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 Dr. Aiah Gbakima
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Morgan State University
1700 E. Coldspring Lane
Baltimore, Maryland 21251
Key 153/162
(tel) 443-885-4685
agbakima@morgan.edu |
Research Interest
Dr. Gbakima is primarily interested in the use of molecular approaches
to enhancing the detection of Escherichiacoli and E. coli 0157:H7
in environmental water systems and in sludge waters. In addition, he
is also interested in using molecular approaches to study the diversity
of microorganisms in water systems using the high throughput 16S rRNA
sequencing to characterize microbial populations in stream habitat. in
Maryland and in selected overseas nations. He is also interested in using
molecular techniques to detect low level parasitic and tropical disease
conditions in the field. Furthermore, he is involved in the development
of sensitive and simple immunological assays to be adapted for field
based conditions in developing nations and the training of young developing
nation scientists, physicians, and social and behavioral scientists in
medical and social science research to strengthen the human capacity
to solve the problems of developing nations. Furthermore, Dr. Gbakima
is interested in facilitating international research training of minority
students in the field to encourage cross-cultural fertilization between
people everywhere in the world. Dr. Gbakima also uses epidemiological
and clinical manifestation, transmission patterns, and chemotherapeutic
techniques to control diseases that pose major public health and socioeconomic
problems worldwide because the application of these techniques will enhance
the evaluation and monitoring of national and international health programs.
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Honors/Awards
Who and Who Among America’s University Teachers – 2002
Who and Who Among America ’s University Teachers –2004
Editor-in-Chief, African Journal of Environmental Assessment & Management
(AJEAM) |
Professional Society Membership
New York Academy of Sciences –2004
Vice President: International Society of African Scientists – 2003-2006
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
American Society of Microbiology (National & Maryland Branch)
Tropical Medicine Dinner Club of Baltimore/Washington
Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (CACMID) |
Publications
- Terry, BC., Kanjah, F., Kortequee, S., Dukulay,
I., Sahr, F. & Gbakima, AA. 2001. Sarcoptes scabiei
infestation among children in displacement
camps in Sierra Leone. Publ. Hlth. 115: 208-211.
- Sahr, F., Willoughby, V., Gbakima, AA& Bockarie,
MJ. 2001. Apparent drug failure
following
treatment with artesunate for
Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Ann Trop
Med
Parasitol. 5(5): 445-449.
- Willoughby, V., Sahr, F., Russell, JBW, & Gbakima,
AA. 2001. The usefulness of
defined clinical
features in the diagnosis of
HIV/AIDS infection in Sierra Leone. Cell Mol Biol. 47(7): 1163-1168.
- Gbakima, AA., Terry, BC., Kanjah, F., Kortequee, S., Dukulay,
I & Sahr,
F. 2002. The prevalence of
bedbugs (Cimex hemipterus and
Cimex lectularius) in displacement camps in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
West Afr. J. Med. 21(4): 268-271.
- Gbakima, AA., Williams, TJC., Farma, OG. & Bah, ZJ.
2002. Onchocerciasis in Sierra
Leone: absence
of microfilaraemia and microfilarumia
in a forest region in eastern Sierra Leone. J. Pure & Appl. Sci.
8:
51-53.
- Higgins, JA.,Nasarabadi, S., Kams, JS., Shelton, DR.,
Cooper, M., Gbakima, AA. & Koopman, RP.
2003. A handheld real time thermal
cycler for bacterial pathogen detection. Biosensor & Bioelectronics.
18(9): 115-123.
- Gbakima, AA., Appawu, MA, Dadzie, SK, Karikari, C.,
Sackey, SO, Baffoe-Wilmot, Gyapong,
J &
Scott, AL. Lymphatic filariasis
in Ghana: establishing the potential for an urban cycle of transmission.
In
Press: Tropical Medicine & International Health.
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