Ambroise Wonkam

Ambroise Wonkam is a Medical doctor, a scholar, and professor of genetic science from Cameroon and practitioner in South Africa.

Ambroise Wonkam
Alma mater
  • University of Cape Town Department of Medicine 

Biography

Education

Ambroise Wonkam was born in Cameroon. He went to the faculty of medicine and biomedical sciences of the University of Yaoundé I.[1]

He got a PhD from the University of Geneva in Switzerland in the Department of Morphology on the topic "Fardeau de la derpanocytose et diagnostic génétique prénatal au Cameroun".[2]

Teacher at the medical center in South Africa

Ambroise Wonkam is a medical practitioner in African and European countries. He is a professor at the faculty of medicine at the University of Cape Town.[3] He manages the African society of human genetics.

Sequencing millions of African DNAs

Ambroise Wonkam is promoter of a project that aims to sequence, in 10 years time, the DNA of 3 millions of Africans. This multi-billion dollar project should be financed by African countries.[4]

Distinctions
  • Prix Denber-Pinard 2003 from the University of Geneva's Faculty of Medicine.

Notes and references
  1. "Invité Africa - Ambroise Wonkam: "Séquencer plus de personnes d'origine africaine a major source for l'Afrique "". RFI (in French). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Noaye, Yvan (8 January 2021). "Dr Ambroise Wonkam, le génie africain qui utilise la génétique (ADN) pour soigner les maladies les plus mortelles du continent - Genie d'afrique" (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Professor Ambroise Wonkam MD (Yaoundé) DMedSc (Geneva) PhD (Cape Town) | Institute Of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine". www.idm.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. "Invité Afrique - Ambroise Wonkam: "Séquencer plus de personnes d'origine africaine a un intérêt majeur pour l'Afrique"". RFI (in French). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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