“In a groundbreaking achievement, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Anthony Figaji received the prestigious Wellcome Discovery Award, which offers funding for established researchers across disciplines. This grant supports innovative research ideas with the potential to bring about substantial shifts in understanding, ultimately enhancing human life, health and wellbeing.
The Discovery Award is an initiative by the Wellcome Trust foundation established in 1936. A worldwide charitable foundation dedicated to supporting scientific endeavours aimed at addressing significant health challenges affecting people globally.
The recipient, Professor Figaji, is a clinician and researcher in the Division of Neurosurgery at the Neurosciences Institute. He holds the National Research Foundation SARChI Chair of Clinical Neurosciences and is at the forefront of advancing clinically relevant neuroscience research.
This Wellcome-funded research project by Figaji and team aims to deepen understanding of the brain, in particular how the brain responds to infection.”
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