Priority area: Public Health
The CoRE for Genomics for Health in Africa aims to leverage the potential of genomics to revolutionise healthcare in Africa. Genomics can provide a better understanding of rare diseases, cancers, and infections, which can lead to more effective treatments.
Combined with biochemical, biophysical, and structural analyses, genomics serves as a powerful tool for precision medicine and personalised treatment approaches. However, despite its enormous value, genomics is under-utilised in Africa due to insufficient infrastructure, resources, and scientific capacity.
This CoRE will build capacity for genomics-based diagnostics of rare diseases, cancers, and infections, coupled to investigating protein structure-function relationships and supporting optimal drug treatment and vaccine development. It will provide a unique and open platform to the African research community, to exploit the full potential of genomics coupled to protein structure function studies, as a fundamental tool to revolutionise public healthcare for both infectious and rare non-communicable diseases.
Co-Leads
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Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
University of Bern, Switzerland |
University of Tübingen, Germany |
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Prof. Dr. Shahida Moosa - Head of Medical Genetics, Tygerberg Hospital Prof. Dr. Tulio de Oliveira – Director, Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation |
Prof. Dr. Carmen Faso - Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) Co-Chair and MCID Interfaculty Lecturer Prof. Dr. Volker Thiel - MCID Co-Chair and Professor for Virology |
Dr. Tobias Haack – Deputy-Director & Lead Physician, Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics; Center for Rare Diseases Prof. Dr. Olaf Riess – Director of the Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics; Center for Rare Diseases; Center for Personalized Medicine |
Find more information here: https://www.genomicsforhealthinafrica.org/
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