Sir Tumani Corrah,

KBE KBE may refer to: * Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, post-nominal letters * Knowledge-based engineering Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) is the application of knowledge-based systems technology to the domain o ...

, MRG is a Gambian

clinician A clinician is a health care professional typically employed at a skilled nursing facility or clinic. Clinicians work directly with patients rather than in a laboratory, community health setting or in research. A clinician may diagnose, treat a ...

whose fields of research include

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can al ...

HIV The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of '' Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the im ...

and

malaria Malaria is a Mosquito-borne disease, mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates and ''Anopheles'' mosquitoes. Human malaria causes Signs and symptoms, symptoms that typically include fever, Fatigue (medical), fatigue, vomitin ...

. Corrah is Director of the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) and Director, Africa Research Development, Medical Research Council.

Academic career

Tumani Corrah studied medicine at the First Pavlov State Medical University of St Petersburg, Russia and

University College Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public university located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Initially founded as the University College Ibadan in 1948, it maintained its affiliation with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independe ...

, Nigeria. In the late seventies he went to the UK, first to Edinburgh then to Wales, where he trained for his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians as a chest physician in the Department of Medicine, Gwynedd General Hospital. In 1981, after obtaining his MRCP he was appointed consultant physician. In 2014, Tumani Corrah was appointed as the first Emeritus Director of th
MRC Unit in the Gambia
and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by The

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public university, public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a constituent college, member institution of the University of London that specialises in public hea ...

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the progress of clinical research in The Gambia and in West Africa as a whole. Corrah has been a host of the Falling Walls conference.

Research interests

Corrah has published over 140 publications in peer reviewed journals and his most recent work has focused on tuberculosis,

pneumonia Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ...

and the role of leadership in people-centred health systems.

Other activities

* The INDEPTH Network, Chair of the Board of Trustees (since 2017) *

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be List of wealthiest charitable foundations, the third largest char ...

, Member of the Global Health Scientific Advisory Committee *

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(WHO), Member of the African Advisory Committee for Research and Development

Honours and other forms of recognition

* Appointed a Member of the Order of the Republic (The Gambia) * In 2007, Corrah was appointed Honorary Commander of the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

. * In 2016, Corrah was nominated by the listeners of one of BBC World Service's longest-running radio programmes, ''Outlook'', as one of the world's most extraordinary people. *In 2016, Sir

Leszek Borysiewicz Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz (born 13 April 1951) is a British professor, immunologist and scientific administrator. He served as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, his term of office (a maximum of seven years) star ...

named Tumani Corrah and Uganda's Nelson Sewankambo as Africa's two top scientists. * In 2019, Corrah was appointed Honorary Knight Commander of the

. The award became substantive in 2021, which allows him to use both 'Sir' and 'KBE'.

References

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