Dr Uduak Okomo, a postdoctoral research fellow at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, won this year's staff prize for her research into the aetiology and antimicrobial resistance of neonatal infections in Africa, published in Lancet Infectious Diseases:
Abdoulie Bojang, a PhD student at the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, won this year's student prize for his research into azithromycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in Gambian women and newborns, published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy:
We'd like to offer a huge congratulations to both of our well-deserved winners and our thanks to everyone who entered this year's competition.
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Scholarships are transformational, have the capacity to change the lives of the students who receive them, and alleviate the financial burden of study for talented and motivated recipients.