Prof Sam Sheppard, Digital Microbiology and Bioinformatics lead at IOI, has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award of £5m to develop vaccines against the diarrhoea-causing bacteria Campylobacter.
Campylobacter infections are the second most common cause of death among children under five years of age in low- and middle-income countries.
Prof Sheppard will work with a team of nine co-PI's across 19 countries to tackle this challenge.
The award from Wellcome will create opportunities for up to 8 PhD’s and Fellowships for African researchers over 8 years.
Co-investigators in this project include:
- Dr Kanny Diallo, Associate Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Cote d’Ivoire
- Prof Abdul Sesay, Head of the Genomics Strategic Platform at the Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
- Dr Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Clinical Epidemiologist, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
- Dr Ozan Gundogdu, Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
- Prof Brendan Wren, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
- Dr Stella Smith, Director of Research, the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research African, Nigeria
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