Five medical and life science researchers from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean Basin have received the 2013 Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World. The recognition was for work that could contribute to life-saving knowledge and therapies worldwide.
The prizes were awarded by the Elsevier Foundation, the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, to build research capacity and advance scientific knowledge throughout the developing world.
The 2013 winners are being recognised for their research excellence. The prize includes $5,000 and all-expenses paid attendance at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston in February 2013. The winners received their prizes on February 16.
The winners included Central & South Asia: Dr. Nasima Akhter, Center for Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka Medical College Hospital Campus; East and South-East Asia & the Pacific: Dr. Namjil Erdenechimeg, Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences; Latin America & the Caribbean: Dr. Dionicia Gamboa, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Lima; Arab region: Dr. Huda Omer Basaleem, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Aden University, Yemen; and Sub-Saharan Africa: Dr. Adediwura Fred-Jaiyesimi, Department of Pharmacognosy, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria
The 2014 awards will be launched on April 2, 2013 and the theme will be Chemistry.
