Data for Health in Africa Meeting
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5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting
23 - 29 August 2025
CEDI Centre, University of Ghana, Accra

Prof Christian Happi - Speaker

CAMRA: Combatting AntiMicrobial Resistance in Africa Using Data Science (Contact-PI)

Christian Happi is a Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Genomics, and Director of the Institute of Genomics and Global Health (IGH), Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria. He earned his PhD from the University of Ibadan in 2000 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University (2000-2003). He later served as a Research Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health (2004-2007), and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA. Prof. Happi's research focuses on the genomics of infectious diseases-such as malaria, Lassa fever, Ebola, COVID-19, monkeypox, and Marburg-as well as human genomics. He has authored over 230 peer-reviewed publications, with 32,000+ citations and an H-index of 55. He founded ACEGID and IGH, advancing genomics capacity across 42 African countries and training over 2,500 scientists from 53 African nations. In recognition of his groundbreaking research, leadership, and capacity-building, he has received numerous prestigious awards, including TIME100 World's Most Influential People (2025), the HUGO Africa Prize, and the Al-Sumait Prize. He is a Fellow of FAS, FAAS, FAMS, and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM).