Advancing neuropsychiatric genetics training and collaboration in Africa

Celia van der Merwe; Emmanuel K Mwesiga; Nathaniel W McGregor; Abebe Ejigu; Abigiya Wondimagegnehu Tilahun; Allan Kalungi; Benedict Akimana; Benyam Worku Dubale; Felicita Omari; Jackline Mmochi; Lerato Majara; Linnet Ongeri; Melkam Alemayehu; Nastassja Koen; Shareefa Dalvie; Symon M Kariuki; Michelle Hoogenhout

doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30042-1

Advancing neuropsychiatric genetics training and collaboration in Africa

Lancet Glob Health. 2018 Mar;6(3):e246-e247. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30042-1.

Authors

Celia van der Merwe¹, Emmanuel K Mwesiga², Nathaniel W McGregor³, Abebe Ejigu⁴, Abigiya Wondimagegnehu Tilahun⁴, Allan Kalungi⁵, Benedict Akimana⁶, Benyam Worku Dubale⁴, Felicita Omari⁷, Jackline Mmochi⁸, Lerato Majara⁹, Linnet Ongeri¹⁰, Melkam Alemayehu⁴, Nastassja Koen¹¹, Shareefa Dalvie⁹, Symon M Kariuki¹², Michelle Hoogenhout⁹

Affiliations

¹ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7935, South Africa. Electronic address: celia.vandermerwe@uct.ac.za.
² GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7935, South Africa; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
³ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
⁴ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Stellenbosch University, South Africa; Mental Health Project of the Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebe, Uganda.
⁶ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁷ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya.
⁸ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
⁹ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7935, South Africa.
¹⁰ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹¹ GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7935, South Africa; Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
¹² GINGER, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Clinical Research (Neurosciences), KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya; University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
Capacity Building
Genetic Research
Genetics / education*
Humans
International Cooperation*
Mental Disorders / epidemiology
Mental Disorders / genetics
Nervous System Diseases / epidemiology
Nervous System Diseases / genetics
Neuropsychiatry / education*
United States