TCHINDA FOSSI CEDRIC
About: Tchinda Fossi Cedric has a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry speciality Pharmacology, Master’s degree in Biochemistry and a Master’s degree in Public Health from University of Yaounde I (UYI) and the Catholic Universty of Central Africa (UCAC) respectively. He is a coordinator of research activities at the Laboratory of Research in Tuberculosis and Pharmacology of the UYI Biotechnology center and also member of research team of Professor Kuete Victor (Full Professor at the University of Dschang-Cameroon and Editor Investigational Medical chemistry and Pharmacology “IMCP”), working in the field of pharmacognosy and investigating the biological and chemical activities of medicinal plants in Africa. In his research, Dr Tchinda is interested in the discovery of new molecules from medicinal plants that can fight against multidrug-resistant phenotypes (MDR) and also studies in Public Heath chronic and infectious diseases. Dr tchinda has also received numerous awards and scholarships during academic studies. He combines research and teaching and has as a major objective to impact the world of research and that of education in order to make his modest contribution to the evolution of science and also to the improvement of living conditions of the populations. He has been an assistant/teacher at the Department of Public Health at UCAC and also at the UYI biochemistry department and, more recently, an investigator/ supervisor at several NGOs working in Cameroon as part of the evaluation and carrying out their research projects in the field.
Location: yaounde-CameroonJob: Research Coordinator
Experience
- Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS)
- Assistant to the Head of Health Promotion and Partnership Section at Regional Fund for Health Promotion in the West (FRPSO)
3 Feb 2020 - 27 Jul 2020
- Co-ordinator of research activities within the project on the Study of Tuberculosis, HIV and Malaria Co-infections in Cameroon. at Tuberculosis and Pharmacology Research Laboratory/University of Yaounde I
1 Jun 2018 - 31 Jan 2020
- DQA Supervisor at Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS)
5 Sep 2017 - 22 Dec 2017
- Mid-term evaluation of the HIV-Free Center and Littoral Regions project funded by PEPFAF / CDC Atlanta at Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS)
15 Jan 2015 - 27 Feb 2015
Education
- Biochimie "Pharmacologie moléculaire" at University of Yaounde I 15 Jan 2015 - 17 Aug 2020
- Public Health "Epidemiology" at Central Africa Catholic University 15 Sep 2014 - 5 Jan 2016
- Biochemistry"Industrial Biochemistry" at University of Yaounde I 3 Sep 2012 - 9 Jan 2014
- Biochemistry at University of Yaounde I 5 Sep 2011 - 31 Jul 2012
- Biochemistry at University of Yaounde I 1 Sep 2008 - 31 Aug 2011