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Dr Bejon appointed as Director KEMRI-Wellcome Trust research programme

Awards and Appointments

Dr Philip Bejon will take over the role of Director of KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme from 1st September 2014.

His appointment follows the decision by outgoing Director Professor Kevin Marsh to leave the programme and work with a range of African and UK-partnered institutions to strengthen scientific capacity in Africa. Dr Bejon is a clinical epidemiologist and has been working with the programme the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme since 2002, specialising in vaccine development.

Read more (Wellcome Trust website)

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