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May 16, 2025

PUBGEM-Africa Scientific Advisory Board meeting

PUBGEM-Africa is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically the National Institute of Mental Health (Grant Number: 1 U01 MH127692-01), to explore the ethical issues and governance ecosystems of big data in genomics in Africa.

May 15, 2025

FLT1 and other candidate fetal haemoglobin modifying loci in sickle cell disease in African ancestries

by: Ambroise Wonkam, Kevin Esoh, Rachel M. Levine, Valentina Josiane Ngo Bitoungui, Khuthala Mnika, Nikitha Nimmagadda, Erin A. D. Dempsey, Siana Nkya, Raphael Z. Sangeda, Victoria Nembaware, Jack Morrice, Fujr Osman, Michael A. Beer, Julie Makani, Nicola Mulder, Guillaume Lettre, Martin H. Steinberg, Rachel Latanich, James F. Casella, Daiana Drehmer, Dan E. Arking, Emile R. Chimusa, Jonathan S. Yen, Gregory A. Newby & Stylianos E. Antonarakis

May 15, 2025

Genomics and Health Data Governance in Africa: Democratize the Use of Big Data and Popularize Public Engagement

by: N changwi Syntia Munung, Charmaine D. Royal, Carmen de Kock, Gordon Awandare, Victoria Nembaware, Seraphin Nguefack, Marsha Treadwell, Ambroise Wonkam

March 18, 2025

Etiologies of Early-Onset Hearing Impairment in Rwanda

By: Esther Uwibambe, Leon Mutesa, Charles Muhizi , Isaie Ncogoza, Elvis Twumasi Aboagye, Norbert Dukuze, Samuel M. Adadey, Carmen DeKock and Ambroise Wonkam

March 18, 2025

Whole-exome sequencing reveals known and candidate genes for hearing impairment in Mali

by: Abdoulaye Yalcouyé^1,2,3 ∙ Isabelle Schrauwen⁴ ∙ Oumou Traoré¹∙ … ∙ Guida Landouré^1,5 ∙ Suzanne M. Leal⁴ ∙ Ambroise Wonkam

March 13, 2025

Data protection legislation in Africa and pathways for enhancing compliance in big data health research

by: Nchangwi Syntia Munung, Ciara Staunton, Otshepeng Mazibuko, P. J. Wall & Ambroise Wonkam

November 19, 2024

REDCap workshop

The DS-I Africa REDCap Workshop and annual REDCap Africa Symposium were held in Cape Town, October 2023.

November 11, 2024

Our PUBGEM-Africa Science Afro-Linguistic Safari

Curious about how "genetics" is expressed in various African languages? Watch this video of people explaining genetics in their local languages and also download the table with a loose translation of the word “genetics” in different African languages.

October 28, 2024

Ethical and Responsible Data Science for Infectious Disease Surveillance and AMR Research in Africa

29 AUGUST 2024 | 15:00 – 16:00 CAT | 13:00 GMT | 14:00 WAT