Awards

ACEGID Director and Global Partners Win US NIH Award for New International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR)

Although the overall number of annual deaths due to malaria have declined by 27% over the past 23 years, the disease continues to exact a global burden. Researchers envision a future defined by malaria elimination and eradication, and new US Federal funding awarded to malaria researcher, Distinguished Prof. Christian Happi, PhD, and global partners may …

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ACEGID Wins 2021 Al-Sumait Prize for African Development

The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) is the winner of the 2021 Al-Sumait Prize for African Development. The Board of Trustees of the Al-Sumait Prize made the award announcement recently. ACEGID was awarded the prize “for its leading development of the field of infectious disease genomics, through the high-quality translational research …

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ACEGID Wins Nigerian Academy of Science 2021 Gold Medal Prize Award​

The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) has been awarded the 2021 Gold Medal Prize Award by the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS). This is in recognition of the Centre’s contribution to and impact on infectious disease diagnosis, research and surveillance in Nigeria specifically and in Africa, generally. This is another …

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