Abstract

Friday 9 January, 13:00 – 14:00

Speakers: Corinna Alberg and Sara Pensa (Cambridge Africa) and Lucy Woolhouse (Library)

Talk Titles: The Cambridge-Africa Programme

Biography:

Corinna Alberg: Corinna re-joined Cambridge-Africa in January 2023 and became the Programme Manager in January 2024 having been the THRiVE and MUII coordinator from 2016-2021. Corinna worked closely with THRiVE and MUII partners and Fellows based in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. Corinna established remote seminar series on immunology and bioinformatics to assist new Masters courses at Makerere University, Uganda and initiated a new collaboration between the Uganda Cancer Institute and a range of partners in Cambridge.

Corinna’s career has focused on public health. Between 2021- 2023 Corinna worked in Cambridge’s Department of Medicine as a Project manager on the THECA programme – a ‘real world’ clinical trial conducted with Congolese colleagues assessing the impact of a new Typhoid (TCV) vaccine being trialled in DRC and other parts of Africa. Corinna worked for 10 years at the PHG Foundation where her work focused on the incorporation of genetics into health care as genetics increasingly transformed medical and public health practice. Previously Corinna worked as a research associate at Manchester University, as a team leader in the North West Regional Health Authority developing primary care and as a senior health promotion officer in Central Manchester. Corinna’s interest in working with African colleagues on African health priorities was sparked by working as a secondary school teacher in Kenya.