I think these kinds of organizations and these kinds of events are making the way a little bit easier [for women in science]. I want to express my gratitude to OWSD for having the space for discussions on very difficult topics. It has also produced a space for mentorship, and I think the coming years are going to be much better because there are many more girls and women scientists involved in these goals.

Adriadna Garza Ortiz, Mexico - OWSD member since 2020

Adelle Onyango @ADELLEO · Nov 12

I ran a workshop today for women in science, from ALL OVER THE WORLD on podcasting & storytelling as part of @OwsdSecretariat general assembly & international conference! This was a reminder that everything I do is much bigger than me…which is powerful! #AfricanPodcaster pic.twitter.com/pf9QxJyXFl

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In this corner we highlight some of the most exciting recent achievements of our fellows, alumnae, and awardees. Way to go, ladies!

• Susana Arrechea, a 2020 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation awardee and Treasurer of the OWSD Guatemala National Chapter, has authored an illustrated book for 8-12 year old girls about her own journey as a scientist, funded and distributed by USAID. The book (in Spanish) is freely available for download.


• Simone Badal McCreath, a 2014 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation awardee from Jamaica, was the recipient of an NIH Emerging Global Leader Award in 2020 for over 500,000 USD to fund prostate cancer cell line development, and was named a runner-up in the Nature Scientific Achievement category at this year’s Inspiring Women in Science Awards. She was also promoted to Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor at the University of the West Indies.


• Huda Basaleem, a 2004 PhD fellow from Yemen and OWSD Vice President for the Arab region for 2021-2025, was awarded the 2021 TWAS-Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi Award.


• Pendo Bigambo, a 2018 Early Career fellow from Tanzania, was appointed as a Chairperson for the Sampling Procedures and Test Method Technical Committee for the Tanzania Bureau of Standards. She was additionally appointed by Tanzania’s Minister of Industries and Trade, Kitila Mkumbo, as a member of the Board of Directors for theNational Development Corporation for a 3-year period starting from September 2021.


• María Eugenia Cabrera Catalán, a 2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation awardee from Guatemala, was selected as a recipient of a 2021 research grant from TWAS, the World Academy of Sciences, under their basic sciences grant programme.


• Oppah Kuguyo, a 2016 PhD fellow from Zimbabwe, was awarded the "Best Young African Researchers Award" at the 2021 UNESCO Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit (UNESCO-MARS). She also published two papers in Q1 and Q2 journals: ‘High-risk HPV genotypes in Zimbabwean women with cervical cancer: Comparative analyses between HIV-negative and HIV-positive women’ in PLoS ONE, and ‘Pain management strategies among cervical cancer patients in Zimbabwe’ in Pain Management, and contributed to the World Health Organization's publication on 'Emerging technologies and dual-use concerns: a horizon scan for global public health'.


• Sahar Gamal Elbager Mohamed,a 2016 PhD fellow from Sudan, has been selected as a recipient of the 2021 Islamic Development Bank-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship (IsDB-TWAS).


• Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu, a 2016 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation awardee, received an endorsement from the World Health Organization (WHO) for her programme SEEK GSP, which empowers HIV patients with depression using group support psychotherapy. The programme will be be scaled up nationally with funding from WHO, as one of the African Mental Health Innovations.


• Clarisse Yafi Njua, a 2012 PhD fellow from Cameroon, was a recipient of the Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit (MARS) award for 2021 in the category of MARS Best African Woman Researcher. The award is based on the abstract of her work titled “Pattern and association of immunoglobulin G antibodies to AMA1, GLURP and MSP3 with protection from malaria in a cohort of Cameroonian Children living in Mutengene: Anaemia possibly collateral damage?,” in the Vaccine Development theme.


• Tista Prasai Joshi, a 2019 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation awardee and 2019 OWSD Early Career fellow, was presented with a letter of appreciation and a cash prize for best-performing employees from the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) by Vice-Chancellor Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha.


• Luba Tahtamouni, a 2011 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation awardee, represented Jordan in the RAISA program, a program funded by Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where 20 women leaders met in Madrid to discuss initiatives to empower women in Africa and the Mediterranean. She will also be the Fall 2021 commencement speaker for the College of Natural Sciences, Colorado State University, for the ceremony on December 18th.

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