Health Science for Gambia

15/11/2024

Genes serve as the blueprint of life, dictating the outcome of many biological processes that ensures the growth and survival of any organism. To learn more about genes and how they impact medicine, join us for our next lecture by Dr Momodou Jallow.

Date: Sunday 24th November
Time: 12pm GMT
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/spi-zrpf-ivg

01/11/2024

Heamatology is the study of the blood system and related blood disorders. It has improved our understanding of diseases such as sickle cell anaemia and leukaemia. Our next speak, Mustapha Dibassey, will give us an introductory lecture on the fundamentals of haematology. Please join in using the link below:

Date: Sunday 10th November
Time: 12pm GMT
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/spi-zrpf-ivg

16/10/2024

COVID-19, Monkeypox and Ebola, what do these have in common? They are all viruses, which over the years have had a devastating impact on communities across the globe. Our next speaker, Dr. Ousman Bajinka, will shed some light on the science behind these phenomenal microbes. Join in next week Sunday using the link below:

Date: Sunday 27th October
Time: 12pm GMT
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/spi-zrpf-ivg

06/10/2024

Bacteria are free-living microbes that can be found all over our environment. From the depths of the sea to the top of the mountains and within different living creatures, bacterial species have found ways to exist. For our next lecture, Ebrima Danso will enlighten us on the peculiar world of bacteria. Please join us next week Sunday using the link below:

Date: 13th October 2024
Time: 12pm GMT
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/spi-zrpf-ivg

17/09/2024

Last week, we had an insightful lecture given by Oumie Secka regarding the innate arm of immunity. The innate arm of immunity complements a more complex adaptive arm of immunity. Our next speaker, Dr Ya Jankey Jagne, will take us through the adaptive immune system and how it can be harnessed for immune-based therapies. Please join in using the link below.

Date: 28th September 2024
Time: 12pm GMT
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/iav-vydu-gqo

Interested in our previous webinars? Check out our Youtube page using this link: https://www.youtube.com/

25/08/2024

We're pleased to announce the re-launch of our biomedical science webinar series in September! Where you get to hear from different Gambian scientists across the spectrum of biomedicine, shedding light on their amazing research and wealth of knowledge. To kick off the series, we will have Oumie Secka, a cancer researcher, take us through an introductory webinar on the innate arm of immunology. Please join in using the link below:

Date: 14th September 2024
Time: 12pm GMT
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/mah-pwef-oep

Want to checkout our previous webinars? You can find them on our our YouTube channel : http://www.youtube.com/

15/06/2021

Genes are considered to be the blueprint of life. They encode the characteristics of all life forms, the study of which is known as genomics. Our next speaker, Dr Ousman Mahmud, will take us through some of his experience in parasite and cancer genomics. Please register using the link below to attend this exciting lecture.

Date: Saturday 26th June 2021
Time: 12:00 - 13:00GMT
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/1EFpXWrd1RvfByJqe_1dF6c6WSK1kRajKSV9V27IV5DE/viewform?edit_requested=true

24/05/2021

Non-communicable diseases are classified as diseases that are not transmissible from one person to another such as diabetes, asthma and hypertension. According to a world health organisation (WHO) report, non-communicable diseases account for 41 million deaths annually, making up 71% of all deaths globally. Our next speaker, Dr Bai Cham, is an epidemiologist who will give us an overview of the increasing burden on non-communicable diseases in The Gambia. To know more about this topic, please kindly join us this Saturday for our next webinar using the registration link below:

Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/ncdgam
Date: 29th May 2021
Time: 12:00-13:00 GMT

26/04/2021

Our webinar with neuroscientist, Dr. Louis Dwomoh, is now up on our Youtube channel!

If you're interested in studying neuroscience or just curious about where its stands in terms of research and potential impact with regards to Africa this is the talk for you!

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17/04/2021

The advent of modern medicine and science has significantly contributed to the reported increase in life expectancy as we know it. However, this increase has also led to the rise in the manifestation of age-related complications such as neurodegenerative disorders. Our next speaker, Dr. Louis Dwomoh, is a neuroscientist at the University of Glasgow who will take us through the current state of neuroscience research in Africa with regards to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
Please join us next week for this exciting talk by registering using the link below:

Date: Saturday 24th April 2021
Time: 12pm GMT
Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mqp2t5z0L_DTMmvOnrcUMUablsbtafXuhOUkPnqYQAg/viewform?edit_requested=true

11/04/2021

Super insightful conversation on vaccines in the era with University of The Gambia Science Students Association led by 3 Gambian scientists in the field of immunology and vaccinology.

If you missed it catch up on our Youtube Channel!

Would you like to learn more about vaccines, how they work, their differences and their purpose especially in the context of COVID? Hear from 3 brilliant Gam...