2021 Technical Fellowships and Bourses pour l'Afrique Francophone awarded Fellows
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Public Health Fellows
M. Kouassivi Djimédo Degnikou*, Division de la Surveillance des Maladies non transmissibles/Ministre de la Santé, de l'Hygiéne publique et de l'Accès Universel aux soins du Togo, Lomé, Togo
Host Institution: Registre du cancer du Grand Cassablanca, Morocco
Registre populationnel du cancer/ Population-based cancer registry observership
*BAF Laureate
Dr Nermin Osman, Alexandria University Medical Research Institute, Alexandria, Egypt
Host Institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Establishment of an electronic based Alexandria Cancer Registry, Egypt
Ferdinant Mbiydzenyuy Sonyuy, Reconciliation and Development Association (RADA), Bamenda, Cameroon
Host Institution: Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Breast Cancer Screening and Patient Support Fellowship
Dr Manikandanesan Sakthivel, National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
Host institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Designing a pre-post intervention trial to assess the impact of community health worker-led counselling and navigation on the uptake of colposcopy among non-compliant women screened positive in a community-based screening program
Dr Hongda Chen, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Chaoyang District, China
Host Institution: National Cancer Center Korea, Goyang-si, South Korea
Dr Tamar Skhirtladze, National Screening Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
Host institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Enhancing screening services for early detection of cervical cancer in Georgia
Bong'eni Chipole, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi
Host Institution: Eldoret Cancer Registry, Eldoret, Kenya
Strengthening Lilongwe population-based cancer registry
Dr Mairead O'Connor, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
Host Institution: Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Acquiring skills and capacity to examine women's acceptability of HPV self-sampling as an approach to cervical cancer screening in Ireland
Jason Bakundukize*, African Center for Research on End of Life Care, Kigali, Rwanda
Host Institution: Global Institute of Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care; Toronto, Quebec, Canada
Le développement des recherches sur le programme psychosocial, les soins palliatifs et la fin de vie au sein du Centre Africain de Recherche sur la fin de vie (ACREOL) au Rwanda/ Development of a psychosocial, palliative care and end-of-life programme at the African Centre of Reseach into end-of life-care (ACREOL) in Rwanda
*BAF Laureate
Dr Jugder Uranbolor, National Cancer Center of Mongolia, Mongolia
Host Institution: National Cancer Center Korea, S.Korea
Strengthening cancer registry and surveillance in Mongolia
Dr. Jonas Nsengiyumva, Ministry of Public Health, Burundi
Host Institution: Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es salaam, Tanzania
Exchange experiences with Ocean Road Cancer Institute staff on the feasibility of setting up the first oncology service center in Burundi
Dr Javier David Benitez Fuentes, Hospital Clinico Universitario San Carlos (Hospital Clínico San Carlos), Madrid, Spain
Host Institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Investigation of breast cancer staging in low- and middle-income countries.
Research Fellows
Karan Tanwar, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Host Institution: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Cyclotron production and processing of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) radiometals
Dr Leyla Mehmetbeyli, National Centre of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Host institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Oil production and risk of cancer in Azerbaijan
Dr Marharyta Smal, Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Host Institution: Università degli Studi di Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
Identification of mutations in DNA damage response and repair genes in genitourinary cancers
Dr Anh Dinh, Vietnam National Cancer Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Host institution: Institut Curie, Research Center, Paris, France.
Observation course prepare for the phase I trial at Vietnam Cancer Research and Clinical Trials Center
Dr Sheila Coelho Soares, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Host institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
The impact of socioeconomic status on the molecular epidemiology of esophageal cancer
Dr Roya Dolatkhah, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Host Institution: National Cancer Institute, NIH NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Rockville, United States
Accuracy of stool- based tests compared with colonoscopy for diagnosing colorectal cancer and advanced adenomas in northwest of Iran
Dr Indu Arun, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Host Institution: Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Streamling pathology inputs for optimisation of cost, time and quality in the conduct of breast cancer clinical trials
Dr Kalirajan Arunachalam, Mulungushi University, Kabwe, Zambia
Host Institution: Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Acquiring technical skills to study anti-cancer activity of Zambian medicinial plants to develop lead drug molecules against cancer
Dr Tran Van Dung, National Cancer Hospital, Viet Nam
Host institution: National Cancer Center Korea, S. Korea.
Building basic knowledge and skills of how to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis through hand-on tutorials and practice
Dr Bridget Lumbwe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Global Projects, Lusaka, Zambia
Host institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
Identifying barriers that prevent women with positive CIN2/3 LEEP margins from returning for a repeat LEEP and identifying strategies to address this low adherence to treatments
Dr Olugbende Ajayi, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
Host Institution : Association hospitalière de Bruxelles - Centre hospitalier universitaire Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
CD70 expression in renal cell carcinoma using immunohistochemistry: a ten-year retrospective study at the Lagos Teaching Hospital
Clinical Fellows
Dr Basheer Bello, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
Host Institution: Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Introducing Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancers to Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH)
Dr Garba Haruna Yunusa, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
Host Institution: Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Introducing Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancers to Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH)
Dr. Pakhee Aggarwal, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, India
Host Institution: Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
Robot-assisted Sentinel Node Mapping in Endometrial Cancer
Dr Freddy Houéhanou Rodrigue Gnangnon, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Cotonou, Bénin
Host Institution: Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse, Oncopole, Toulouse, France
Renforcement des capacités en chirurgie du cancer du sein à l’Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse - Oncopole: formation des formateurs/Capacity building in breast cancer surgery at the Toulouse University Cancer Institute Oncopole: training of trainers
*BAF Laureate
Dr Abhijit Das, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Chennai, India
Host Institution: National Cancer Center Tsukiji Campus, Tokyo, Japan
Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques in the Management of Oesophageal and Oesophago-gastric junction Malignancies
Dr Krunal Khobragade, Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
Host Institution: The Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Technique of sphincter-sparing surgery for low-lying rectal cancer
Dr Sovan Dhar, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India
Host Institution: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Developing image adapted interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) skills in definitive as well as palliative management of malignancy
Dr Coumba Gueye, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Institut Juliot-Curie, Senegal
Host Institution: College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Ituku-Ozalla Campus, Enugu, Nigeria
Developing a palliative care programme at a university teaching hospital
Dr Andrea Akinjo, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, Nigeria
Host Institution: University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
PD-L1 expression in gastric cancer: a 10 year retrospective study (2010-2019)
Dr Gretell Henriquez, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Salvador Zubirán, Mexico
Host Institution: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Florida, United States
Implementing new technical approaches in Geriatric Oncology care in Mexico
Dr Fatemeh Jafari, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Host Institution: IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Italy
Modern radiotherapy techniques
Dr Eulade Rugengamanzi, Muhimbili University Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Host Institution: National Center for Radiotherapy Oncology and Nuclear Medecine, Accra, Ghana
Radiation Oncology Observership
Dr Nepomuscene Ndihokubwayo*, Kamenge University Hospital Center, Bujumbura, Burundi
Host Institution: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Cocody, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Ivory Coast
La cytologie en milieu liquide pour le dépistage précoce du cancer du col utérin/ Liquid cytology for early detection of cervical cancer
*BAF Laureate
Dr Nicaise Ntahondi*, Kamenge University Hospital Center, Bujumbura, Burundi
Host Institution: Hôpital Général de Grand Yoff, Dakar, Sénegal
Renforcement des capacités en technique et diagnostics immunohistochimiques des cancers/ Capacity building in techniques and immunohistochemical cancer diagnostics
*BAF Laureate
Dr Eliane Ndounga*, Brazzaville University Hospital, Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville
Host Institution: Hôpital Général de Douala, Douala, Cameroon
Stage de perfectionnement en soins palliatifs/Refresher course in palliative care
*BAF Laureate
Adjiarata Koama*, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bogodogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Host Institution: Institute Gustave Roussy, Paris, France
Perfectionnement en imagerie sénologique, carcinologique/Refresher course in breast cancer imaging
*BAF Laureate
Dr Edmond Ang, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Host Institution: Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Building a framework for geriatric oncology in New Zealand
Last update
Thursday 27 February 2025