Ambroise Wonkam likita ne ɗan ƙasar Kamaru kuma farfesa a fannin ilimin halittar jini a Makarantar Magunguna ta Johns Hopkins. Binciken nasa yana mai hankali ne kan cutar sikila, da kwayoyin halittar rashin jin ji, da kuma ethics a cikin kwayoyin halittar ɗan adam. Shi ne shugaban kungiyar al'ummar Afirka ta Afirka a halin yanzu.

Ambroise Wonkam
president (en) Fassara

2019 -
Michèle Ramsay (en) Fassara
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Kameru, 20 century
ƙasa Kameru
Karatu
Makaranta Jami'ar Yaoundé I
University of Geneva (en) Fassara
University of Cape Town Department of Medicine (en) Fassara
(1 ga Afirilu, 2009 - Doctor of Medicine (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'a Malami
Employers Jami'ar Cape Town
Kyaututtuka

Tarihin Rayuwa

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An haifi Ambroise Wonkam a Yaoundé, Kamaru. Ya yi karatu a Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences na Jami'ar Yaoundé I, inda ya sami MD a shekarar 1995.[1][2] A shekara ta 1997, ya tafi Jami'ar Geneva don horar da ilimin halittu kafin ya kware a fannin ilimin likitanci.[2] Ya sami digirin digirgir a Kimiyyar Kiwon Lafiya a Sashen Nazarin Halittar Halittu a kan maudu'in nauyin cutar sikila da kuma ganewar asali na haihuwa a Kamaru (Faransa: Fardeau de la drépanocytose et diagnostic génétique prénatal au Cameroun).[3]

Wonkam kwararren likita ne a ƙasashen Afirka da Turai. Ya shiga Jami'ar Cape Town a matsayin malami a shekarar 2009, inda ya karanci fannin cutar sikila da kuma dalilin da yasa tsananinta da mace-mace ya bambanta tsakanin ɗaiɗaikun mutane.[2] Ya zama farfesa a fannin ilimin kimiyyar kwayoyin halitta a Faculty of Medicine inda ya kasance mataimakin shugaban bincike kuma darektan shirin Genetic Medicine of African Populations (GeneMAP), wanda ya kafa a shekarar 2017.[2][4] Ya zama shugaban kungiyar Afirka ta Human Genetics a shekarar 2019. A cikin 2021, an naɗa shi darektan ilimin halittu a Makarantar Magunguna ta Johns Hopkins.[4]


Wonkam ne ke jagorantar shirin na ‘yan Afirka miliyan uku na Genomes, wanda ke da nufin jera DNA na ‘yan Afirka miliyan uku domin cike gibin da aka samu a tsarin nazarin jinsin ɗan Adam na ‘yan Afirka.[5] Ya ba da shawarar cewa ƙasashen Afirka ne suka ɗauki nauyin aikin.[6] A cikin shekarar 2022, ya kasance editan baƙo don batutuwa na musamman na Nature yana kira ga yanke mulkin mallaka da kawar da wariyar launin fata a cikin kimiyya.[7]

Bambance-bambance

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  • Kyautar Prix Denber-Pinard (2003) don mafi kyawun rubutun, a Jami'ar Geneva Faculty of Medicine[8]
  • Lambar yabo ta Clinical Genetics Society International (2014), Societyungiyar British Society of Genetic Medicine[8]
  • Kyautar Alan Pifer (2021), Jami'ar Cape Town[8]

Manazarta

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  1. "Invité Africa - Ambroise Wonkam: "Séquencer plus de personnes d'origine africaine a major source for l'Afrique "". RFI (in Faransanci). 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lane, Richard (2022). "Ambroise Wonkam: making human genomics truly equitable". The Lancet. Elsevier BV. 399 (10339): 1932. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00880-7. ISSN 0140-6736.
  3. Noaye, Yvan (2021-01-08). "Dr Ambroise Wonkam, le génie africain qui utilise la génétique (ADN) pour soigner les maladies les plus mortelles du continent - Genie d'afrique" (in Faransanci). Archived from the original on 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "World Renowned Geneticist and Sickle Cell Disease Expert Takes Helm of Genetic Medicine Department at Johns Hopkins". Johns Hopkins Medicine Newsroom. 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  5. Wonkam, Ambroise (2021-02-10). "Sequence three million genomes across Africa". Nature. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 590 (7845): 209–211. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00313-7. ISSN 0028-0836. PMC 9979155 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 33568829 Check |pmid= value (help).
  6. "Invité Afrique - Ambroise Wonkam: "Séquencer plus de personnes d'origine africaine a un intérêt majeur pour l'Afrique"". RFI (in Faransanci). 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  7. Nobles, Melissa; Womack, Chad; Wonkam, Ambroise; Wathuti, Elizabeth (2022-06-08). "Science must overcome its racist legacy: Nature's guest editors speak". Nature. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 606 (7913): 225–227. doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01527-z. ISSN 0028-0836.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Ambroise Wonkam, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Genetic Medicine". Johns Hopkins Medicine. 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2022-11-09.