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Research Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n Joyce Endeley,<\/p>\n Professor<\/p>\n FondoSikod<\/td>\n LotsmartFonjong, Dr.<\/p>\n Lawrence Fombe, Dr. Irene Sama-lang<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n (Cameroon National Coordinator: CORAF \u2013 WECARD)<\/td>\n West and Central African Council for agricultural research and development (CORAF\/WECARD) competitive grant and commissioned research schemes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n (Cameroon National Coordinator: CORAF \u2013 WECARD)<\/td>\n West and Central African Council for agricultural research and development<\/p>\n (CORAF\/WECARD) competitive grant and commissioned research schemes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Capacity Building Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n – Prof. Simon Efange (Co-PI)<\/td>\n (coordinator; Dr Foba Tendo)<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n Research Projects No Project Title PI Sponsor 1. Integrating waste-to-resource and renewable energy technologies in resource protection for sustainable development\u201d (PM-ET-BTU-UB-Albrecht Dr. Nkwatoh Athanasius Fuashi German Ministry of Education and Resesearch (BMBF) through University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany 2. Using geospatial tools to investigate how defrorestation affects the transmission of malaria in birds. Dr. Anong
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\n No<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n Project Title<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n PI<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n Sponsor<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1.<\/td>\n Integrating waste-to-resource and renewable energy technologies in resource protection for sustainable development\u201d (PM-ET-BTU-UB-Albrecht<\/td>\n Dr. Nkwatoh Athanasius Fuashi<\/td>\n German Ministry of Education and Resesearch (BMBF) through University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2.<\/td>\n Using geospatial tools to investigate how defrorestation affects the transmission of malaria in birds.<\/td>\n Dr. Anong Nota<\/td>\n NAS (National Academy of Sciences)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3.<\/td>\n Multimedia documentation of Babanki Ritual Speech<\/td>\n Pius W. Akumbu<\/td>\n ELDP, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4.<\/td>\n Application of Molecular Biology Techniques to tropical diseases<\/td>\n Prof. Vincent P.K Titanji<\/td>\n ISP\/IPRCS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5.<\/td>\n Relationship between in utero exposure to malaria antigens immune responses of the newborn and disease susceptibility during the first years of life<\/td>\n Dr. Eric Achidi<\/td>\n MIM\/TDR \/Grant for Malaria Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6.<\/td>\n UNICEF\/UNDP\/World Bank<\/td>\n Dr. Eric Achidi<\/td>\n UNICEF\/UNDP\/World Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7.<\/td>\n European Union VARBO Project<\/td>\n Dr. Samuel Wanji<\/td>\n European Union<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8.<\/td>\n Evaluation of the management of waste generated during palm oil production and utilization of composted empty fruit bunches in the Cameroon Development Corporation.<\/td>\n Dr. yinda Godwin Sendze<\/td>\n CDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9.<\/td>\n Medicine for malaria venture<\/td>\n Professor Simon Efange<\/td>\n WHO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10.<\/td>\n IFS Project (\u201cR\u00e9sistance des agents d\u2019infection urog\u00e9nitales aux antibiotiques: recherch\u00e9 de solutions dans quelques esp\u00e8ces des plantes m\u00e9dicinales du Cameroun\u201d)<\/td>\n Dr. Assob Nguedia Jules Clement<\/td>\n International Foundation for Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 11.<\/td>\n Grand challenges in global health initiatives \u2013 Malaria GEN Project<\/td>\n Dr. Eric Achidi<\/td>\n Wellcome Trust-Oxford University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12.<\/td>\n Peaceful application of Nuclear techniques (Influence of seasonal changes in hydrology on nutrient-cycling in West African tropical mangroves.<\/td>\n Dr. Tening Aaron<\/td>\n IAEA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 13.<\/td>\n To establish a drug discovery centre at UB. Project titled \u201cscreening for macrofilaricidal drugs in onchocerciasis\u201d.<\/td>\n Dr. Fidelis Cho Ngwa & Prof. Vincent P. K. Titanji<\/td>\n CELGENE corporation USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14.<\/td>\n T-cell responses to variant surface antigens of Plasmodium falciparum<\/td>\n Professor Vincent P.K. Titanji<\/td>\n Microsoft Corporation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15.<\/td>\n Influenza surveillance in Cameroon<\/td>\n Dr. Lucy Ndip<\/td>\n Henry Jackson Foundation (HJF), USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 16.<\/td>\n Characterization of erhlichia SPP infecting cattle in Cameroon<\/td>\n Dr. Lucy Ndip<\/td>\n TWAS (Academy of Sciences for the Developing World)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 17.<\/td>\n Malaria Pilot Community Research Project<\/td>\n Prof. Theresa Akenji<\/td>\n WHO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 18.<\/td>\n Global Forum for Health Research<\/td>\n Dr. Ndeh Peter<\/td>\n WHO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 19.<\/td>\n Gender, Globalisation and Land Tenure: The Chad-Cameroon Pipe<\/td>\n Professor<\/p>\n IDRC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 20.<\/td>\n Climate variability and climate change in Northern Cameroon<\/td>\n DR. Ernest Molua<\/td>\n IDRC-UNITAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 21.<\/td>\n Application of Genomic and proteomic approaches in the characterization of human and bovine tubercle bacilli and implications for disease control<\/td>\n Prof. Vincent P.K Titanji<\/td>\n BecANet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 22.<\/td>\n The impact of land tenure practices on women\u2019s right to land in Anglophone Cameroon and implications on sustainable development<\/td>\n Professor<\/p>\n IDRC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 23.<\/td>\n Correlation of bark phytochemicals from annickia chlorantha with physiological and environmental variables across a forested African Landscape<\/td>\n Prof. Simon Efange<\/td>\n Smithsonian Institute, Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 24.<\/td>\n The influence of seasonal changes in hydrology<\/td>\n Dr. Tening Aaron<\/td>\n IAEA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 25.<\/td>\n Climate friendly waste management<\/td>\n Dr. Josepha Foba<\/td>\n Commonwealth and foreign office, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 26.<\/td>\n Mechanisms of erythrocytic infection and anaemia in malaria<\/td>\n Prof. Vincent P.K Titanji<\/td>\n University of Notre Dame, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 27.<\/td>\n Women\u2019s Movements and the struggle for Socio-political space in the grasslands of Cameroon: A study of Anlu, Kelu, Tekembeng and Fuembuem<\/td>\n Dr. Roselyn M. Jua, Walters Nkwi and Henry Kah<\/td>\n CODESRIA NWG Research Grant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 28.<\/td>\n Gene-Environment studies in podoconiosis<\/td>\n Dr. Wanji Samuel<\/td>\n Welcome Trust Limited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 29.<\/td>\n Female representative for crop science in Africa<\/p>\n Dr Lum Ayeoffe Fontem<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 30.<\/td>\n Documenting the Royal Honorific Language of Bafut, a Grass fields Bantu Language of North West Cameroon<\/p>\n Dr. Ayu\u2019nwi Ngwabe Neba<\/td>\n HRELP Project, London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 31.<\/td>\n 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Poverty eradication and grass root empowerment through sustainable integrated agriculture development: Fish Cum Rice and Pig production. Lead<\/em> University: Njala University, Sierra Leone.<\/em><\/p>\n Dr. Pius Mbu Oben<\/p>\n World Bank Project:<\/p>\n \n 32.<\/td>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sustainable integrated Pond Based Aquaculture with Rice and Poultry production: Economic, Social and Environmental assessment. Lead<\/em> University: University of Ibadan, Nigeria<\/em><\/td>\n Dr. Pius Mbu Oben<\/p>\n World Bank Project:<\/p>\n \n 33.<\/td>\n Developing a macroflaricial drug for onchocerciasis using anacor\u2019s novel oxaborole technology<\/td>\n Dr. Fidelis Cho-Ngwa & Prof. Vincent P. K. Titanji<\/td>\n New York Blood Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 34.<\/td>\n To establish a Drug Discovery Centre at the University of Buea<\/td>\n Dr. Fidelis Cho-Ngwa<\/td>\n WHO\/TDR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 35.<\/td>\n Studies on developing surveillance\/monitoring and integrated management systems for the oil palm leaf miner beetle (coelaemenodera minuta uhmann) in the Cameroon Development Corporation.<\/td>\n Dr. Ntonnifor Nelson<\/td>\n \/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 36.<\/td>\n IPICS : Biotech Project.<\/td>\n Prof. Vincent Titanji<\/td>\n IPICS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 37.<\/td>\n Benedict College.<\/td>\n Professor Leke Tambo<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 38.<\/td>\n IFS Grant<\/td>\n Dr. Ndip Roland<\/td>\n IFS Grant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 39.<\/td>\n Order, disorder and chaos in biophysical systems: Unveiling the complex dynamics of the neuronal system.<\/td>\n Dr. Dikande Alain Moise<\/td>\n TWAS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 40.<\/td>\n The youths in Africa\u2019s labour market: quality of employment, unemployment and underemployment<\/td>\n Dr. Tabi Atemnkeng Johannes<\/td>\n Africa Economic Research Consortium (AERC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 41.<\/td>\n Using geospartial tools to investigate how deforestation affects the transmission of malaria in birds.<\/td>\n Dr. Anong Nota Demian<\/td>\n NAS sub-grant award<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n No.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n Project Title<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n PI<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n Sponsor<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1.<\/td>\n UB AERC Project<\/td>\n Dr. Sama Molem<\/td>\n AERC Project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2.<\/td>\n Validating a combined geo-epidemiological approach to sampling for a geo-chemical disease.<\/td>\n Prof. Samuel Wanji<\/td>\n WELLCOME Trust to University of Sussex and UB as sub-contractor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3.<\/td>\n University Development Co-operation, Own Initiatives Scheme, 2006: Geohazards Monitoring Project (International collaborative research and capacity building project)<\/td>\n Dr. Samuel Ayonghe (UB based local promoter<\/td>\n VLIR (Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4.<\/td>\n European and Developing countries Clinical Trials Partnerships for a post-doctoral position at UB as host institution for visiting researcher, Dr. Else Carole Ebounbou of the Marie-Curie University in France<\/td>\n Dr. Else Carole Ebounbou<\/td>\n EDCTP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5.<\/td>\n Networks of excellence project<\/td>\n Professor Peter Ndumbe<\/td>\n EDCTP-EEIG, the Hague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6.<\/td>\n Research and Innovation Management Improvement\u00a0 for Africa and the Caribbean for the Successful Stimulation and Dissemination of Research Results (RIMI4AC)<\/td>\n Dr. Josepha Foba<\/td>\n EU ACP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7.<\/td>\n DOBES Training Workshop at the Max Plank Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijegen- Holland<\/td>\n Dr. Roselyn M. Jua, Dr. Gratien Atindogbe\u00a0 and Dr. Canute Ngwa<\/td>\n Volkwagen Shiftung Grant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8.<\/td>\n IFS research project F\/4186-2 titled \u201cResistance of uro-genital tract infectious agents to currently used antibiotics: search for solutions in some medicinal plants from Cameroon\u201d.<\/td>\n Dr. Assob Nguedia Jules Clement, PI<\/td>\n IFS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9.<\/td>\n Developing a macrofilarial drug for onchocerciasis through a pan-Africa consortium<\/td>\n -Dr. Fidelis Cho-Ngwa (PI)<\/p>\n African network for drugs and diagnosis innovation (ANDI) UNECA.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10.<\/td>\n IFS Project No. F\/5122-1 (New Antiplasmodial Compounds from Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) Lam. and Coula edulis Baill. Selected medicinal plants used to treat malaria symptoms in Western Cameroon<\/td>\n Dr. Zofou Denis<\/td>\n IFS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 11.<\/td>\n Generation X in Cameroon, nowhere to go, but everywhere to go, in the twenty somethings.<\/td>\n Dr. Joseph Lo-oh (FED)<\/td>\n DCF Fellowship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12.<\/td>\n The precambrian mineral belt of Cameroon: gold, iron and associated elements.<\/td>\n Prof. Cheo Emmanuel Suh (FS)<\/td>\n AvH grant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 13.<\/td>\n Mapping evolutionary process in the face of climate change:\u00a0 an integrated approach to education and conservation prioritization in Central Africa.<\/td>\n Dr. Eric Bertrand Fokam (UB contact for research team)<\/td>\n National Science Foundation (NSF) grant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14.<\/td>\n Pressures and impact of climate change in Cameroon on Health, water resources and agriculture: Consideration for immediate and future adaptation strategies.<\/td>\n Prof. Samuel Ndonwi Ayonghe<\/td>\n German National Academy of Science Leopoldina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15.<\/td>\n Research grant to carryout fundamental research in mathematics in the University of Buea.<\/td>\n Dr. Agbor Diudonne (FS)<\/td>\n Alexander von Humboldt Postgraduate Fellowship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 16.<\/td>\n Cross-Cultural Psychology: An Africentric Perspective\u201d, Centre File: 107226-001,<\/td>\n Prof. Therese MungahShalo Tchombe<\/td>\n IDRC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 17.<\/td>\n Population genetics of plasmodium falciparum parasites in natural populations of Buea, South Western Cameroon.<\/td>\n Dr. Apinjoh Tobias<\/td>\n The Medical Research Council (MRC) Univ. of Oxford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 18.<\/td>\n development and sustainable breeding of local chicken for improved productivity under local alternative feed DManagement system and Health control<\/td>\n Christian keambou Tiambo<\/td>\n International Initiative Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 19.<\/td>\n Development and sustainable breeding of local chicken for improved productivity under local alternative feed management system and health control<\/td>\n Christian keambou Tiambo<\/td>\n Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace (ABAIM) EMBRAPA-FUNARBE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 20.<\/td>\n Development of a Research Strategic and Operational Plan and Guidelines for Accreditation and Evaluation of Research Units at the University of Buea.<\/td>\n Division of Research and Publications<\/p>\n AAU Seed Grant Project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 21.<\/td>\n UB-ULB Project on strengthening the Onchocerciasis program in Cameroon.<\/td>\n Dr. Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu<\/td>\n Universite Libre de Bruxelles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 22.<\/td>\n Interrogating large scale land acquisitions and its implications for women\u2019s land right in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/td>\n Dr. Lotsmart Fonjong and his research team.<\/td>\n IDRC grant based in Ottawa Canada.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 23.<\/td>\n \u00a0Malaria parasitemia and systemic cytokine bias in pregnant Cameroonian women.<\/p>\n Professor Vincent P.K. Titanji<\/p>\n International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Dr. Achidi Eric Akum<\/p>\n \n 24.<\/td>\n Accounting and OHADA business law.<\/td>\n Prof. Martha Tumnde and Prof. Charles Elad<\/td>\n British Academy Mobility Grant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 25.<\/td>\n Effects of extracts of Aguaria salicifolia on liver diseases, in vitroand in vivo.<\/td>\n Dr. Fotio Lambou epse Tonfack<\/td>\n International Foundation for Science (IFS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 26.<\/td>\n Morphological and molecular identification of fresh water prawn of genus macrobrachium in South Region of Cameroon<\/td>\n Ms. Judith G. Makombu<\/td>\n International Foundation for Science (IFS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 27.<\/td>\n Documentation and description of Zerenkel, an Afro-Asiatic language of Chad belonging to East Chadic language family.<\/td>\n Ramat Sakine (PhD Student at UB, from Chad)<\/td>\n ELDP, SOAS – UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 28.<\/td>\n Programme of implementation research to inform the effective and sustainable scaling-up of integrated neglected tropical disease (NTD) control initiatives<\/td>\n Dr. Samuel Wanji (Co-PI) and Prof. Mark Taylor, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine , PI<\/td>\n LSTM \u2013 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 29.<\/td>\n Computer Science for High School programme (for organization of training workshop for computer science teachers in Fako)<\/td>\n Dr. Denis Nkweteyim<\/td>\n Google grant award<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 30.<\/td>\n British Council, UK England African partnerships in higher education project on the strengthening of PhD training in Africa (South-North, South-South collaborative project)<\/td>\n Prof. Tchombe Fombe<\/td>\n British Council, UK England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 31.<\/td>\n STARS Project (a pilot training \u00a0programme with two main strands of activity involving 12 African universities)<\/td>\n University of Buea (institutional team with Dr. Foba as institutional contact)<\/td>\n Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 32.<\/td>\n Howard University GEAR UP Program in partnership with the University of Buea for undergraduate research\u00a0 exchange mobility of students<\/p>\n Lorraine Fleming (PI), and Josepha Foba,(UB contact)<\/p>\n United States National Science Foundation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"