I am a consultant in Infectious Diseases with a PhD in Clinical Medicine Research. I have more than 10 years' cumulative experience in viral hepatitis research and clinical care in Africa. I currently lead the Hepatitis Research Group at the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM and coordinate the PROLIFICA program in The Gambia (). I am a Board Member of the Society on Liver Disease in Africa (SOLDA) and serve on both the organising and scientific committees of the Conference on Liver Disease in Africa (COLDA).
Affiliations
MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM
Research
My research investigates the underlying mechanisms and outcomes of chronic hepatitis B infection in Africans, with an aim to develop new biomarkers to simply diagnosis and monitoring, predict prognosis and identify new targets for curative therapy.
Research Area
Disease control
Clinical guidelines
Epidemiology
Medicine
Disease and Health Conditions
Hepatitis
Cancer
Cirrhosis
Non-communicable diseases
Country
Gambia
Senegal
Burkina Faso
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
Selected Publications
2024
The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
2024
Microorganisms
2024
BMC public health
2024
The Lancet. Global health
2024
The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
2024
The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
2024
The Lancet. Global health
2023
The Lancet. Global health
2023
The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
2023
BMC medicine