Publication
2025
- Bharadwaj, T., Acharya, A., Manyisa, N. R., Aboagye, E. T., Peigou Wonkam, R., Xhakaza, L., Popel, K., de Kock, C., Schrauwen, I., Wonkam, A., & Leal, S. M. (2025). The Diverse Genetic Landscape of Hearing Impairment in South African Families. Clinical genetics, 10.1111/cge.14765. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1111/cge.14765
- Munung, N. S. (2025). Science and Society: Pathways to Equitable Access and Delivery of Genomics Medicine in Africa’. Current genetic medicine reports 13 (1):1, doi 10.1007/s40142-024-00211-0.
- Munung, N. S., & Tangwa, G. B. (2025). ‘Eco-Bio-Communitarianism: Reimagining Bioethics for Sustainable Health’. BMC Global and Public Health 3 (1):13, doi 10.1186/s44263-025-00129-x.
- Kamga, K. K., Marlyse, P. F., Nguefack, S., & Wonkam, A. (2025). Advancing genetic services in African healthcare: Challenges, opportunities, and strategic insights from a scoping review. HGG advances, 6(3), 100439. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1016/j.xhgg.2025.100439
- Pellen, C., Munung, N. S., Armond, A. C., Kulp, D., Mansmann, U., Siebert, M., and Naudet, F. (2025). ‘Data Management and Sharing’. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 180:111680, doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111680.
- Van der Merwe, N., Sima, C. A. A. N., and Munung, N. S. (2025). ‘Clinical Translation of Genomics Research in Africa—Mainstreaming Medical Ethics, Equity, Genetics Education, and public engagement’. in Patrinos, G. P., Möller, M., and Uren, C. (eds.), Population Genomics in the Developing World. Academic Press: Elsevier. pp. 175-90.
2024
- Munung, N. S., Kamga, K. K., Treadwell, M. J., Dennis-Antwi, J., Anie, K. A., Bukini, D., Makani, J., and Wonkam, A. (2024). ‘Perceptions and preferences for genetic testing for sickle cell disease or trait: a qualitative study in Cameroon, Ghana and Tanzania’. Eur J Hum Genetdoi: 10.1038/s41431-024-01553-7, doi 10.1038/s41431-024-01553-7.
- Munung, N. S., Nnodu, O. E., Moru, P. O., Kalu, A. A., Impouma, B., Treadwell, M. J., and Wonkam, A. (2024). ‘Looking ahead: ethical and social challenges of somatic gene therapy for sickle cell disease in Africa’. Gene Ther 31 (5-6):202-08, doi 10.1038/s41434-023-00429-7.
- Munung, N. S., Royal, C. D., de Kock, C., Awandare, G., Nembaware, V., Nguefack, S., Treadwell, M., & Wonkam, A. (2024). Genomics and Health Data Governance in Africa: Democratize the Use of Big Data and Popularize Public Engagement. The Hastings Center report, 54 Suppl 2, S84–S92. doi.org/10.1002/hast.4933
- Munung, N.S., Staunton, C., Mazibuko, O. et al.(2024). Data protection legislation in Africa and pathways for enhancing compliance in big data health research. Health Res Policy Sys 22, 145. doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01230-7
- Munung NS, Treadwell M, Kamga KK, Dennis-Antwi J, Anie K, Bukini D, Makani J, Wonkam A. (2024). Caught between pity, explicit bias, and discrimination: a qualitative study on the impact of stigma on the quality of life of persons living with sickle cell disease in three African countries. Qual Life Res, 33(2):423-432. doi.org/10.1007/s11136-023-03533-8
- Wonkam A, Munung NS, Guindo A, Nnodu O. (2024). Priorities for sickle cell disease global research and implementation. Lancet, 404(10465):1790-1792. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01400-4.
2023.
- Munung, N. S. (2023). “Ethnicity, Geographical Region and Ancestry as Population Level Descriptors for Genomics Studies in Africa: Public Engagement is Needed”. In Botrugno, C., Raymundo, M. & Re, L. (Eds). Bioethics and Racism: Practices, Conflicts, Negotiations and Struggles (p. 97-106). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter.
- Nembaware V, Bennett D, Chimusa ER, Chikowore T, Daodu R, Bitoungui VN, Williams SM, Fatumo S, Healy S, Seoighe C, Wonkam A, African Society of Human Genetics. (2023). The African Society of Human Genetics successfully launches global data science workshops. Trends Genet, 39(11):803-807.
2022