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Chika ONWUAMAH
Deputy-Director (Research), Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria
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Chika Onwuamah (PhD, Cell Biology and Genetics) is the Team Lead of the Population Genomics and Cancer Group, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics (CHVG), at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research.
His current research focuses on HIV drug resistance, genomic predisposition to diseases and developing diagnostics for resource-limited settings. He is currently pioneering the investigation of genomic predispositions to infections and health conditions among Nigerians, beginning with a predisposition to severe COVID-19.
To develop sustainable health interventions, I believe in using “MULTIOMICS” research to understand host-pathogen-environment inter-relationships
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22 January, 2024