Drug Discovery Africa Conference | 12th-14th March 2025
Info
The University of Ghana, in collaboration with the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research from the University of Dundee, will host a conference from March 12 to 14, 2025, focused on showcasing African-led initiatives in drug discovery aimed at combating endemic infectious diseases. This gathering will unite prominent researchers in drug discovery from Africa along with representatives from industry and product partner development. The event aspires to enhance current networks, forge new partnerships, and facilitate knowledge exchange.
Key discussion topics will encompass:
- Clinical trials and field studies
- Drug targets and validation processes
- Methods in medicinal and computational drug discovery
- DMPK and Toxicology
- Networks in African drug discovery
Among the speakers confirmed for this event are:
- Linda Amoah, NMIMR, University of Ghana, Ghana
- Lyn-Marie Birkholtz, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Rob Bates, GSK
- Steve Brand, MMV
- Arnab Chatterjee, Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, USA
- Laura Cleghorn, DDU, University of Dundee, UK
- Beverly Egyir, NMIMR, University of Ghana, Ghana
- Edmund Ekuadzi, KNUST, Ghana
- Jason Hlozek, H3D, South Africa
- Marcus Lee, University of Dundee, UK
- Adriaan Kruger, NuvteQ
- Ujjini Manjuantha, Novartis GH
- Collen Masimirembwa, AiBST
- Charles Mowbray, DNDi
- Fidele Ntie-Kang, University of Buea, Cameroon
- Dinkorma T. Ouologuem, USTTB, Mali
- Devasha Redhi, H3D, South Africa
- Janine Scholefield, CSIR, South Africa
- Thomas Spangenberg, Merck KGaA
- Eric Strauss, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Roslyn Thelingwani, AiBST, Zimbabwe
- Susan Wyllie, University of Dundee, UK
For additional details, refer to the conference website. Any inquiries can be directed to the organisers via email.
When
From:
12 March 2025, 09:00
To:
12 March 2025, 17:00
Where
MR48+46 Accra+233 Greater Accra Region Accra GH
Entrance
Paid entrance
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