Fellows

Oumarou Goni Hamadama

SANTHE PhD Fellow


Centre de Recherche sur les Maladies Emergentes et Reemergentes (CREMER)/Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales (IMPM)

Oumarou Goni Hamadama is a Cameroonian researcher specialising in medical bacteriology and virology. He graduated from the University of Ngaoundéré in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon.

His current research focuses on the diversity and molecular characterisation of HIV-1 group M in the Congo Basin, a key region in the origin and early spread of the HIV pandemic. His work aims to improve understanding of viral dissemination patterns and contribute to efforts toward developing effective vaccines and treatments for HIV/AIDS.nts for HIV/AIDS.

SANTHE is an Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) flagship programme funded by the Science for Africa Foundation through the DELTAS Africa programme; the Gates Foundation; Gilead Sciences Inc.; and the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.