The second quaterly staff meeting was held on friday, July 5, 2019, in the UCRC lab meeting room. Chaired by UCRC Director Prof Seydou Doumbia, with the deputy Director, Prof. Mahamadou Diakité, this meeting which aimed to make contact with new employees, gathered around sixty participants.
In his presentation, Prof Doumbia enumerated the different goals of the center. “Develop and maintain the UCRC as a sustainable entity capable of conducting excellent clinical research; Facilitate the training and development of the next generation of clinical research scientists and professionals; Generate knowledge, disseminate research results and promote the utilization of findings, are the main goals of the center”, he said.
The UCRC employs 176 people and lead 15 projects (PREVAC, IVCC, ICEMR, NOVARTIS KAE609, DFG JENA, M. AFRICANIUM, D43 (HIV and mycobacterial), EDTCP (DIAMA), U54-C THAN, START, EID, D2EFT, R03 (Mali 12), CANCER, MALI09 (PhD THESIS). It has the task of managing 4 laboratories: Biology Safety level 3 (BSL3) lead by Bassirou Diarra, Molecular Lab lead by Amadou Koné, Immunology Core Lab lead by Djénéba Dabitao, and Bio Chemistry/Hemato Lab lead by Yeya dit Sadio Sarro.
To connclude, Professor Doumbia urged the employees to get more involved, so that the objectives can be achieved.
