Immunopaedia Ambassadors – Africa

Our Ambassadors from across the African continent.

What is your name?
Doudou Georges Massar Niang

What is your current position
Medical resident in Clinical Biology and PhD Candidate in immunology

Which institute and country do you work in?
Medical Residency: Hôpital Général Idrissa Pouye (Dakar, Senegal) & Doctoral Studies: University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD, Dakar, Senegal)

What is your home country?
Senegal

What are your research interests?
Gynaeco-mammary cancers, Immuno-genetics

Tell us about yourself and your research interests:
I’m pharmacist and I hold a MSc degree in Immunology. I am currently studying Genetic (MSc Programme) and I’m also a PhD student in Immunology at University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD). My research mainly focus on breast and cervical cancers. I’m investigating the immuno-genetic determinants of our epidemiological specificities in Senegal (patients are younger and diagnosed in advanced stage with poor rate of survival despite therapeutic intervention), with aim to find new biomarkers.

What are your online profiles?
LinkedIn

Immunology Keywords: Cancer, genetic, biomarker