Mouhamad Sy

Dr. Mouhamad spent his fellowship year at the University of Cheikh Anta Diop/Hospital Aristide Le Dantec in Dakar under the mentorship of Amy Bei, PhD and Daouda Ndiaye, PhD, MSc. His research focused on implementing pooling targeted deep amplicon sequencing for malaria drug resistance surveillance in Senegal.

Dr. Mouhamad is a Post Doc fellow at the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal in the International Research & Training Center in Applied Genomics and Health Surveillance (CTGASS) and Yale School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. He would like to apply for a K43 from the Fogarty International Center, a NTH grant, or an early career fellowship from the African Academy of Sciences. His future career goals are to be an independent researcher and to continue research in Senegal incorporating genomic surveillance approaches for malaria, but also applying these methods to enhance regional and global surveillance of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. In partnership with strong collaborating partners and institutions, such as Yale University in the USA, University Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal, he intends to lead his own research group using multidisciplinary research approaches within a One Health framework.