Priscilla Kolibea Mante

Priscilla Kolibea Mante ita ce mace ta farko (wanda a yanzu aka sani kawai) a ƙasar Ghana, mai bincike kuma Farfesa a fannin Magunguna a Sashen Magunguna, Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Kwame Nkrumah, wacce a yanzu haka take a harabar Kumasi. Aikin bincikenta ya mayar da hankali kan hanyoyin magance cututtukan farfadiya masu jure wa magani da kuma cututtukan wurare masu zafi da aka yi watsi da su. A cikin aikinta, ta fi bincika ayyukan maganin farfadiya na shukar alkaloid cryptolepine da ƙwayoyin cuta masu ƙarfi a cikin maganin farfadiya da neurocysticercosis ke haifarwa. Manufarta ita ce gano hanyar da za ta taimaka wa cryptolepine ya shiga cikin tsarin juyayi na tsakiya yadda ya kamata don rage haɗarin farfadiya, yana taimaka wa marasa lafiya su sarrafa yanayinsu yadda ya kamata. Baya ga nazarinta game da farfadiya, Mante ta kuma yi aiki don samar da sabbin hanyoyin magance ciwo, damuwa, da baƙin ciki.      

A shekarar 2019, ita kaɗai ce 'yar Afirka da ta sami kyautar L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talent Award . Ita ce kuma ta sami kyautar L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science bayan karatun digiri na uku a Afirka.       Ta kuma ci gaba da lashe kyautar OWSD Early Career Fellowship ta 2019. 

 Ilimi 
Mante ta kammala karatunta na sakandare a Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Wesley, Cape Coast, Ghana. Ta sami digirin digirgir a fannin Magunguna daga Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Kwame Nkrumah a shekarar 2013. Binciken digirin digirgir na Mante ya mayar da hankali kan amfani da maganin Antiaris toxicaria a matsayin maganin rage kumburi, musamman a Ghana. A wannan lokacin ta kuma yi bincike kan hanyoyin magance cututtukan jijiyoyi na tsakiya. Mante ta yi karatun digiri na uku a Makarantar Likita ta Jami'ar Michigan da ke Amurka, inda ta sami tallafin karatu na STEM Seed Grant na Jami'ar Michigan.  

 Sana'a 
Mante mai rijistar maganin magunguna ce a Majalisar Magunguna ta Ghana kuma memba ce a Ƙungiyar Magunguna ta Ghana. Ta kasance mai rijistar maganin magunguna tun daga 2010. Tun daga 2013, Mante ta yi aiki a Sashen Magunguna na Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Kwame Nkrumah inda take mataimakiyar farfesa. Ita ce tsohuwar shugabar Kwalejin Matasa ta Ghana (2019 - 2022). A shekarar 2022, an zaɓe ta a matsayin shugabar ƙungiyar Matasa ta Duniya . An sake zaɓe ta a karo na biyu a 2023.  Ita ce shugabar ƙungiyar Masana Magunguna ta Ilimi, zamantakewa da Bincike ta Ghana (An zaɓe ta a 2023, an sake zaɓe ta a 2025) kuma memba ce a kwamitin gudanarwa na Ƙungiyar Magunguna ta Ghana (2023-2025); An sake zaɓe ta a karo na biyu (2025-2027). Mante ta sami karɓuwa a duniya saboda jagorancinta a fannin diflomasiyya da manufofin bincike. A matsayinta na Shugabar Kwalejin Matasa ta Duniya (2022–2024), ta haɓaka tsare-tsare don ƙara yawan shigar masana kimiyya a farkon aiki a cikin yanke shawara na duniya. Ita memba ce ta Kwamitin Ba da Shawara na Duniya na UNESCO don Mata a Kimiyya. Mante kuma memba ce a kwamitin gudanarwa na Dandalin Kimiyya na Duniya na 2024. Ta ba da gudummawa ga tattaunawar manufofin kimiyya ta duniya ta hanyar aikinta da ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa kamar Hukumar Tattalin Arziki ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don Afirka (UNECA), da Haɗin gwiwar InterAcademy (IAP) da Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya (ISC). Mante sananne ne saboda sha'awarta ga ilimi da kuma jagorantar mata a kimiyya don ci gaba da ayyukansu.

"Duniya za ta ba mu sarari. Da zarar mata sun matsa lamba don samun manyan mukamai, to da wuya a yi watsi da su." - Dr. Mante, game da karuwar kasancewar mata a fannin kimiyya   

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