Marycelin Baba
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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After earning her PhD, Baba became the Head of the Medical Laboratory Science Department at the University of Maiduguri. From 2006 to 2016, she was appointed the Director of the [[World Health Organization]] Polio Laboratory in Maiduguri. In 2009, she became the Professor of Medical Virology at Maiduguri University. |
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In 2012, she had to leave Nigeria due to [[Boko Haram]] terror attacks. She settled in South Africa and Kenya where she was able to continue her research after being awarded two [[Institute of International Education]] [[Scholar Rescue Fund]] fellowships.{{Cite web |title=Dr Marycelin Baba, Scholar Rescue Fund |url=https://www.iie.org/donate/stories-and-impact/impact-stories/dr-marycelin-baba-scholar-rescue-fund/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=IIE |language=en-US}} While she was residing in South Africa, she was able to advance her research on |
In 2012, she had to leave Nigeria due to [[Boko Haram]] terror attacks. She settled in South Africa and Kenya where she was able to continue her research after being awarded two [[Institute of International Education]] [[Scholar Rescue Fund]] fellowships.{{Cite web |title=Dr Marycelin Baba, Scholar Rescue Fund |url=https://www.iie.org/donate/stories-and-impact/impact-stories/dr-marycelin-baba-scholar-rescue-fund/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=IIE |language=en-US}} While she was residing in South Africa, she was able to advance her research on [[enterovirus]]es and [[arbovirus]]es. In 2017, Baba returned to Nigeria. She joined the World Health Organization polio laboratory at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, where she contributed to the near-complete eradication of polio in Nigeria. |
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==Research== |
==Research== |
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