Inaugural West African Regional Workshop on Protozoan Pathogens

NIAID Announces West African Regional Workshop on Protozoan Pathogens
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), has partnered with the Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC) at the University of Bamako to convene a workshop to train West African graduate students and young scientists in basic and applied research on protozoan pathogens, including parasites that cause malaria and leishmaniasis. Outstanding students are invited to apply to attend the workshop being held March 19-30, 2012, in Bamako, Mali. Applications should be received no later than January 15, 2012.

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Young Biomedical Scientists In West Africa

Inaugural West African Regional Workshop on Protozoan Pathogens

March 19-30, 2012
Bamako, Mali

The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC) at the University of Bamako will convene a special workshop focusing on Drugs & Drug Resistance. An international faculty will lead a two-week workshop from March 19-30 2012 in Bamako, Mali, to train graduate students and young scientists from West Africa in basic and applied research on protozoan pathogens, including malaria parasites and leishmaniasis.

Areas to be covered include:

• Drugs
• Drug Resistance
• Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Host Immunity
• Research Ethics
• Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• Molecular Biology
• Developing Research Proposals

The workshop emphasizes student participation through symposia, poster sessions, roundtable discussions, hands-on laboratory sessions, mentored proposal development and informal interactions. The workshop organizers hope to generate interest in parasitic diseases research, to promote networks of African and international scientists and students, and to identify graduate students and young scientists who may be interested in graduate or postdoctoral training at research facilities in West Africa or overseas.

Outstanding students selected to participate will receive support for their travel, room and board.

Click here to submit an application for this workshop

Applications should be received no later than January 15, 2012 and need to be submitted in English. Applicants should include an abstract (1 page only) describing research that the student has performed or would like to perform in the future on some aspect of protozoan pathogens, as well as a CV (both in English).

Organizers

• Patrick Duffy, National Institutes of Health, Washington DC, USA
• Michal Fried, National Institutes of Health, Washington DC, USA
• Alassane Dicko, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Sponsors

• Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC), University of Bamako, Mali
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, USA

Senior Faculty

• Joe Bressler, Johns Hopkins University, USA
• Alassane Dicko, MRTC/University of Bamako, Mali
• Abdoulaye Djimde, MRTC/University of Bamako, Mali
• Seydou Doumbia, MRTC/University of Bamako, Mali
• Ogobara Doumbo, MRTC/University of Bamako, Mali
• Patrick Duffy, NIAID/National Institutes of Health, USA
• Michal Fried,  NIAID/National Institutes of Health, USA
• Roly Gosling, University of California, San Francisco, USA
• Ousmane Koita, Serefo /University of Bamako, Mali
• Kwadwo Koram, NMIMR, University of Ghana
• Urszula Krzych, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA
• Collen Masimirembwa, AiBST, Zimbabwe
• Francois Nosten, Mahidol University-Oxford Program, Thailand
• Boubacar Traoré, MRTC/University of Bamako, Mali
• Cheick Traoré, MRTC/University of Bamako, Mali
• Tom Wellems, NIAID/National Institutes of Health, USA
• Jason Wendler, Oxford University, UK

For more information and assistance with this application process, please contact:
Dr. Mame Niang at mame.niang@nih.gov
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