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Congratulations to Ruth Nanjala on being the first prize winner of the Fellows Speed Presentations at the 19th<\/sup> H3Africa Consortium Meeting that took place from 29 May to 1 June in Abuja, Nigeria.<\/p>\n The title of her presentation was \u201cEvaluating the accuracy of genotype imputation in the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) region in selected African populations.\u201d<\/p>\n Ruth is a Fellow with the Eastern African Network for Bioinformatics Training (EANBiT) project at Pwani University\/ University of Cape Town. She was also the first prize winner of the Fellows speed presentations at the 17th<\/sup> H3Africa Consortium meeting last year.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1655143735455{margin-top: -50px !important;}”]<\/p>\n We caught up with her and asked her a few questions about her studies and career.<\/p>\n My research interest is in Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) genetics.<\/p>\n I am excited and motivated by the fact that I keep pushing for more successes.<\/p>\n I hope they get inspired by my story that it is possible to succeed as a young woman in science. Cultural stereotypes should not be a hindrance for them to pursue their ambitions.<\/p>\n There is a revolution, and the future is quite promising. Initiatives like H3Africa and the African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) have helped push the boundaries of genomics research in Africa, attracting global attention.<\/p>\n H3Africa gave me an opportunity to pursue an MSc. Degree in Bioinformatics thus acquiring useful knowledge and skills in Bioinformatics. I also got to collaborate and expand my network with brilliant scientists. My Master\u2019s project, based at the University of Cape Town, served as a baseline for my Ph.D. project of interest, thus enabling me to successfully compete for a Ph.D. in HLA genetics at the University of Oxford starting October 2022.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_basic_grid post_type=”post” max_items=”10″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1662021670703-b28d7b2f-edbe-9″ taxonomies=”188″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655128291572{margin-top: 36px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] H3Africa Community Spotlight \u2013 Ruth Nanjala [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[182,188],"class_list":["post-12565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-182","tag-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12565"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12893,"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12565\/revisions\/12893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is your research interest?<\/h5>\n
How do you feel about winning first prize the second time?<\/h5>\n
Can you give your thoughts about young women in science?<\/h5>\n
How do you see the future of Genomics research in Africa?<\/h5>\n
How has H3Africa helped you in advancing your career and opened doors for you?<\/h5>\n
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