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Wonkam, Ambroise

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Cameroon
Current country of residence
United States of America (the)
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Wonkam is a professor of genetic medicine, and director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute and Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, US. He is also director of GeneMAP (Genetic Medicine of African Populations), and immediate past-deputy dean of research at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. After an MD training with the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, he has completed a doctorate in medical sciences (cell biology) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and a PhD in human genetics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Wonkam also trained as a medical geneticist in genetic medicine at the University of Geneva. His scientific results are reflected in more than 230 peer-reviewed publications. His research focuses on genetic and genomic variations in the African population with a focus on 1) Genomics modifiers of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD); 2) Genetics of hearing Impairment, and 3) Ethical, Equity, and Educational Issues in Genetic Medicine Research. Wonkam is president of the African Society of Human Genetics.
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(+1 410) 955-3378
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McKusick-Nathans Institute and Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N. Broadway, MRB 439, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Last updated on 13/08/2024

TWAS-FAPESP Postgraduate Fellowship Programme

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The Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP) in Brazil and TWAS offer sandwich postgraduate fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Brazil) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in selected fields of the natural and engineering sciences.

Opening date of this fellowship call: 18 December 2023

Closing date of this fellowship call: 18 March 2024

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TWAS-LUMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

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 TWAS-LUMS Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable at the departments of The Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) of the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan – for a minimum period of six months to a maximum period of twelve months in the fields of Natural Sciences and Engineering.

TWAS-LUMS Postgraduate Fellowship Programme

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Application must be made on the LUMS portal for PhD applications (see Submitting your application below).  Students must apply online using this portal, and upon selection, will then be given an official admission offer letter from the Office of Admissions at LUMS.


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TWAS-CNPq Postgraduate Fellowship Programme

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Timeline of the Call:

  • Launch of the Call:  8 October 2024.
  • Deadline for challenging the Call: 18 October 2024.
  • Deadline for submission of proposals: 31 January 2025.
  • Trial Period: March 2025.
  • Disclosure of the preliminary result of the trial: April 2025.
  • Deadline for filing an administrative appeal: 10 calendar days after the disclosure of the preliminary results.
  • Disclosure of final selection: May 2025.

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Djomo Nana, Eric

Djomo Nana, Eric

Current nationality
Cameroon
Current country of residence
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
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Eric Djomo Nana is a Senior Researcher/Assistant Professor and Head of the Wildlife Research Unit at the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development in Cameroon. He is also currently a Research fellow in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and a Master of Science in environmental impact assessment from the University of Dschang in Cameroon and a Taught Masters in Parasitology from the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon. He earned a PhD in ecology from Charles University in Prague, in the Czech Republic. His research interests are in wild meat use and trade and how that affect threatened species, local livelihoods, and facilitate spill over of highly pathogenic viruses. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed impact factor journals and has won several research grants and awards. He is an affiliate of the African Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences since 2021. He is the current President of Cameroon's chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology. He is also an adjunct professor at the Higher Institute of Environmental Science in Yaounde, Cameroon.
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+447405545929
ADDRESS
11A Mansfield Road- Biology Research and Administrative Building - OX13SZ - Oxford UK
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Last updated on 12/07/2023

TWAS-TÜBİTAK Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

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The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) and TWAS have established a fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries in the South who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in a field of the natural and related applied sciences in the departments and laboratories of public and private universities of Türkiye (Turkey) and TÜBİTAK Research Centers and Institutes.

Opening date of this fellowship call:  1 October 2024

Closing date of this fellowship call:  16 December 2024

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