Faith Osier

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Faith Hope Among'in Osier (* 1972 in Kenya ) is a Kenyan pediatrician, immunologist and professor whose main concern is the eradication of malaria . In addition, it has set itself the task of introducing young scientists in sub-Saharan Africa to top global research.

education

Faith Osier was born in Kenya in 1972. After graduating from high school, she studied at the University of Nairobi , where she graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Medicine (MBChB) degree. She then practiced for two years at the Coast General Provincial Hospital in Mombasa and then moved to the Kilifi District Hospital . She decided to specialize in pediatric medicine, moved to the UK and became a member of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health in England. She continued her medical studies at the University of Liverpool and graduated in 2004 with a thesis on the human immune system with a master's degree and distinction (best student of the year). In 2008 she completed her PhD at the Open University with a PhD in Biology with a dissertation entitled Immune Responses to Polymorphic Antigens and Protection against Severe Malaria in Kenyan Children . She then worked as a postdoc and pediatrician in Oxford and again in Kilifi in Kenya; since 2010 she has worked there as a clinical research assistant . From 2011 to 2013 she was also a research fellow at the Burnet Institute for Medical Research in Melbourne ( Australia ).

Career

After completing her doctorate, Osier devoted herself to research on her main concern, the fight against malaria and its eradication. Visiting professor . Receiving a prize from the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council (UK) , she was awarded a visiting professorship in immunology at the University of Oxford in 2014 . Hear even in Germany on Osier, she was awarded the 2016 Sofia Kovalevskaya Prize awarded and changed in the same year at the University of Heidelberg , to which one they W-1 professor ( assistant professor ) with a young it manages team doctoral students at the Development of a vaccine that activates natural immunity against malaria in humans. At the same time, she looks after a team she has put together for young Africans at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program in Kilifi, Kenya.

Faith is the current President of the International Union of Immunological Societies , a position she will hold until 2022.

Prizes and awards

  • 2004 Prize for Best Student of the Year (2004), Department of Immunology, University of Liverpool, UK;
  • 2011 Best oral presentation by a post-doc, “Malaria in Melbourne” - Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia;
  • 2013 MRC / DfID African Research Leader - Medical Research Council, UK and the Department for International Development, UK;
  • 2014 1st EVIMalaR Promising African Scientist Award - European Virtual Institute of Malaria Research;
  • 2014 5th Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award - Accordia Foundation, USA;
  • 2014 Royal Society Pfizer Award - Royal Society, UK;
  • 2016 Sofia Kovalevskaja Award - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation;
  • 2017 Fellow, African Academy of Sciences, AAS
  • 2018 TED Fellow - Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED), USA;
  • 2019 #TOGETHERBAND Ambassador for UN Global Goal 3, Project Everyone.

Publications

  • Immune responses to polymorphic antigens and protection against severe malaria in Kenyan children , 2008, Dissertation Thesis (PhD) -Open University.
  • Exposure to Multiple Parasites Is Associated with the Prevalence of Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa , 2014, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8: 5.
  • Human Immunization With a Polymorphic Malaria Vaccine Candidate Induced Antibodies to Conserved Epitopes That Promote Functional Antibodies to Multiple Parasite Strains , 2018, Journal of infectious diseases.

proof

  1. ↑ a b c d press office: Kenyan scientist will research malaria in Heidelberg. Heidelberg University , August 1, 2016, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ About Us. Coast Province General Hospita, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  3. ^ District Hospital. Kilifi District Hospital, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  4. ^ Short CV / Education and training. Academia Net, accessed April 24, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Faith Osier. University of Oxford, accessed April 24, 2020 .
  6. ^ Kenyan Scientist Wins Top Scientific Prize. Nuffield Department of Medicine, accessed April 24, 2020 .
  7. ^ Make Malaria History. Faith Osier, accessed April 24, 2020 .
  8. ^ Executive Committee. IUIS, accessed April 24, 2020 .
  9. ^ One World Together. #TOGETHERBAND, accessed April 24, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Prof. Faith Osier. (PDF) Heidelberg University, p. 5 , accessed on April 24, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Osier, Faith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Osier, Faith Hope Among'in
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan doctor, immunologist and professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Kenya