MRTC-Parasito PhD workshop for the Thesis Review organised by WANECAM 2

Context

As part of its capacity building activities, the WANECAM 2 project has initiated a pedagogical workshop for MRTC-Parasito PhDs for the review of theses with the aim of better formalizing the follow-up of all PhDs to enhance the quality of human resources that MRTC-Parasito trains locally.

Objective

This activity took place from 19 to 20 September 2022 in the bioinformatics training room of DELGEME in the presence of Prof. Abdoulaye Djimdé, Director of MRTC-Parasito and Coordinator of WANECAM 2 and all the principal investigators of MRTC-Parasito who are also the supervisors of the PhD students.

The main objectives were to:

• to share the progress of the thesis with the Scientific Leadership of MRTC-Parasito;
• to make preliminary corrections to the presentations;
• to provide communication techniques for a better presentation of the work done;
• identify a local Thesis Committee of 2 supervisors in addition to the Thesis Director for a bi-annual follow-up of each PhD student.

All presentations focused on malaria control strategies such as:

• the setting up of surveillance tools for the genetic mutation of malaria parasite;
• proposals for the implementation of control tools;
• the treatment protocol for uncomplicated malaria.

Students were given 15 minutes to present their work and 10 minutes for questions and answers.

The format of the workshop was hybrid: 30 people attended face-to-face, 30 followed the work online (ZOOM) and 21 PhD students made an oral presentation.

The workshop closed with words of encouragement and congratulations from the WANECAM 2 Coordinator to the supervisors and PhD students.

The objectives of the workshop were achieved.

The next meeting has been scheduled in 6 months for a new update of the research work.

We thank WANECAM 2 for this opportunity!!!