Researchers/Supervisors

Magdalene Ameka

SANTHE Scientific Innovation Awardee


Collaboration Interests
  • Cardiometabolic diseases
  • HIV and TB immunology
  • Metabolomics
  • Microbiome
  • Mucosal immunology

Magdalene Ameka is an immunologist specialising in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), with a research focus on how metabolic processes and their byproducts influence immune function and STI pathogenesis. She is also interested in the interaction between chronic STIs and non-communicable diseases, particularly cardio-metabolic conditions. She aims to build a career in vaccine and therapeutic development within mucosal environments and is committed to applying her research to address key medical challenges. She is also passionate about mentoring the next generation of scientists within the African biosphere.

SANTHE is a pan-African consortium, with the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) serving as the operational site lead and funded by the Science for Africa Foundation through the DELTAS Africa programme; the Gates Foundation; Gilead Sciences Inc.; Aidsfonds; and the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.