2025 Travel Bursaries
Successful recipients of travel bursaries awarded for the BactiVac 6th Annual Network Meeting are listed on this page, together with testimonials highlighting the value of receiving these awards to facilitate travel to our Annual Network Meetings.
Recipients from Africa
Recipients from Africa
Mr Eyob Assefa
Assistant Researcher
National Veterinary Institute
Ethiopia
Prof Mohamed Elhadidy
Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Director of Center for Genomics
Zewail City of Science and Technology
Egypt
Mr Lyona Chimwemwe Kalua
Pre-Masters Trainee
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme
Malawi
Ms Dhvani Kuntawala
Laboratory Research Assistant
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Zambia
Miss Prettimore Mafirakureva
Principal Research Scientist
Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre
Zimbabwe
Mr Ifeanyi Elibe Mba
Doctoral Student Fellow
University of Ibadan
Nigeria
Dr Esther Muthumbi
Assistant Professor
Aga Khan University
Kenya
Ms Cynthia Mubanga
PhD Research Fellow
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Zambia
Recipients from Asia
Recipients from Asia
Dr Jonathan Hasian Haposan
Early-Career Researcher/PhD Student
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Indonesia
Dr Azira Muhamad
Senior Scientist
National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia
Malaysia
Dr Hoai Thu Nguyen Mong
Medical Doctor
Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Professor Farah Naz Qamar
Professor, Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Associate Dean, Research
Aga Khan University
Pakistan
Dr Mohammed Tahir Yousafzai
Assistant Professor
Aga Khan University
Pakistan
Recipients from Oceania
Recipients from Oceania
Mr Fulgence Niyibitegeka
PhD Student
University of Melbourne
Australia

Dr Jessica Rooke
Post Doctoral Researcher
University of Queensland
Australia

Recipients from South America
Recipients from South America
Mr Vitor Alves
PhD Student
Instituto Butantan/University of São Paulo and an ongoing exchange in the University of Oxford
Brazil