Keynote Speaker

Biography

Theresia Nkuo-Akenji from Cameroon, obtained a BSc. in Medical Technology from St. Mary of the Woods College, Terre Haute Indiana; MSc in Microbiology from the State University of New York, Buffalo and PhD in Parasitology/Immunology from Louisiana State University all in the USA. She was appointed Vice-Chancellor of The University of Bamenda on November 27, 2015. Before her appointment to The University of Bamenda, she was a pioneer lecturer of the first Anglo-Saxon styled University in Cameroon, the University of Buea, where she served in several positions namely Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Internal Control, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Vice Dean of Student  Affairs and Records in the Faculty of Science and Head of Department of Life Sciences.  Her research interest is in the Immunology of Malaria and interactions of malaria parasites with other tropical disease pathogens. She has published extensively.

She is the current Board Chair of RUFORUM and Vice President of the Association of African Universities (AAU). Prof Akenji is the founder of the Cameroon Interdisciplinary Research Consultancy (CIRECON). She is a Parasitologist/Immunologist specializing on tropical diseases and has served on Cameroon’s National Elections Observatory