In today’s scientific environment, in which most PhD scientists concentrate on a single specific discipline, I might shift toward a more systemic view to approach the challenge in infectious diseases.

I found my niche, and I have not looked back.

When I am seeing an impact, that’s what makes me as a scientist feel an achievement

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

Winning this award opened many doors for me. It has led to success in acquiring local funding.

If we do research, in addition to establishing connections with other researchers, we must also communicate and do a lot of outreach in order to share our science with the community.

In the challenging socio-economic context of developing countries, knowledge should serve to solve the varied problems faced by our societies.

I wanted to show women that it was possible that when you do agricultural sciences, you can go on and do more for your career development.

I desire to see my country, Nigeria, become a leading destination for impactful clinical studies.

OWSD fellowship represents a real empowering difference in my life and career

The main problem in radiotherapy is that most cancer cells are resistant to radiation.

I owe ‘what’, ‘who’ and ‘where’ I am in my career and professional practice today to OWSD because without the PHD Fellowship, all my achievements today would have been nothing but bleak.

When I got my OWSD fellowship, it was an amazing feeling. Before getting the letter, my academic career was a dream, the letter made it possible.

“Am very proud to say that I am encouraging other Cameroonian female scientists to apply for the OWSD fellowship programme and some of them have obtained the grant."

My position is that we should acknowledge what we are lacking of, so that we can keep working.

What has surprised me is the way technology is emerging and affecting the current state of research. We are encountering a fourth industrial revolution that entails advances in computing power, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, which has already been shown to alter the way we conduct research.

The fellowship has really impacted my career. I was working in a university as an Assistant Lecturer, but with the OWSD fellowship I am undertaking a PhD that will allow me to reach the grade of Senior Lecturer.

OWSD's guidance and support allowed me to uncover hidden courage and realize aspects of myself that I never thought I possessed.

" I can boldly declare that OWSD rewarded my brilliance thus giving me recognition and confidence in my professional arena and placed me in national and international scientific communities.”