Tumani Corrah

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Tumani Corrah (2015)

Tumani Corrah KBE FRCP (* in the 20th century) is a Gambian physician whose research areas include tuberculosis , HIV and malaria . Corrah is Director of the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) and Director of Africa Research Development, Medical Research Council.

Life

Corrah studied medicine at First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg , Russia, and at University College Ibadan , Nigeria. In the late 1970s he went to Great Britain, first to Edinburgh , then to Wales, where he trained as a thoracic physician in the Department of Medicine at Gwynedd General Hospital for admission to the Royal College of Physicians . After receiving his MRCP, he was appointed consultant physician in 1981.

He returned to Gambia in 1982 as a medical doctor at the MRC Hospital. His return to Gambia was difficult, because the MRC unit had hardly established itself from the colonial phase of its history. In 1983 Corrah began his PhD on the immunology of TB under the auspices of Professor John Stanford and Professor Hilton Whittle .

In 2014, Corrah was named the first Director Emeritus of the MRC Unit in Gambia and received an Honorary Fellowship from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the advancement of clinical research in the Gambia and West Africa as a whole.

Corrah was elected Chairman of the INDEPTH Network Board of Trustees on March 15, 2017. He has served as an advisor to many organizations, including the World Health Organization .

Corrah hosted the Falling Walls conference.

Publications

The habilitation Corrah has published more than 140 publications in journals with peer review, and his most recent work focused on tuberculosis, pneumonia and the role of leadership in human-centered health systems.

Awards and honors

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ MRC Medical Research Council: New director roles for the MRC in Africa. In: ukri.org. 2017, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b MRC Unit Director Awarded Honorary CBE. In: mrc.gm. 2007, Retrieved July 20, 2020 (UK English).
  4. ^ Former Unit Director awarded Honorary Fellowship. In: mrc.gm. 2015, accessed July 20, 2020 (UK English).
  5. ↑ INDEPTH Board elects Prof Tumani Corrah as new Chair. In: INDEPTH Network. www.indepth-network.org, accessed July 20, 2020 .
  6. ^ The African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development. WHO - Regional Office for Africa, accessed July 20, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Falling Walls. Falling Walls, archived from the original on November 22, 2017 ; Retrieved July 20, 2020 (American English).
  8. ↑ Madikay Senghore, Jacob Otu, Adam Witney, Florian Gehre, Emma L. Doughty, Gemma L. Kay, Phillip Butcher, Kayode Salako, Aderemi Kehinde, Nneka Onyejepu, Emmanuel Idigbe, Tumani Corrah, Bouke de Jong, Mark J. Pallen, Martin Antonio: Whole-genome sequencing illuminates the evolution and spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Southwest Nigeria . In: PLOS ONE . tape 12 , no. 9 , 2017, ISSN  1932-6203 , p. e0184510 , doi : 10.1371 / journal.pone.0184510 , PMID 28926571 ( plos.org ).
  9. ↑ Florian Gehre, Jacob Otu, Lindsay Kendall, Audrey Forson, Awewura Kwara, Samuel Kudzawu, Aderemi O. Kehinde, Oludele Adebiyi, Kayode Salako, Ignatius Baldeh, Aisha Jallow, Mamadou Jallow, Anoumou Dagnra, Kodjo Dissé, Essosimna A. Kehinde Emmanuel Oni Idigbe, Catherine Onubogu, Nneka Onyejepu, Aissatou Gaye-Diallo, Awa Ba-Diallo, Paulo Rabna, Morto Mane, Moumine Sanogo, Bassirou Diarra, Zingue Dezemon, Adama Sanou, Madikay Senghore, Brenda A. Kwambana-Adams, Edward Demba , Tutty Faal-Jawara, Samrat Kumar, Leopold D. Tientcheu, Adama Jallow, Samba Ceesay, Ifedayo Adetifa, Assan Jaye, Mark J. Pallen, Umberto D'Alessandro, Beate Kampmann, Richard A. Adegbola, Souleymane Mboup, Tumani Corrah, Bouke C. de Jong, Martin Antonio: The emerging threat of pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in West Africa: preparing for large-scale tuberculosis research and drug resistance surveillance . In: BMC Medicine . tape 14 , no. 1 , 2016, ISSN  1741-7015 , p. 160 , doi : 10.1186 / s12916-016-0704-5 , PMID 27806714 .
  10. ↑ Grant A Mackenzie, Philip C Hill, Shah M Sahito, David J Jeffries, Ilias Hossain, Christian Bottomley, Uchendu Uchendu, David Ameh, Malick Ndiaye, Chidebereh D Osuorah, Oyedeji Adeyemi, Jayani Pathirana, Yekini Olatunula, Bade Abatan, Ebirim Ah , Bilquees S Muhammad, Augustin E Fombah, Debasish Saha, Roslyn Mackenzie, Ian Plumb, Aliu Akano, Bernard Ebruke, Readon C Ideh, Bankole Kuti, Peter Githua, Emmanuel Olutunde, Ogochukwu Ofordile, Edward Green, Effua Usuf, Henry Badji, Usman NA Ikumapayi, Ahmad Manjang, Rasheed Salaudeen, E David Nsekpong, Sheikh Jarju, Martin Antonio, Sana Sambou, Lamin Ceesay, Yamundow Lowe-Jallow, Dawda Sowe, Momodou Jasseh, Kim Mulholland, Maria Knoll, Orin S Levine, Stephen R Howie, Richard A Adegbola, Brian M Greenwood, Tumani Corrah: Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumonia in The Gambia: population-based surveillance and case-control studies . In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases . tape 17 , no. 9 , 2017, ISSN  1473-3099 , p. 965-973 , doi : 10.1016 / S1473-3099 (17) 30321-3 , PMID 28601421 .
  11. ↑ Stephen Howie, Christian Bottomley, Osaretin Chimah, Readon Ideh, Bernard Ebruke, Uduak Okomo, Charles Onyeama, Simon Donkor, Onike Rodrigues, Mary Tapgun, Marie Janneh, Claire Oluwalana, Bankole Kuti, Godwin Enwere, Pamela Esangbedo, Conor Doherty, Grant Mackenzie, Brian Greenwood, Tumani Corrah, Andrew Prentice, Richard Adegbola, Syed Zaman: Zinc as an adjunct therapy in the management of severe pneumonia among Gambian children: randomized controlled trial . In: Journal of Global Health . tape 8 , no. 1 , 2018, ISSN  2047-2978 , doi : 10.7189 / jogh.08.010418 , PMID 29713463 .
  12. ↑ Simukai Chigudu, Momodou Jasseh, Umberto d'Alessandro, Tumani Corrah, Adama Demba, Julie Balen: The role of leadership in people-centered health systems: a sub-national study in The Gambia . In: Health Policy and Planning . tape 33 , no. 1 , 2018, ISSN  0268-1080 , p. e14 – e25 , doi : 10.1093 / heapol / czu078 ( oup.com ).
  13. ↑ 46 Personalities Receive National Awards. In: thepoint.gm. June 26, 2006, archived from the original on November 22, 2011 ; accessed on July 20, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Alieu Khan: The Gambia's own Dr. Tumani Corrah among world's most extraordinary. In: whatson-gambia.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
  15. ^ Outlook - I inspired the next generation of African scientists - BBC Sounds. BBC, accessed July 20, 2020 (UK English).
  16. ^ Vice-Chancellor calls for increased collaboration with Africa. In: ac.uk. University of Cambridge, 2016, accessed July 20, 2020 .
  17. ^ Baboucarr Camara: Gambia's Tumani Corrah Hailed As One of the Greatest Scientists in Africa. In: allafrica.com. The Daily Observer (Banjul), March 23, 2016, accessed July 20, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Honorary British awards to foreign nationals 2019. GOV.UK, accessed on July 20, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Corrah, Tumani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cora, Tumani
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian medic
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century