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Our special guest in this episode is Yaw Aniweh. As a career researcher, Yaw has been persistent in exploring the depths of malaria. Just as consistent, has been his ability to leverage global funding opportunities to advance his research. Following his bachelor's degree in Laboratory Technology in Ghana, he has pursued further studies and research opportunities during stints in Singapore, the US, UK and more. Each of those opportunities ended with a deliberate return home to Ghana where he is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the West Africa Center for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens housed at the University of Ghana. Yaw explicitly shares the various funding avenues that provided these opportunities and his rationale for returning home after each stint abroad.

If you would like to get in touch with Yaw, you can find him on LinkedIn.

Some of the organizations mentioned during this podcast:

· Singapore International Graduate Award https://www.a-star.edu.sg/Scholarships/for-graduate-studies/singapore-international-graduate-award-singa

· University of Cape Coast https://ucc.edu.gh/

· Nanyang Technological University https://www.ntu.edu.sg/

· Developing Excellence and Leadership In Science in Africa (DELTAS Africa) https://scienceforafrica.foundation/deltas.php

· University of Ghana https://www.ug.edu.gh/

· West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana https://www.waccbip.org/

· Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) https://www.novartis.com/research-development/novartis-institutes-biomedical-research

· The Francis Crick Institute https://www.crick.ac.uk/

· Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) https://www.ed.ac.uk/global-health/research/research-programmes/tackling-infections-to-benefit-africa-tiba-partner#:~:text=The%20Tackling%20Infections%20to%20Benefit,policy%20and%20strengthening%20health%20systems

· Africa Oxford Fellowship https://www.afox.ox.ac.uk/senior-afox-visiting-fellowships

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