IBRO Africa Regional Committee (ARC) Test Drive

The IBRO Africa Regional Committee (ARC) is an IBRO Regional Committee composed of elected voluntary leadership that focuses on supporting and promoting neuroscience in the African region based on its specific needs and conditions. Our activities include:

1. Developing and proposing the annual funding budget for IBRO’s African activities
2. Reviewing grant applications for IBRO African and global programs
3. Holding an annual committee meeting to review, discuss and identify African neuroscience priorities
4. Advising IBRO leadership on regional needs, challenges and opportunities
5. Working closely with the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa, the IBRO African member societies and other African and global scientific networks to increase brain research and awareness in the region.

Budget Allocation for 2020 | Total 240,000 EUR

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6,000

IBRO-ARC Committee Members:

Samir Ahboucha (2012)
Hassan First University
Khouribga, Morocco

Fleur Howells (2019)
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

Angelina Kakooza  (2014)
Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Kampala, Uganda

Pierre Luabeya (Chair, 2012)
Kinshasa University School of Medecine/Hôpital Neuro‐Psychiatrique Saint‐Martin
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)/Dave, Belgium

James Olopade (2012)
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria

Thomas Tagoe (2019)
University of Ghana
Accra, Ghana

Desire Tshala-Katumbay (2019)
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, USA/DR Congo

Amira Zaky (2016)
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

CO-OPTED MEMBERS:

A Gallo Diop
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Dakar, Senegal

Vivienne Russell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

Nouria Lakhdar-Ghazal
Mohammed V University
Rabat, Morocco