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词条 Tumani Corrah
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  1. Academic career

  2. Research interests

  3. See also

  4. References

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}}Tumani Corrah {{postnom|country=GBR|CBE|FRCP|PWACP}} is a Gambian clinician whose fields of research include tuberculosis, HIV and malaria. Corrah is Director of the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF)[1] and Director, Africa Research Development, Medical Research Council [2]. In 2007 Corrah was awarded an Honarary CBE.[3]

Academic career

Tumani Corrah studied medicine at the First Pavlov State Medical University of St Petersburg, Russia and University College Ibadan, Nigeria.[3] In the late seventies he went to the UK, first to Edinburgh then to Wales, where he trained for his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians as a chest physician in the Department of Medicine, Gwynedd General Hospital. In 1981, after obtaining his MRCP he was appointed consultant physician.

In 2014 Tumani Corrah was awarded the title of Emeritus Director of the MRC in the Gambia and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the progress of clinical research in The Gambia and in West Africa as a whole.[4] Corrah was elected Board Chair of Trustees for The INDEPTH Network on 15 March 2017.[5] He has served as an advisor to many organisations including the World Health Organisation[6]

Research interests

Corrah has published over 140 publications in peer reviewed journals and his most recent work has focused on tuberculosis, pneumonia and the role of leadership in people-centred health systems.[7][8][9][10][11]

See also

  • In 2016 Tumani Corrah was nominated by the listeners of one of BBC World Service's longest-running radio programmes, Outlook, as one of the world’s most extraordinary people.[12]
  • In 2016 Sir Leszek Borysiewicz named Tumani Corrah and Uganda's Nelson Sewankambo as Africa's two top scientists.[1][13][14]

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.africaresearchexcellencefund.org.uk/about-us/our-staff/|title=Africa Research Excellence fund|work=Africa Research Excellence fund|access-date=2018-11-09}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/new-director-roles-for-the-mrc-in-africa/|title=New director roles for the MRC in Africa|last=Medical Research Council|first=M. R. C.|date=2017-05-18|website=mrc.ukri.org|language=en|access-date=2018-12-09}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.mrc.gm/mrc-unit-director-awarded-honorary-cbe/|title=MRC Unit Director Awarded Honorary CBE|date=2007-06-15|work=MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM|access-date=2018-11-09}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.mrc.gm/former-unit-director-awarded-honorary-fellowship/|title=Former Unit Director awarded Honorary Fellowship|date=2015-03-17|work=MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM|access-date=2018-11-09}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.indepth-network.org/news-events/news/indepth-board-elects-prof-tumani-corrah-new-chair|title=INDEPTH Board elects Prof Tumani Corrah as new Chair {{!}} INDEPTH Network|website=www.indepth-network.org|access-date=2018-11-18}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://afro.who.int/about-us/leadership/aachrd|title=The African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development|website=WHO {{!}} Regional Office for Africa|language=en|access-date=2018-12-09}}
7. ^{{Cite journal|last=Senghore|first=Madikay|last2=Otu|first2=Jacob|last3=Witney|first3=Adam|last4=Gehre|first4=Florian|last5=Doughty|first5=Emma L.|last6=Kay|first6=Gemma L.|last7=Butcher|first7=Phillip|last8=Salako|first8=Kayode|last9=Kehinde|first9=Aderemi|date=2017-09-19|title=Whole-genome sequencing illuminates the evolution and spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Southwest Nigeria|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5604961/|journal=PLoS ONE|volume=12|issue=9|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0184510|issn=1932-6203|pmc=5604961|pmid=28926571}}
8. ^{{Cite journal|last=Gehre|first=Florian|last2=Otu|first2=Jacob|last3=Kendall|first3=Lindsay|last4=Forson|first4=Audrey|last5=Kwara|first5=Awewura|last6=Kudzawu|first6=Samuel|last7=Kehinde|first7=Aderemi O.|last8=Adebiyi|first8=Oludele|last9=Salako|first9=Kayode|date=2016-11-03|title=The emerging threat of pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in West Africa: preparing for large-scale tuberculosis research and drug resistance surveillance|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5094099/|journal=BMC Medicine|volume=14|doi=10.1186/s12916-016-0704-5|issn=1741-7015|pmc=5094099|pmid=27806714}}
9. ^{{Cite journal|last=Mackenzie|first=Grant A|last2=Hill|first2=Philip C|last3=Sahito|first3=Shah M|last4=Jeffries|first4=David J|last5=Hossain|first5=Ilias|last6=Bottomley|first6=Christian|last7=Uchendu|first7=Uchendu|last8=Ameh|first8=David|last9=Ndiaye|first9=Malick|date=September 2017|title=Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumonia in The Gambia: population-based surveillance and case-control studies|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5589209/|journal=The Lancet. Infectious Diseases|volume=17|issue=9|pages=965–973|doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30321-3|issn=1473-3099|pmc=5589209|pmid=28601421}}
10. ^{{Cite journal|last=Howie|first=Stephen|last2=Bottomley|first2=Christian|last3=Chimah|first3=Osaretin|last4=Ideh|first4=Readon|last5=Ebruke|first5=Bernard|last6=Okomo|first6=Uduak|last7=Onyeama|first7=Charles|last8=Donkor|first8=Simon|last9=Rodrigues|first9=Onike|title=Zinc as an adjunct therapy in the management of severe pneumonia among Gambian children: randomized controlled trial|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908397/|journal=Journal of Global Health|volume=8|issue=1|doi=10.7189/jogh.08.010418|issn=2047-2978|pmc=5908397|pmid=29713463}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/131446/|title=The role of leadership in people-centred health systems: a sub-national study in The Gambia|last=S.|first=Chigudu,|last2=M.|first2=Jasseh,|date=January 2018|website=eprints.whiterose.ac.uk|access-date=2018-11-18|last3=U.|first3=d'Alessandro,|last4=T.|first4=Corrah,|last5=A.|first5=Demba,|last6=J.|first6=Balen,}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.whatson-gambia.com/news/headline-news/1364-the-gambia-s-own-dr-tumani-corrah-among-world-s-most-extraordinary|title=The Gambia’s own Dr. Tumani Corrah among world’s most extraordinary|last=Khan|first=Alieu|work=What's On Gambia - Gambian Celebrity gossip, nightlife, entertainment news, culture & lifestyle|access-date=2018-11-09}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-chancellor-calls-for-increased-collaboration-with-africa|title=Vice-Chancellor calls for increased collaboration with Africa|date=2016-03-10|work=University of Cambridge|access-date=2018-11-29}}
14. ^{{Cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201603240788.html|title=Gambia's Tumani Corrah Hailed As One of the Greatest Scientists in Africa|last=Camara|first=Baboucarr|date=23 March 2016|work=The Daily Observer (Banjul)|access-date=}}
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