Obiageli E. Nnodu is Professor of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Director of the Centre for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training University of Abuja (CESRTA), as well as Honorary Consultant Haematologist at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada in Abuja, Nigeria.
She is a founding member of Sickle CHARTA and Vice Chair of the Nigerian Sickle Cell Support Society Network (SCSSN) which works with the government and professional groups for the control of SCD in Nigeria. In that capacity, she is responsible for most of the in-country activities of the Network. She serves on technical committees of the government on non-communicable diseases and has completed a number of national assignments related to SCD.
Professor Nnodu is the Site PI for the Sickle Pan African Research Consortium (SPARCo), a Site Lead for the H3Africa SickleGenAfrica Consortium and a member of the American Society of Hematology African Newborn Screening and Early Intervention Consortium. Professor Nnodu, a Chevening Scholar and alumnus of Imperial College London, is Chair for Advocacy of Sickle Pan African Network (SPAN).
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Dr. Isa is a Senior Lecturer and a Consultant Haematologist at University of Abuja and University of Abuja Teaching Hospital respectively. He was the Nigeria Site Coordinator for Sickle Pan African Research Consortium (SPARCO ) Phase 1 and the Secretary of the Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria (SCSSN). He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NSHBT) and College of Nigerian Pathologists (CNP). He has been a facilitator in the yearly Update and Revision courses organized by the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria for resident doctors in Haematology since 2017. He was also involved in the planning and facilitation of the Progressive and Career Advancement in the Management of Haematological Disorders organized by the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Studies in collaboration with University of Abuja and University of Lagos in 2018 and 2019. His areas of interest are Sickle Cell Disease and Blood Transfusion.
Prof Nash is the Director of the Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Department, at NABDA. He is also the coordinator of the Initiative for Translational Research on Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the NABDA-Southwest Biotechnology Center of Excellence at the University of Ibadan. He is an Assistant Prof to the Biological Sciences Department, Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna. Before returning to Nigeria in 2006, he was a research associate at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York where he worked on the evolution of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase for Molecular Biology applications.
Prof Asala is a Professor of Anatomy (Neuroscience and Forensic Anthropology). With 38 years of University teaching, research and administrative experience in Nigeria, United Kingdom, Japan, Zimbabwe and South Africa, he was the Foundation Dean of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences and later Provost of the College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja. He was also the founding President of the Neuroscience Society of Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA).
Prof. Hassan graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria Nigeria with an M.B,B.S degree in 2000. He undertook his residency training in Haematology at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) and became a fellow (FMCPath) of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN) in 2008. He also obtained a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2016. Since 2009 he has been working as a Consultant Haematologist at the ABU Teaching Hospital and Lecturer at the ABU and is involved in the management and care of sickle cell disease and other patients with haematological disorders. He was appointed Professor in 2017 and has attended conferences, seminars and workshops within and outside Nigeria. He serves as the North-West coordinator of the Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria and the Secretary of the Nigerian Society for Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NSHBT) 2017. He is a fellow of the Austrian-American Foundation (AAF) member of the African Society for Blood Transfusion (AfSBT) and International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT). He has been Site Coordinator for the SPARCO Data research at the ABU Zaria.
Mr. Chianumba is very experienced and trained in the area of data management. Currently a postgraduate student in the department of Medical Biochemistry(M.Sc) University of Abuja, and a Big Data Research Fellow SPARCo Nigeria Hub. He has shown outstanding work ethics and dedication while handling the SPARCO Data Clerk position in the past. He is very proficient in the use of REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) online web application. He is also supporting other research activities ongoing in the Centre for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training, University of Abuja (CESRTA), where his major responsibility involves data management.
Prof. Olufunmilayo is the Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, Dean for Global Health, and Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health at the University of Chicago. Professor Olopade develops innovative strategies for comprehensive cancer risk assessment and prevention based on evolving understanding of genetic and nongenetic factors in individual patients, with a focus on women of African ancestry across the Diaspora.
Prof. Adekile graduated from University of Ibadan, Nigeria and had his post-doctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology in Howard University Hospital, Washington DC, USA He was the recipient of the Fogarty International Fellowship in Molecular Genetics at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga, USA. He holds several professional fellowships and a PhD from the University of Limburg, Maastricht, Holland. He is currently a Professor of Pediatric Hematology in Kuwait University and Head, Hematology Unit, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Center of Excellence for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training, University of Abuja, Nigeria. He is the Director of the Kuwait National Sickle Cell Disease Registry and the Chairman of the Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria. His area of research is in clinical hematological and molecular aspects of sickle cell disease and thalassemia. He has published >150 articles in peer-reviewed journals.