Precision Medicine in Africa: Promises and Opportunities
暫譯: 非洲的精準醫療：承諾與機遇

Dr. Fouzia Radouani is the research director at Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco. Dr Radouani is responsible for the Chlamydiae and Mycoplasma laboratory; her research interest includes all diseases associated with Chlamydiae and Mycoplasma infections (Sexually transmitted diseases, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases. She is the principal investigator of the H3AbioNet Pasteur du Maroc Node. As an active and lead member in various associations, she also works as part of the H3Africa consortium and the Africa Biogenome project (AfricaBP) to meet the needs in genomics, data analysis, and biological mechanisms exploration, sharing knowledge. She is a vital member of the African Precision Medicine Initiative and African Genomic Medicine Training (AGMT) Planning team.

Mr. Lyndon Zass is a Project Manager at the Computational Biology Division of the University of Cape Town in South Africa. With a background in Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, he holds an MSc in Human Genetics, which he obtained from Stellenbosch University. Lyndon is the project manager for the African Genomics Data Hub and co-leads the eLwazi Open Data Science Platform's Data Support Working Group. In these roles, he manages projects involving the development of African genomics resources and capacity on the continent. He regularly engages with the DS-I Africa consortium about harmonizing disparate health datasets, facilitating the application of data models and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles.

Prof. Faisal Fadlelmola was the principal investigator of the NIH-funded H3ABioNet Sudan Node (July 2012-June 2024) and a key member of the African Precision Medicine Initiative and the African Genomic Medicine Training (AGMT) Planning Team. He is an accomplished academic and research leader with extensive experience in health genomics, bioinformatics, computer science, biotechnology, and life sciences.

He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in Cancer Genomics and Bioinformatics at the Centre for Translational and Applied Genomics (CTAG) in British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada.

Prof. Fadlelmola is a passionate advocate for genomic medicine, bioinformatics, open science, and scientific capacity-building in Africa. He has played a leading role in training early-career researchers, shaping policy through evidence-based science, and building sustainable research communities. He currently serves as the Secretary-General of the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology - ASBCB (March 2020 to present), and leads initiatives that link scientific knowledge with community empowerment and equitable innovation.

法烏齊亞·拉杜阿尼博士是摩洛哥卡薩布蘭卡巴斯德研究所的研究主任。拉杜阿尼博士負責衣原體和支原體實驗室；她的研究興趣包括所有與衣原體和支原體感染相關的疾病（性傳播疾病、心血管疾病、呼吸系統疾病）。她是H3AbioNet摩洛哥巴斯德節點的首席研究員。作為多個協會的活躍和主要成員，她還參與H3Africa聯盟和非洲生物基因組計畫（AfricaBP），以滿足基因組學、數據分析和生物機制探索的需求，並分享知識。她是非洲精準醫學倡議和非洲基因組醫學培訓（AGMT）規劃團隊的重要成員。

林登·扎斯先生是南非開普敦大學計算生物學部的項目經理。擁有分子生物學和人類遺傳學的背景，他獲得了斯坦倫博斯大學的人類遺傳學碩士學位。林登是非洲基因組數據中心的項目經理，並共同領導eLwazi開放數據科學平台的數據支持工作組。在這些角色中，他管理涉及非洲基因組資源和能力開發的項目。他定期與DS-I Africa聯盟交流，協調不同的健康數據集，促進數據模型和FAIR（可尋找、可訪問、可互操作、可重用）原則的應用。

法伊薩爾·法德勒莫拉教授曾是美國國立衛生研究院資助的H3ABioNet蘇丹節點的首席研究員（2012年7月-2024年6月），並且是非洲精準醫學倡議和非洲基因組醫學培訓（AGMT）規劃團隊的關鍵成員。他是一位成就卓越的學者和研究領導者，在健康基因組學、生物信息學、計算機科學、生物技術和生命科學方面擁有豐富的經驗。他在加拿大卑詩省癌症機構的轉化與應用基因組學中心完成了癌症基因組學和生物信息學的博士後研究。

法德勒莫拉教授是基因組醫學、生物信息學、開放科學和非洲科學能力建設的熱情倡導者。他在培訓早期職業研究人員、通過基於證據的科學塑造政策以及建立可持續的研究社區方面發揮了重要作用。他目前擔任非洲生物信息學與計算生物學學會（ASBCB）的秘書長（2020年3月至今），並領導將科學知識與社區賦權和公平創新相連結的倡議。