Prof. Dr. Bismarck Dinko

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsParasitology and Biology of Tropical Disease Pathogens,Medical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology
KeywordsGametocytes, Malaria, Clinical isolates, whole parasite vaccines, Plasmodium falciparum
Honours and awards

2020: Future Leaders African Independent Fellowship, 2020-2022

2019: Travel award to attend Molecular Approaches to Malaria conference, Lorne, Australia

2017: Award to attend Keystone Symposia Malaria Meeting in Kampala, Uganda

2017: Award to attend Malaria Experimental Genetics: Wellcome Trust Genome Advanced Course, Accra, Ghana

2017: Award to attend VIRDE Course, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

2017: VECD Fellowship to attend Global Health Conference at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

2016: Wellcome Trust Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2016-2019

2015: Award to attend Science of Eradication: A Malaria Leadership Development Course, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

2015: VECD Fogarty/NIH Global Health Fellowship, 2015-2016

2014: Travel award to attend the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

2014: Travel Award to attend the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA

2013: Award for NIH Grant Writing Workshop, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

2013: Travel award to participate in the Multi-Lateral Initiative for Malaria Conference, Durban, South Africa

2011: Dr. Helena Vrbova Scholarship

2011: Short-term Research Scholar Award, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA

2009: Award to attend American Society for Cell Biology workshop, Accra, Ghana

2009: PhD award, Ghana Education Trust Fund, 2013-2019

2008: Travel award to attend Infectious Disease Keystone Symposia, Bangkok, Thailand

Current contact address

CountryGhana
CityKumasi
InstitutionKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Homepagehttps://webapps.knust.edu.gh/staff/dirsearch/profile/summary/9aa8ec4a0499.html

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Friedrich FrischknechtUniversitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Zentrum für Infektiologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg

Programme(s)

2025Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers