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Following the meeting of the Medical Sciences Divisional Committee to consider applications for the conferral of the title of Associate Professor, we are pleased to announce that Rashan Haniffa, Dorcas Kamuya, Isabella Oyier, Le Van Tan and Timothy Walker have been awarded the title Associate Professor

Rashan Haniffa, Dorcas Kamuya, Isabella Oyier, Le Van Tan, Timothy Walker

Our warmest congratulations to the new Associate Professors:

Rashan Haniffa, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU)
Dorcas Kamuya, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya (KWTRP)
Isabella Oyier, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya (KWTRP)
Le Van Tan, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam (OUCRU)
Timothy Walker, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam (OUCRU)

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