{"id":1841,"date":"2021-11-03T10:47:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T09:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ucrc-mali.org\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2021-11-03T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T10:05:34","slug":"2021-twas-abdool-karim-award-dr-dabitao-selected-as-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/?p=1841","title":{"rendered":"2021 TWAS-Abdool Karim Award. Dr. Dabitao selected as recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Djeneba Dabitao, Chief of the ImmunoCore Laboratory at the\nUniversity Clinical Research Center (UCRC) has been selected as the recipient\nof the 2021 TWAS-Abdool Karim Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award recognizes women scientists in Low Income African countries\nfor their achievements in Biological Sciences. The award ceremony took place\non-line on the occasion of the forthcoming TWAS 15th General conference, on 1 November\n2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucrc-mali.org\/?p=638\">Who is Djeneba Dabitao?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chief of the ImmunoCore Laboratory at the University Clinical\nResearch Center (UCRC), Dr. Djeneba Dabitao received her doctorate in Pharmacy\nfrom the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odonto-Stomatology (FMPOS) of the\nUniversity of Bamako (aka University of Sciences of Techniques and Technologies\nof Bamako [USTTB]) in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same year, she was recruited as a Junior Scientist at SEREFO\nLaboratory, an NIH-funded program, to study the pathogenesis of HIV and\nTuberculosis co-infection. In 2007, she went to the United States for her\nMaster of Science training followed by a Ph.D. training at the Johns Hopkins\nBloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) At Hopkins, she specialized in\nMolecular Biology and Immunology and obtained her doctoral degree in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She returns in Mali the same year to start a Senior Scientist position\nat UCRC. In 2016, she was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Faculty of\nPharmacy of the USTTB, while pursuing her research position at UCRC. She is\ncurrently the Chief of the UCRC ImmunoCore laboratory, where she manages the lab\nand oversees immunological aspects of clinical and translational studies\nperformed at the center under the supervision of the UCRC direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Dabitao is the recipient of the Eleanor Bliss Honorary Fellowship\n(2009) from Johns Hopkins University and the American Association of\nImmunologist Abstract Award (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations Doctor Dabitao!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ucrc-mali.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DABI.jpg?fit=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1843\"\/><figcaption><strong><em>Dr. Djeneba Dabitao in the UCRC LAB<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.ucrc-mali.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ucrc-mali.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D2.jpg?fit=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1847\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.ucrc-mali.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D3.jpg?fit=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1846\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.ucrc-mali.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D4-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1849\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ucrc-mali.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D5.jpg?fit=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1850\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Djeneba Dabitao, Chief of the ImmunoCore Laboratory at the University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 TWAS-Abdool Karim Award. 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