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Britt Drögemöller and Galen Wright at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience in South Africa in 2019. (Photo: David Twesigomwe)
Two new Canada Research Chairs awarded prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowships
March 16, 2021
UM Canada Research Chairs Dr. Galen Wright and Dr. Britt Drögemöller, faculty members in the Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, were recently awarded a pair of one-year fellowships that will allow them to collaborate on neurogenomics and precision medicine with Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship program, founded in 2013, is designed to develop long-term collaborations between universities in Africa and North America. The project is one of 56 through which the program will pair African-born scholars in North America with institution in Africa to collaborate on research, graduate training and mentoring activities in the coming months.