Dr. Ogobara Doumbo is the Director of the Malaria Research and Training Center and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases at the University of Mali. From 1996 to 2001, he directed the Mali-Tulane Tropical Medical Research Center Program under a NIH grant; since 1994, he has served as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Tropical Medicine at the Tulane School of Public Health. An accomplished researcher and clinician, Dr. Doumbo has acted as primary investigator for numerous malarial drug trials, and worked on the WHO-sponsored Multilateral Initiative on Malaria/Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (MIM/TDR) task force on malaria research in Africa. Dr. Doumbo is the recipient of numerous scientific and teaching accolades, including the CIWARA PRICE in Biomedical Research, the Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mali, the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur Francaise, and, most recently, the Research Award on Malaria in Africa at the 6ème Forum International in Bamako. Dr. Doumbo received his MD from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Mali and his PhD from the University of Montpellier, France in Parisitology. He has also received certificates in Epidemiology and Bioethics from Johns Hopkins and Harvard Universities.