The 2017 winner of the World Academy of Sciences Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS-ROSSA) Award is the MARCAD partener, Prof. Mbacham Fon Wilfred of the University of Yaoundé I decided on by the Selection Committee appointed by the TWAS-ROSSA office and endorsed by the TWAS office in Trieste, Italy.
The World Academy of Sciences Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS-ROSSA) each
year puts out a call identifying scientists in Africa who strive to promote the public understanding and popularization of science. Candidates are nominated by their Country Academies of Science and are competitively selected through a committee of peers
TWAS and TWAS-ROSSA would like to congratulate Prof Mbacham on his contributions to popularise science and for the development of new strategies that serve the popularization of science and technology in the developing world. This prize is awarded in fulfilment of the TWAS objective of recognising, supporting and promoting scientific capacity and excellence in the developing world. TWAS-ROSSA takes this opportunity to congratulate Prof Mbacham and to wish him great success in his future endeavours.
Prof. Mbacham Fon Wilfred is a Titular Prof of Public Health Biotechnology. His scientific career started off in Zoology in the undergraduate level and he went on to obtain a Doctorat de Specialité in Molecular Parasitology from the University of Yaoundé I (1989) and a Doctor of Science Degree in Tropical Public Health from Harvard University in (1997). He researches at the Biotechnology Center (BTC) and teaches at the Faculties of Science and of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé I. He is a fellow of the Cameroon Academy of Sciences and African Academy of Sciences. Currently he studies the pharmacogenomics and response to drugs, the molecular diversity and epidemiology of drug resistance in Malaria, HIV & Tuberculosis. He also researches on the development of bio-reagents with the co-discovery of a thermostable peroxidase. He has developed the Pro. P.A.S.T.E.U.R., a philosophy that popularizes and integrates platforms/techno-poles for biosciences, hard core physical sciences and research-uptake. Out of this philosophy, he initiated, 3 Masters programs in Food Safety, Public Health Biotechnology and Molecular
MARCAD Consortium Secretariat
Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology
University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) of Dakar, Senegal