MMEG is proud to announce an update about one of our grantees! Regina Esinam Abotsi, from our South Africa program has recently received a prestigious award. Namely, the 2019 Young Talents Sub-Saharan Africa Awards L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program. The For Women in Science program is led by the Foundation L’Oréal in partnership with UNESCO.
This award was given to twenty women researchers who came from fifteen different countries in Africa and represented computer scientists, engineers and other scientists. This award supports scientific research in the Africa region by women. It aims to raise the number of women scientists who are from Africa, do the research in Africa to benefit other Africans.
Our grantee, Regina Abotsi is a doctoral candidate in molecular medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research is about establishing antibiotic resistance in possibly pathogenic bacteria presence in respiratory tract of HIV-infected children and adolescents.
Congratulations Regina!
Below are some pictures from the award ceremony.
