Global Health - People

Working with partners around the world, many Sanger Faculty have well-established multidisciplinary research programmes of relevance to global health

The Sanger Institute's commitment to global health is not new - Plasmodium falciparum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis were among the earliest genome sequencing projects undertaken here. However, the past five years have seen a steady growth in the number of Sanger researchers who are making significant scientific contributions to major problems in global health, spanning bacterial, viral and non-communicable diseases.

Our International Fellows represent the Institute's commitment to supporting research capacity building in developing countries. By working closely with our International Fellows Dr. Sam Kariuki, Kenya and Dr. Abdoulaye Djimde, Mali, we help build expertise in genome research in Africa, and benefit from their invaluable knowledge and insight about global health research issues that come only from working and living in the developing world.

We also support PhD students and Post-Doctoral Fellows from developing countries, who form an active part of the Sanger community. The Sanger Institute Graduate Program is a fully funded initiative that is open to applications world-wide, and as a result includes a cohort of students from Africa, Asia and South America. We also support the Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa Programme - THRiVE - led by Makerere University, Uganda in partnership with the University of Cambridge.

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