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Rosemary Ida Kirunda

Home Country

South Africa

GENETIC DEAFNESS AMONG SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONS: THE CHARACTERIZATION OF DEAFNESS GENES IN A POPULATION FROM THE LIMPOPO PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Program

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

Program Country

South Africa

Grant Activity Type

Research

Discipline

Medical Sciences

Specialization

ENT (Surgery)

Academic Year

2018-2019

Dates

November 2018 - August 2019

Flex

Scholar type

Non-U.S. (Visiting) Scholar

Project Title

GENETIC DEAFNESS AMONG SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONS: THE CHARACTERIZATION OF DEAFNESS GENES IN A POPULATION FROM THE LIMPOPO PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Scholar Information

Grantee

Rosemary Ida Kirunda

Title

Consultant ORL, Head Research

Institution

University of Pretoria

Host Institutions

Institution

University of Miami

Faculty

Xue Zhong Liu

Host Department

Department of Otolaryngology