H3Africa Data and Biospecimen Access Committee (DBAC)

The DBAC oversees access to H3Africa datasets and biospecimens, helping ensure that requests comply with ethical guidelines, informed consent, data-security requirements, and research-integrity standards.

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DBAC members

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Collet Dandara

Role: Scientist
Affiliation: University of Cape Town

Pamela Andanda

Role: Legal
Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand

Ahmed Rebai

Role: Data – Chair
Affiliation: Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax

Akin Abayomi

Role: Biobanking
Affiliation: University of Stellenbosch

Kobus Herbst

Role: Demographer
Affiliation: SAPRIN

Rosalyn Wamuyu

Role: Ex officio
Affiliation: Science for Africa Foundation

Christine Wasunna

Role: Ethics
Affiliation: Mass General Brigham

Robyn Kerr

Role: Scientist
Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand

Phillis Babirye

Role: Biobanking
Affiliation: MRC/UVRI

Daima Bukini

Role: Ethics
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University

Ayaga Bawah

Role: Demographer
Affiliation: University of Ghana

Cornelius Debpuur

Role: Demographer
Affiliation: Navrongo Health Research Centre

Noellene Kinsley

Role: Patient Advocate
Affiliation: Genetic Counsellor Network

Audrey Duncanson

Role: Ex officio
Affiliation: Wellcome Trust

Michelle Skelton

Role: DS-I Africa/H3Africa CC PI; Secretariat
Affiliation: University of Cape Town

Shonna Smith

Role: Secretariat
Affiliation: University of Cape Town

March 5, 2025

H3Africa DBAC

Publications and Marker Paper Working Group 2017 Minutes
November 14, 2022

2021 Minutes

Outreach and Communication Working Group 2021 Minutes
April 28, 2022

2022 Minutes

Outreach and Communication Working Group 2022 Minutes
February 23, 2022

Dr. Moffat Nyirenda

Moffat Nyirenda is a Diabetologist/Endocrinologist and Professor of Medicine (Global Non-Communicable Diseases) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
February 23, 2022

Dr. Francine Ntoumi

Ntoumi has spent the past 15-20 years in developing health research capacities in Africa in general through the Multilateral initiative on Malaria that she led from 2007-2010 and then in Central Africa
February 23, 2022

Dr. Eimear Kenny

Dr. Eimear Kenny, PhD, is Founding Director of the Institute for Genomic Health and Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Mount Sinai. She leads research at the interface of genomics
February 23, 2022

Dr. Philip Awadalla

Philip Awadalla, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Population and Medical Genomics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Montreal, and is the Executive Scientific Director
February 8, 2022

2022 Minutes

November 24, 2021

2021 Minutes

Rare Disease Minutes 2021