Aiah Albert Gbakima

Background

Gbakima, Aiah Albert was born on September 1, 1951 in Motema, Kono, Sierra Leone. Son of Sahr Yongai and Bundu Mattu (Gborie) Gbakima.

Education

Bachelor in Biology, Elon College, 1976; Master of Science in Public Health, U. North Carolina, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1982; P.D. fellow, Case Western Reserve University, 1983.

Career

Lecturer, researcher, U. Sierra Leone, 1983-1988; senior lecturer, U. Sierra Leone, 1988-1990; associate professor, U. Sierra Leone, since 1991; senior Fulbright fellow, United States Information Agency, Washington, 1991-1993; visiting scholar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1993. Consultant researcher Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1985-1988, U. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1988-1993. Consultant tropical diseases U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1988-1991, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1989.

Achievements

• Aiah Albert Gbakima has been listed as a noteworthy Biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member county Federation African Immunol. Socs., Kenya, 1992. Member American Society Tropical Medicine, National Council for International Health, Elon College Honor and Leadership Society, Lions International (board directors since 1989).

Connections

Married Hanna Kumba Gumbridge, June 18, 1977. Children: Sia M., Sahr V., Tamaba H., Kumba Y.

Father:

Sahr Yongai Gbakima

Mother:

Bundu Mattu (Gborie) Gbakima

Spouse:

Hanna Kumba Gumbridge

child:

Sia M. Gbakima

child:

Sahr V. Gbakima

child:

Tamaba H. Gbakima

child:

Kumba Y. Gbakima