Taiwo Lateef Sheikh

Exciting news from our DepGenAfrica Ethiopia site 🇪🇹 🎉The team has recruited their 2⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣th study participant🎉 Huge congratulations to the team. Sincere thanks to all participants and our funder @wellcometrust @DrS_Teferra @melkam_kebede @AddisAbabaUni

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 closed the country updates. @melkam_kebede and @DrS_Teferra reported strong progress as they approach 1,500 participants🌟 4/7

A full day of exciting research updates on this landmark study concluded with forward-looking discussions including plans for genetic data generation led by Profs @psychgenomics and #MichéleRamsay, plus phenotypic analyses, and upcoming papers 5/7

Day one concluded on a strong note, thanks to the brilliant partners pictured here and colleagues joining online @wellcometrust 6/7

Want to learn more about @depgenafrica? Our study protocol paper is now published in Wellcome Open Research doi.org/10.12688/wellc… @Akanbiodi @jaredgmaina @wisdomnakanga @ChebiiVivien #RodneyTholanah @sir_cruzy @drjameswalters 7/7

🚨New preprint from #DepGenAfrica!🚨 We are building a landmark study in #PsychiatricGenetics, the first large scale genetic study of Major Depressive Disorder #MDD in Africa 🌍🧬supported by @wellcometrust Here’s what you should know 🧵👇 1/7

@official_IYO Congratulations!🎊

I am deeply humbled to be recognised and honoured with the award of the "Legislative Champion for Public Health Resilience" at the Strategic Health Summit held today at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.

Depression Genetics in Africa (DepGenAfrica) biannual meeting in Ethiopia. All smiles as we kick off with a cake-cutting ceremony! @mcintosh2001 @DrS_Teferra @jaredgmaina @psychgenomics

Prof. Andrew Mcintosh -Depression Genetic Africa giving a plenary talk during biannula meeting at Addis. It is all about depression genetics.

🔊The launch of Depression Genetics in Africa in Ethiopia - suported by @wellcometrust DepGenAfrica is recruiting in Malawi @MEIRU_MALAWI & commences shortly in Nigeria @TaiwoSheikh @Akanbiodi Incredibly exciting to be part of this project

Travelling back to the UK from our 3rd @depgenafrica meeting at @SBIMB1 in Johannesburg. A very productive, collaborative & happy meeting, supported by the @wellcometrust

@zion_ameh @uju_ugochukwu @Titilayotade @SurpinNg @HadizaLolo @MandateHealthNG @AfricaAMHROA @CoachLucci_ @CAFOD @seyifara @WHO @BarrUjuKennedy @AfricanSuicide @Apas_africa @APASGAMBIA Join us… 10th September 2024.

The Nigeria Suicide Prevention Advocacy Working Group invite! Shifting Perspectives; Redefining Suicide Prevention in Nigeria “ When you feel like giving up, just remember why you held on for so long” - Haley W @uju_ugochukwu @titilayotade @surpinng @HadizaLolo @TaiwoSheikh

It involves colleagues in Nigeria, including @TaiwoSheikh, Tosin Adekeye & @Akanbiodi who are recruiting people with depression from clinical psychiatric facilities. 🇳🇬

This Wellcome Trust funded project will also establish a Pan-African depression genetics network, contributing to capacity building and African PI-led funding.

Populations in Africa, Southeast Asia and South America are often underrepresented in #genetics research, including #depression research. @depgenafrica seeks to recruit >10,000 depression cases in Ethiopia, Malawi and Nigeria.

Next we are hearing from @mcintosh2001 and @jaredgmaina about an Africa-UK collaborative project aimed at studying the genetics of depression among Africans, @depgenafrica. 🌍

Join us as we discuss “Reversing Africa’s suicide toll: a focus on youth” at Official Side Event of the 3rd CPHIA hosted by LifeLine International and Africa CDC. Africa CDC LifeLine International #suicidepreventionawareness #youthmentalhealth

🧬Mental health campaigners have scaled up their push to decriminalise #suicide on the continent. Accross #Africa there are at least 11 countries where it remains a crime. Dr Taiwo Lateef (@TaiwoSheikh), the african coordinator for @LifeLineInt is giving us insights ⤵️

Integrate suicide prevention into Africa’s mental health programs The relationship between mental health and suicide is obvious: 90 percent of suicide-related deaths are linked to mental health conditions and substance use disorders @MHChat businessdailyafrica.com/bd/opinion-ana… via @BD_Africa