Julie Makani Quotes

Tanzanian medical researcher

Julie Makani (born 1970) is a Tanzanian medical researcher. From 2014 she is Wellcome Trust Research Fellow and Associate Professor in the Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). Also a visiting fellow and consultant to the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, she is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In 2011, she received the Royal Society Pfizer Award for her work with sickle cell disease.

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Alternative Names: J. Makani • J Makani • Makani • Makani J • Makani J.

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Thank you to WHO for selecting our consortium and we salute all nominees each of whom has made an incredible contribution to the scientific public health community. Thank you as well to the Government of Tanzania who supported and included the sickle cell disease as a priority condition in the non-communicable diseases programme.

We are not making science for science. We are making science for the benefit of humanity.

The ultimate thing for me, particularly as a physician scientist, is not just discovery, but also seeing the application of knowledge…into (an) improvement in health.

Whichever field you are in, remember that you are making a difference whether or not you can see it in front of you.