Africa

Gaya K. Amarasinghe, PhD, Alumni Endowed Professor of Pathology and Immunology, and a multi-institutional team of researchers were awarded a $16.8 million grant from NIH for their Ebola virus research.

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Aaloke Mody’s soon-to-be-funded NIH grant will support a project in Zambia that helps patients who are living with HIV to remain in care long term.

In addition to working with various NGOs, such as CARE International, Pacific Environment and the Natural Capital Institute, Melinda Kramer is best known for founding The Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA).

Before even graduating from the Washington University School of Medicine, classmates Yang Jae Lee, MD 2021 and Gautum Adusumilli, MD 2021 were already committed to solving some of the most pressing problems in global health equity.

WashU Engineering alumnus, Frank Bergh, BA ’08, uses his education to take electricity to remote regions of the world.

In 2001, Heather Cameron was teaching in Berlin when she had a novel idea that has transformed lives and communities around the world: start a female boxing club.

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) provides WashU students with an opportunity to serve and learn by implementing sustainable engineering projects.

Regarded as one of the nation’s leading African historians, Jean M. Allman shares her passion for the continent through her teaching, mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students, and prolific writing and scholarship.

Farmers outside Kibale National Park in Uganda had a huge problem: elephants kept trampling their crops. This is one of many examples in which human–wildlife interactions become dangerous for both parties.