Capacity building and Training
This work package focuses on capacity-building activities, revolving around the training of doctoral and masters-level graduate students and other junior research scientists involved in the execution of the clinical trial work packages. Under this work package, there will be training, mentoring and capacity building for PhD students, MPhil students, as well as other scientific staff to equip them with skills in conducting high-quality research in sub-Saharan Africa that meets international standards. This will ultimately ensure the capacity development and retention of early and mid-career scientists in sub-Saharan African countries in order to make an impact in the fight against poverty-related diseases.
It is expected that capacity building will be achieved through seminars, workshops, conferences and hands-on practice of scientific procedures necessary to enhance research skills in conducting high-quality research efficiently and effectively. Improving the capacity of individual researchers through training courses will help them to develop the needed skills. Building research capacity that meets international standards will help produce a critical pool of researchers who are able to make use of their knowledge and techniques gained to develop strategies, tools, and methods to tackle diseases that are endemic to Ghana and sub-Saharan African countries. Areas of training will include but are not limited to grant writing, bio-statistics, training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP), research proposal writing and publication skills.
The pictures below show some of the activities that have taken place under work package 3.
A group picture of the research team after the protocol training of the ASTAWOL project
A picture during a biostatistics training meant to equip the research team with skills in data analysis
A picture during Biostatistics workshop organized as part of the capacity building and training for the research team
A hands-on training during a biostatistics workshop to train the research team on data analysis
Picture during grant writing workshop to equip the team with skills in writing and winning research grants
A group picture after research communication workshop organized to equip early career scientists with skills needed to effectively communicate their research findings