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'''Professor Sir Tumani Corrah''' {{postnom|country=GBR|KBE|FRCP|PWACP}} is a Gambian [[clinician]] whose fields of research include [[tuberculosis]], [[HIV]] and [[malaria]]. Corrah is Director of the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF)<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.africaresearchexcellencefund.org.uk/about-us/our-staff/|title=Africa Research Excellence fund|access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref> and Director, Africa Research Development, Medical Research Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/new-director-roles-for-the-mrc-in-africa/|title=New director roles for the MRC in Africa|last=Medical Research Council|first=M. R. C.|date=2017-05-18|website=mrc.ukri.org|language=en|access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref>
== Academic
Tumani Corrah studied medicine at the [[First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg|First Pavlov State Medical University of St Petersburg, Russia]] and [[University of Ibadan|University College Ibadan]], Nigeria. <ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.mrc.gm/mrc-unit-director-awarded-honorary-cbe/|title=MRC Unit Director Awarded Honorary CBE|date=2007-06-15|work=MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en-GB}}</ref>In the late seventies he went to the UK, first to Edinburgh then to Wales, where he trained for his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) as a chest physician in the Department of Medicine, Gwynedd General Hospital. In 1981, after obtaining his MRCP he was appointed consultant physician.▼
▲Tumani Corrah studied medicine at the [[First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg|First Pavlov State Medical University of St Petersburg, Russia]] and [[University of Ibadan|University College Ibadan]], Nigeria.
== Research Interests ==▼
Professor Corrah has published over 70 papers and his most recent work has focused on tuberculosis<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Senghore|first=Madikay|last2=Otu|first2=Jacob|last3=Witney|first3=Adam|last4=Gehre|first4=Florian|last5=Doughty|first5=Emma L.|last6=Kay|first6=Gemma L.|last7=Butcher|first7=Phillip|last8=Salako|first8=Kayode|last9=Kehinde|first9=Aderemi|date=2017-09-19|title=Whole-genome sequencing illuminates the evolution and spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Southwest Nigeria|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5604961/|journal=PLoS ONE|volume=12|issue=9|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0184510|issn=1932-6203|pmc=PMC5604961|pmid=28926571}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gehre|first=Florian|last2=Otu|first2=Jacob|last3=Kendall|first3=Lindsay|last4=Forson|first4=Audrey|last5=Kwara|first5=Awewura|last6=Kudzawu|first6=Samuel|last7=Kehinde|first7=Aderemi O.|last8=Adebiyi|first8=Oludele|last9=Salako|first9=Kayode|date=2016-11-03|title=The emerging threat of pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in West Africa: preparing for large-scale tuberculosis research and drug resistance surveillance|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5094099/|journal=BMC Medicine|volume=14|doi=10.1186/s12916-016-0704-5|issn=1741-7015|pmc=PMC5094099|pmid=27806714}}</ref>, pneumonia<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mackenzie|first=Grant A|last2=Hill|first2=Philip C|last3=Sahito|first3=Shah M|last4=Jeffries|first4=David J|last5=Hossain|first5=Ilias|last6=Bottomley|first6=Christian|last7=Uchendu|first7=Uchendu|last8=Ameh|first8=David|last9=Ndiaye|first9=Malick|date=2017-9|title=Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumonia in The Gambia: population-based surveillance and case-control studies|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5589209/|journal=The Lancet. Infectious Diseases|volume=17|issue=9|pages=965–973|doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30321-3|issn=1473-3099|pmc=PMC5589209|pmid=28601421}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Howie|first=Stephen|last2=Bottomley|first2=Christian|last3=Chimah|first3=Osaretin|last4=Ideh|first4=Readon|last5=Ebruke|first5=Bernard|last6=Okomo|first6=Uduak|last7=Onyeama|first7=Charles|last8=Donkor|first8=Simon|last9=Rodrigues|first9=Onike|title=Zinc as an adjunct therapy in the management of severe pneumonia among Gambian children: randomized controlled trial|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908397/|journal=Journal of Global Health|volume=8|issue=1|doi=10.7189/jogh.08.010418|issn=2047-2978|pmc=PMC5908397|pmid=29713463}}</ref>and the role of leadership in people-centred health systems<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/131446/|title=The role of leadership in people-centred health systems: a sub-national study in The Gambia|last=S.|first=Chigudu,|last2=M.|first2=Jasseh,|date=2018-01|website=eprints.whiterose.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-11-18|last3=U.|first3=d'Alessandro,|last4=T.|first4=Corrah,|last5=A.|first5=Demba,|last6=J.|first6=Balen,}}</ref>.▼
In 2014 Tumani Corrah was appointed as the first Emeritus Director of the [https://www.mrc.gm/ MRC Unit in the Gambia] and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by The [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]] in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the progress of clinical research in The Gambia and in West Africa as a whole.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.mrc.gm/former-unit-director-awarded-honorary-fellowship/|title=Former Unit Director awarded Honorary Fellowship|date=2015-03-17|work=MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM|access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref>
Corrah has been a host of the [[Falling Walls (Conference)|Falling Walls conference]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://falling-walls.com//videos/Tumani-Corrah-10677|title=Tumani Corrah {{!}} Falling Walls|last=Foundation|first=Falling Walls|website=falling-walls.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref>
* In 2016 Tumani Corrah was nominated by the listeners of one of BBC World Service's longest-running radio programmes, ''Outlook'', as one of the world’s most extraordinary people in the world<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.whatson-gambia.com/news/headline-news/1364-the-gambia-s-own-dr-tumani-corrah-among-world-s-most-extraordinary|title=The Gambia’s own Dr. Tumani Corrah among world’s most extraordinary|last=Khan|first=Alieu|work=What's On Gambia - Gambian Celebrity gossip, nightlife, entertainment news, culture & lifestyle|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en-gb}}</ref>. ▼
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* The INDEPTH Network, Chair of the Board of Trustees (since 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indepth-network.org/news-events/news/indepth-board-elects-prof-tumani-corrah-new-chair|title=INDEPTH Board elects Prof Tumani Corrah as new Chair {{!}} INDEPTH Network|website=www.indepth-network.org|access-date=2018-11-18}}</ref>
* [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]], Member of the Global Health Scientific Advisory Committee<ref>[https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/leadership/scientific-advisory-committee Global Health Scientific Advisory Committee] [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]].</ref>
* [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), Member of the African Advisory Committee for Research and Development<ref>[https://www.afro.who.int/about-us/leadership/aachrd African Advisory Committee for Research and Development] [[World Health Organization]] (WHO).</ref>
== Honours and other forms of recognition ==
* In 2007, Corrah was appointed Honorary Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]].<ref name=":1" />
▲* In 2016
*In 2016, Sir [[Leszek Borysiewicz]] named Tumani Corrah and Uganda's [[Nelson Sewankambo]] as Africa's two top scientists.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-chancellor-calls-for-increased-collaboration-with-africa|title=Vice-Chancellor calls for increased collaboration with Africa|date=2016-03-10|work=University of Cambridge|access-date=2018-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201603240788.html|title=Gambia's Tumani Corrah Hailed As One of the Greatest Scientists in Africa|last=Camara|first=Baboucarr|date=23 March 2016|work=The Daily Observer (Banjul)}}</ref>
* In 2019, Corrah was appointed Honorary Knight Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/honorary-british-awards-to-foreign-nationals-2019|title=Honorary British awards to foreign nationals 2019|website=GOV.UK}}</ref> The award became substantive in 2021.
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