The Research Team
The NIHR Global Health Research Group on Digital Diagnostics for African Health Systems builds on the work of the UKRI GCRF-funded Digital Diagnostics for Africa Network to develop and evaluate next-generation digital diagnostic tests for infectious diseases.
The Research Team is led by Professor Aubrey Cunnington (Imperial College London, UK) and Professor Halidou Tinto (Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé - Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro, Burkina Faso) and comprising members from 13 collaborating partners between the UK, Africa and the Netherlands.
Where We Are
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Kenya
Sudan
The Gambia
The Netherlands
Zambia
UK
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Who We Are
Joint Leads
Prof. Aubrey Cunnington
Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Halidou Tinto
Institut de Recherche en Sciences
de la Santé, Burkina Faso
Ms Francesca Piffer
Imperial College London, UK
Project Manager
Work Package Leads
Prof. Julie Balen
Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Dr Talya Porat
Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Céire Costelloe
Institute of Cancer Research, UK
Mr Darlington Akogo
MinoHealth AI, Ghana
Prof. Emilia Asuquo Udofia
University of Ghana, Ghana
Prof. Pantelis Georgiou
Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Salome Bukachi
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Dr Jane Achan
Malaria Consortium, Uganda
Dr Samuel Duodu
University fo Ghana, Ghana
Prof. Jesus Rodriguez Manzano
Imperial College London, UK
PhD Students
Mr Dimbintsoa Robinson
MRC Unit The Gambia
(LSHTM)
Mr Martin Chamai
University of Ghana, Ghana
Dr Jean-Bertin Kabuya
Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Zambia
Mr Waleed Alhaj Jebreel
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Mrs Flavia Kaduni Bawa
University of Ghana, Ghana
Mr Erik Odoyo
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
Ms Shola Molemodile Dele-Olowu, University of Ghana, Ghana
Mr Mamadu Baldeh
MRC Unit The Gambia
(LSHTM)
Ms Faiza Umar Bawah
University of Ghana, Ghana
Mr Francis Dzabeng
University of Ghana
Prof. Umberto D'Alessandro
MRC Unit The Gambia, LSHTM
Prof. Gordon Awandare
University of Ghana, Ghana
Prof. Linda Amoah
University of Ghana
Prof. Christine Manyando
Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Zambia
Sub–Project Leads
Dr Anthony Sifuna
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
Dr Annette Erhart
MRC Unit The Gambia, LSHTM
Prof. Luc de Witte
The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Prof. Shunmay Yeung
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Prof. Muzamil Mahdi Hamid
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Prof. Abdelrahim Osman
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Dr Jamal-Deen Abdulai
University of Ghana, Ghana
Dr Lucy Okell
Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Alfred Yawson
University of Ghana, Ghana
Dr Dennis Laryea
Ghana Health Services, Ghana
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Mr Mohamed Abumanga
Patient Helping Fund, Sudan
Dr Nicolas Moser
Imperial College London, UK
Dr Kenny Malpartida Cardenas
Imperial College London, UK
Experts involved in
Sub-Projects &
Work Packages
Dr Weston Baxter
Imperial College London, UK
Dr Jethro Herberg
Imperial College London, UK
Dr Sahar Gamil
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Mr Xavier Palmer
minoHealth AI, Ghana
Dr Issah Samori
minoHealth AI, Ghana
Dr Kevin Baker
Malaria Consortium, UK
Mr Craig Bonnington
Malaria Consortium, UK
Dr Prudence Hamade
Malaria Consortium, UK
Prof. Jake Baum
University of South Wales,
Australia
Prof. Michael Levin
Imperial College London, UK
Dr Myrsini Kaforou
Imperial College London, UK
Dr Ivana Pennisi
Imperial College London, UK
Dr Joe Fichett
Institut Pasteur du Dakar,
Senegal
Ms Maria Suau Sans
Malaria Consortium, UK
Prof Effua Usuf, LSHTM
Let's Connect
Imperial College London
Section of Paediatric Infectious Disease
St Mary’s Medical School
Room 250
Paddington
Norfolk Place
London
W2 1PG
Contact: f.piffer@imperial.ac.uk