Annual Research Meeting (ARM 2025)
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ARM (2025) Keynote Speakers
Djimde is CAMES Professor of Parasitology and Mycology at the Malaria Research and Training Centre University of Science, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali and a Calestous Juma Research Leadership Fellow. He leads a dynamic research group whose primary focus is to understand how variations in the genomes of the malaria parasite, the human host, and the mosquito vector relate to disease outcomes like the spread of antimalarial drug resistance. His translational research programme uses molecular and genetic approaches to tackle important problems in malaria control.
As founding President of the Pathogens genomic Diversity Network Africa (PDNA, pathogens-dna.org), which includes scientists from 16 sub-Saharan African countries he leads efforts in bringing knowledge derived from pathogens genetics and genomics to help solve public health problems through research, training, capacity development and engagements activities with the communities, and health policy decision makers.
As a strong proponent of capacity building for African research and collaborative research networks, Djimde is also involved in good citizenship within the African research community. He was instrumental in the formation of the Worldwide Antimalarial Drug Resistance Network, on whose Scientific Advisory Board he serves. Currently he serves as coordinator of the West African Network for Clinical Trials of Antimalarial Drugs (WANECAM, wanecam.org), and President of the African Association for research and control of AntiMicrobial Resistance (AAAMR, africaamr.org). To date he has published more than 200 peer reviewed original research in the scientific literature.
Prof. Beverly Egyir is an Associate Professor in the Bacteriology Department at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana. She holds a PhD in Molecular Bacteriology and Infection from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, funded by the Danish International Development Agency through the Antibiotic Drug Use Monitoring and Evaluation of Resistance Project. She also completed postdoctoral training at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, supported by the ALBORADA Trust under the Cambridge-Africa Partnership for Research Excellence.
Prof. Egyir’s research focuses on surveillance of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria species from humans, animals, food, water, and the environment. She employs both phenotypic and molecular tools, including whole genome sequencing, to investigate AMR trends and dynamics. Her work is dedicated to tackling AMR through research, surveillance, and capacity-building initiatives across the African continent. She currently leads a multidisciplinary team with expertise in microbiology, sequencing, bioinformatics, and AMR data management. Over the years, she has directly trained and supervised several young scientists—both undergraduate and postgraduate—and has organized AMR-focused workshops involving participants from several African countries. Prof. Egyir is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications and is actively involved in key national and international AMR networks. These include the SEQAFRICA Consortium, Wellcome Trust SEDRIC Genomics for AMR Surveillance Working Group, the Africa CDC Pathogen Genomics Initiative AMR Focus Group, Tanzanian Fleming Fellowship Scheme, PulseNet-Africa, and Ghana’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Coordinating Group.
ARM (2025) Preliminary Speakers
Richard K Amewu: He is an Associate Professor in Medicinal/Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry/School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences/College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra. He obtained his Ph.D. and master’s degree from University of Liverpool and bachelor’s degree from University of Science and Technology now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. His research interest is in the synthesis of small molecules for medicinal use. He is the founder and leader of the Drug Innovation Group based at the Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana.