Colleges
Sainabou Laye Ndure
Mastercard Foundation scholar
MSc Genomic Medicine, Reuben College
Gambia
Sainabou is taking the MSc in Genomic Medicine at the University of Oxford. She studied Molecular Biology and Genetics for her Undergraduate Degree at Eastern Mediterranean University and subsequently worked as a scientific officer in the Genomics Platform at the Medical Research Council, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As part of this project, she was part of the team that performed SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and analysis in The Gambia.
Following her studies in Oxford she intends to work with community outreach programs to raise awareness in rural areas about genetic disease and bringing comfort to those affected.