://t.co/FHFt0VWZnQ. #GBSAM2021 #ISSAD2021 https://t.co/bjRRN8QlJZ
1 day 15 hours ago
RT @BMCHH_Gambia: More people continue to receive their #Covid_19 jab. We are so far impressed with the turnout and together, we will end covid19 in The #Gambia. You and your loved ones have an opportunity to be vaccinated too. Visit our Hospital today and receive your shot! #VaccinesWork https://t.co/TBZYbaQSVA
2 days 17 hours ago
RT @COMOmeningitis: Fantastic news from The Gambia - the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to childhood routine vaccination has reduced severe cases of pneumococcal #pneumonia, #sepsis and #meningitis in children by 80%. https://t.co/Fxo6wft33o #VaccinesWork https://t.co/7Rk5i58UGC
2 days 17 hours ago
RT @gavi: “Before the second lockdown, uptake of vaccines was low... But now, people ask us every day whether we have received additional doses of the vaccine” - here’s a look at how attitudes towards #COVID19 vaccines are shifting in Eastern Uganda: https://t.co/C5RJH5QUU9
2 days 17 hours ago
RT @GlobalPharmMSc: What factors affect how pharmacy students learn in Zambia? How can their learning experience be enhanced? Read our latest paper https://t.co/0eMRTTs5dE @FIP_org @CW_Pharmacists Congratulations to lead author Aubrey Kalungia, @mwilachiluba & all at @BrightonLusaka https://t.co/hdGCcemj5Z
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RT @globalhlthtwit: Only 1.6% people in Africa are fully vaccinated. “HIV infection is a significant independent risk factor for both severe/critical COVID-19 presentation at hospital admission and in-hospital mortality” https://t.co/EaCNx5IqzV
2 days 17 hours ago
RT @womeninGH: Extended deadline: 15th of August https://t.co/ZHbwPyMbuu
2 days 17 hours ago
The MPRU is still taking applications for full sponsorship of the Epi Evaluations of vaccines course at LSHTM, If you are 1) already in the UK and 2) employed or from a LMIC. Then please email ii.mpru@ucl.ac.uk with CV/motivational letter. deadline 31 July 2021. https://t.co/XAz9zpNNmb
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RT @RSTMH: Remember #Ebola: stop mass #COVID deaths in Africa. https://t.co/TlxxnXL3wV
2 days 18 hours ago
RT @CAfGEN1: Happening now: Dr Hellenthal from University College London UCL Genetics Institute presenting about « Inferring genetic structure and ancestry using haplotype-based models,with applications to east and west African cohorts. @H3ABioNet https://t.co/NtKIQJu70A
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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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