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WAGMC Genomic Medicine Building Inaugurated to Advance Genomic Education and Research in Ghana
The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) celebrated a major milestone on November 8, 2024, with inauguration of its state-of-the-art Genomic Medicine Building at the University of Ghana, Legon.
WAGMC Director Prof. Fiifi Ofori-Acquah named to Lead Georgia’s Solve Sickle Cell Initiative
Global educator Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah has established research centers in Ghana and the U.S.
WAGMC Organizes a 5-day Intensive Short Course in Genomics for Allied Health Professionals
The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC), a World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence at the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, has successfully completed a 5-day intensive short course in Allied Health Genomics (AHG), in Ghana and Nigeria.
WEST AFRICAN GENETIC MEDICINE CENTRE (WAGMC) PRESENTS LAPTOP FELLOWSHIP AWARDS TO UG GRADUATE STUDENTS
The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) has awarded 75 laptops to 75 Postgraduate Students from various departments at the University of Ghana, in support of the Vice Chancellor’s ‘One student One laptop’ (1S1L) initiative. The 1S1L initiative, is aimed at providing affordable and free laptops for students in general
PROF. SOLOMON FIIFI OFORI-ACQUAH DELIVERS HIS INAUGURAL LECTURE
The first Professor of Medical Laboratory Sciences and the Director of the West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) at the University of Ghana, Prof. Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah delivered his inaugural lecture on the topic, “A Journey with Sickle Cell Disease, around the World and a Return Home to Help Find
Sod-Cutting Ceremony Held to Construct WAGMC Multipurpose Genomic Medicine Building Complex
The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) has organised a sod-cutting ceremony to commemorate the upcoming construction of its Multipurpose Genomic Medicine Building Complex. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, was hopeful that the facility, when completed, will assist WAGMC in contributing to the Six Key Strategic Objectives (KSOs)