Training workshop on Strengthening Microbial Risk Assessment for Food Safety and AMR held at NMIMR
A four-day training workshop on “Strengthening Microbial Risk Assessment for Food Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance Using Portable DNA Sequencing Technology” was organized in the Institute from 22nd – 25th May, 2023 with funding support from FAO and SeqAfrica/Fleming Fund. Facilitators and training participants in a lab at the Advanced Research Laboratories, NMIMR The workshop equipped […]
NMIMR Receives Funding from BMGF to Conduct Research on Human Malaria Infection
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMFG) to conduct research on Human Malaria Infection. The project “Collection of Pf field isolates in Ghana for CHMI studies”, an extension of the long-standing relationship between NMIMR and BMGF, is expected to run from April 2023 to […]
Prof. William K. Ampofo Inaugurated as Board Member and CEO of the National Vaccine Institute
Prof. William Kwabena Ampofo, immediate past Head of Department of Virology at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has been sworn-in by the President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a Board member and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a thirteen (13) member governing board of the National Vaccine Institute […]
Afrique One – REACH Call for fellowships 2023
NMIMR Scientists and Partners Receive Funding from Expertise France for a Cervical Cancer Prevention Study in Women Living with HIV
A team of scientists from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, in collaboration with the Cervical Cancer Prevention and Training Centre (CCPTC) at the Catholic Hospital, Battor, Volta Region and the National AIDS and STIs Control Programme (NACP), are leading operational research to ascertain how cervical cancer screening could be […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – “PROJECT COORDINATOR”
The Program The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, in conjunction with the National AIDS/STDs Control Program (NACP) and the Cervical Cancer Prevention and Training Center (CCPTC) with funding support from Expertise France through ‘L’Initiative, are about to begin a project titled ‘Implementing Cervical Cancer Screening Among […]
Open Call: Women in Research Essential Grant Writing Skills Programme – September/November 2023
The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) works to strengthen the health research capacity of scientists in Africa who are engaged in tackling the continent’s significant health challenges. We recognise the need to support a diverse community of scientists across Africa, therefore, this call is specifically open to female biomedical/health researchers. AREF is calling for applications from […]
Call for Application: Africa CDC – Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics Fellowship Program
Theme Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative Region Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa The Africa CDC – Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics Fellowship Program is a continental workforce development program targeting national public health institutions and laboratories in the African Union Member States to improve the use of pathogen genomic data for outbreak detection and disease surveillance. […]
NMIMR and International Collaborators receive B&MGF award
A team of scientists from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Department of Chemistry – University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with their counterparts from University of Dundee and University of Cape Town have received $1,896,319.00 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) to improve existing […]