2021 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Awardee

Dr. Nginache Nampota-Nkomba won the 2021 Sabin Rising Star Award for her extraordinary leadership at Blantyre Malaria Project, a center of excellence in infectious disease research in Malawi established as a partnership between the Universities of Malawi, Maryland and Michigan State. She developed and implemented community-based research to inform immunization solutions in Malawi and on a global scale, was the on-site investigator for a clinical trial of a novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in children, and also investigated HIV/AIDS and malaria in vulnerable communities.