Alhaji Njai

Dr. Alhaji U. N’jai is a technical leader, thought leader, and scholar with broad educational and research interests at the intersection of biomedical science, environmental science, public health, anthropology, and indigenous African Knowledge Base systems. Apart from being an Associate Professor of Medicine at California University of Science and Medicine, Colton, California and University of Sierra Leone, he is also serves as a Director of University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute One Health Center West Africa. Dr. N’jai is also the founder and chief strategist of Project 1808, Inc and Principal of Koinadugu College in Kabala, Sierra Leone. Since December 2014, Dr. N’jai led Ebola and emerging infectious disease pathogen research in Sierra Leone that resulted in groundbreaking contribution to our knowledge on Acute Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers. His research work in the areas of expertise functional genomics, immunology, toxicology, and stem cell biology have resulted in multiple publications and offered new paradigms around aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor signaling and Cytochrome P450 metabolism pathways. He is a member of the college of experts for the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) in Gambia, where he chairs selection and mentoring of postdoctoral fellows across Africa. From 2011-2016, Dr. N’jai was Senior Scientist and Toxicologist, Global Research and Development at Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He also serves as the chairman of the One Health Technical Working Group in Sierra Leone and co-chair of the West African Consortium for Clinical Research on Epidemic Pathogens (WAC-CREP). He is a Principal Investigator and member of the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition (APDC) and a Co-Principal Investigator for the University of Tokyo Pandemic preparedness, Infection, and Advanced research center (UTOPIA). He is a member of the Sierra Leone National Ethics and Scientific Review Committee, where he serves as the focal point for epidemic diseases and emergencies. In December 2019, he was recognized in the list of the top 100 of the 1000 most influential Black Scientists in America by Cell Mentor. In 2022, he was selected as the Kansas University African Studies Center (KASC) AUT 2022 KASC African Affiliate Fellow. He is the current managing editor of the Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research.
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