Rising Scholars News

In this blog (part 1 of 2), Aamir Raoof Memon shares his personal experiences of predatory journals – and explains how he educated himself to avoid them.

Dr Funmilayo Doherty is an environmental toxicologist and a lecturer at the Environmental Biology Unit at Yaba College of Technology in Nigeria. We asked her about her experiences of organizing …

This Q&A is part of our series of interviews with mentors and mentees who have used the AuthorAID mentoring and collaboration platform. Oluwakemi Rotimi is a lecturer in biochemistry …

- Biologist Thomas Hesselberg shares some of his experiences of being an AuthorAID mentor and what he has gained from mentoring researchers in Africa and Asia. Interview by Andy Nobes.

- Guest Post by Edwin van Teijlingen, Professor of Reproductive Health Research at Bournemouth University and Padam Simkhada, Professor of International Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University   Recently we …

- Guest Post by Charles Ondieki, Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Machakos Level 5 Hospital, Kenya I recently attended my first international conference The RCOG world congress 2016 …

Adapting to climate change has become urgent not only in rural communities but also in urban areas. With the rapidly growing population and expanding urban areas, climate vulnerability is also …

Guest Post

• By Carolyne Linet Awino Onyango, Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, KENYA

Guest post from an AuthorAID travel grant recipient

- Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja, Senior Resident Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

I was very glad …

Guest Post by Sajanee Gunadasa, Lecturer, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture, Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka I presented a poster at the PERTH III -  Mountains of …