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15th Biennial Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA) Conference; and the 4th Meeting of the Ghana Neuroscience Society (GNS)


Start Date & Time

Wednesday, 27 Oct, 2021 @8:30 am

Ending Date & Time

Thursday, 6 Oct, 2022 @7:0 pm

Virtual

Zoom

In-Person

Fiesta Royale Hotel, Accra - Accra, Ghana

Theme

Neurological Disease in Contemporary Africa

Summary

The 15th Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA); and the 4th Ghana Neuroscience Society (GNS) Hybrid Conference will take place from the 27th to the 30th of October, 2021.

 

The SONA/GNS Hybrid Conference 2021, Accra, Ghana  conference will feature distinguished Speakers, Workshops, International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) Global Engagement and Outreach, oral and poster sessions.

 

Because of the current uncertainty related to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be offered in a hybrid format in which participants can attend virtually or in-person.  

 

The Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA) is the umbrella organisation for the regional and national neuroscience societies and groups in Africa, and an affiliate of the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO). The Society's mandate is to advocate for neuroscience research and teaching in Africa, and host an international conference every two years. The Ghana Neuroscience Society (GNS) is a member of SONA and IBRO.

 

Click here to register for this event

https://sonafrica.org/registration/

Speakers & Presenters

Honourable Kwaku Agyemang-Manu

Minister of Health, Ghana

INVITED PANELIST

Mrs. Delese Mimi Darko

Chief Executive Officer, Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) - Ghana

INVITED PANELIST

Mr. Francis Torkornoo

Ag Director, Narcotics Control Commission - Ghana

INVITED PANELIST

Prof Tracy Bale

Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Epigenetic Research in Child Health and Brain Development (CERCH)

Keynote Speaker

Dr Augustina Charway-Felli

President-Elect, African Academy of Neurology, 37 Military Hospital, Medical Division, Accra, Ghana.

Speaker

Prof Dana Mc Tigue

Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neuroscience and the Centre for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, Faculty Affiliate, Chronic Brain Injury. The Ohio State University. USA

Speaker

Prof Nouria Lakhdar Ghazal

Director of African Center for Advanced Training in Neuroscience, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco., Past Secretary-General, SONA

Speaker

Dr Umar Musa

Director, Narcotics and Controlled Substances, National Agency for Food & Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC), Lagos, Nigeria

Speaker

Prof Lukoye Atwoli

Dean, The Aga Khan University Medical College, Nairobi, East Africa., President-Elect, African College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AfCNP) and Secretary-General, African Association of Psychiatrists (A

Speaker

Prof Samuel Kombian

Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacy, University for Development Studies - Ghana

Speaker - Plenary Talk 1

Dr Mie Rizig

Senior Clinical Research Fellow at University of Central London, Queens Square Institute of Neurology - UK

Speaker - Plenary Talk 2

Mr. Chakah Fattah

President and CEO of Fattah Neuroscience Global Advisors, Former Member of the United States Congress

Speaker - Plenary Talk 3

Prof Zul Merali

Founding Director of the Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University - Pakistan., Professor, faculties of Medicine and Social Social Sciences, University of Ottawa - Canada

Speaker - Plenary Talk 4

Dr Albert K Akpalu

Consultant Neurologist and the Head of Neurology & Neurophysiology, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Senior Lecturer, Centre for Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medicine and Dentistry - UG

Speaker - Plenary Talk 5

Prof Bruno Frenguelli

Professor of Neuroscience at University of Warwick - UK

Speaker - Plenary Talk 6

Dr Lihle Qulu

Neuroscientist and is a lecturer in the Discipline of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, UKZN - South Africa

Speaker - Plenary Talk 7: James Kimani Award Lecture

Prof James Adjaye

Director of the Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine within the Faculty of Medicine at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf - Germany

Speaker - Plenary Talk 8

Target Audience

Doctors, Pharmacists, Neurologists, Researchers

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