The Pan African Medical Journal (Jul 2015)
Multidisciplinary approach to genomics research in Africa: the AfriCRAN model
- Azeez Butali,
- Peter Anthony Mossey,
- Nikki Tiffin,
- Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo,
- Mekonen Abebe Eshete,
- Chrispinanus Mumena,
- Rosemary Audu,
- Chika Onwuamah,
- Pius Agbenorku,
- Mobolanle Olugbenga Ogunlewe,
- Adetokunbo Raphael Adebola,
- Hecto Oladapo Olasoji,
- Babatunde Aregbesola,
- Ramat Oyebunmi Braimah,
- Abimibola Victoria Oladugba,
- Ifeanyichukwu Igwilo Onah,
- Ezekiel Adebiyi,
- Peter Babatunde Olaitan,
- Lukman Olajide Abdur-Rahman,
- Adebowale Adeyemo
Affiliations
- Azeez Butali
- Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Peter Anthony Mossey
- Department of Orthodontics, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
- Nikki Tiffin
- South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag, X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
- Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Mekonen Abebe Eshete
- Department of surgery School of Medicine Faculty of health sciences Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa. Ethiopia
- Chrispinanus Mumena
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kigali Health Institute, P.O. Box 3286, Kigali, Rwanda
- Rosemary Audu
- Human Virology Laboratory, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6, Edmond Crescent, P.M.B. 2013, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
- Chika Onwuamah
- Human Virology Laboratory, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6, Edmond Crescent, P.M.B. 2013, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
- Pius Agbenorku
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, P.O. Box 448, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
- Mobolanle Olugbenga Ogunlewe
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Adetokunbo Raphael Adebola
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
- Hecto Oladapo Olasoji
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria
- Babatunde Aregbesola
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
- Ramat Oyebunmi Braimah
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
- Abimibola Victoria Oladugba
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Nigeria, Nssukka, Nigeria
- Ifeanyichukwu Igwilo Onah
- Department of Plastic Surgery, National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
- Ezekiel Adebiyi
- Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Covenant University Bioinformatics Research (CUBRe), Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
- Peter Babatunde Olaitan
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
- Lukman Olajide Abdur-Rahman
- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Adebowale Adeyemo
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.21.229.7380
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 21,
no. 229
Abstract
This article is an outcome of the African Craniofacial Anomalies Research Network (AfriCRAN) Human Hereditary and Health (H3A) grant planning meeting in 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria. It describes the strengths of a multidisciplinary team approach to solving complex genetic traits in the craniofacial region. It also highlights the different components and argues for the composition of similar teams to fast track the discovery of disease genes, diagnostic tools, improved clinical treatment and ultimately prevention of diseases.
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