Gabriel Mabou

Dr. Ebasone (MD, PhD) is the Director of Research Operations at CRENC, where he coordinates the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) in Cameroon and oversees the e-learning program.

How to Conduct Your Thesis Ethically

How to Conduct Your Thesis Ethically: A Guide for Health Research Students in Cameroon

In medical research, the line between ethical and unethical practice is not just a matter of moral judgment but now, more than ever, a legal imperative in Cameroon. Recent legislation governing research ethics has elevated the importance of conducting studies with the utmost integrity, making ethical lapses not only morally reprehensible but legally punishable. This […]

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Archiving Medical Research Data

Archiving Medical Research Data Ethically: A Practical Guide

Picture yourself as a researcher, leading an important study, or as a participant, having just shared your personal information with a research project. The data you handle or provide isn’t just a collection of numbers and facts; it’s a mosaic of personal stories, confidential insights, and trust. In this blog, we explore the crucial responsibility

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How to Create Rapport and Make a Patient Comfortable During a Research Interview

How to Create Rapport and Make a Patient Comfortable During a Research Interview

Imagine you’re a participant in a medical research study, about to share personal details about your lifestyle and health. How comfortable would you feel disclosing sensitive information like your drinking habits or sexual history? This scenario underscores the critical role of rapport in research interviews. Establishing trust and rapport is not just about creating a

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The fundamentals of descriptive statistics

The fundamentals of descriptive statistics

Every form of experiment or research involves collecting some data to derive insights, which requires analysis. Statistics is that aspect of mathematics that deals with collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data. Generally, there are two main branches; descriptive statistics, which focuses on summarizing the dataset, and inferential statistics focuses on generalizing results obtained from

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Preparing Informed Consent Forms for Health Research in Cameroon: A Step-by-Step Guide

Informed consent is a basic rule for doing things the right way in healthcare and research. In Cameroon, like many other countries, it signifies the process of educating a participant about the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives of a medical procedure or research intervention. The participant must be competent to make a voluntary decision without

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How to Secure an Ethical Clearance from the Cameroon National Ethics Committee

How to Secure an Ethical Clearance from the Cameroon National Ethics Committee: Steps & Best Practices

Are you planning to conduct health research in Cameroon? Will the study take place in multiple regions or in a region without a regional ethics committee? Will your study involve international collaboration and funding? If so, you’ll need to submit your research protocol, to the Cameroon National Ethics Committee of Research for Human Health or

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Ethics Review in Cameroon

Navigating the Ethics Review Landscape in Cameroon: A Comprehensive Guide for Researchers

In medical and health research, ensuring study participants’ protection, safety, and well-being is paramount. So, an independent and comprehensive ethical review is necessary for research activities involving human subjects. Whether you are planning to conduct medical research in Cameroon or just looking for information on ethics review boards, this is the right post for you.

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Studentship Call 2022

APPLY: CRENC Research Studentships 2022

The CRENC is now inviting applications from MD students, Medical Residents, Masters Students and PhD students, to undertake CRENC Research Studentships 2022 with Prof. Anastase DZUDIE; MD, PhD, FESC, as principal investigator and the CRENC research group, in medical research. These collaborative studentships would be expected to run for between 3 and 12 months, and

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How to present Tables and Figures

How to present Tables and Figures: An Ultimate Guide

Introduction Tables and figures are a great way to communicate your data in an easy and visually appealing way. In this article, you will learn how to present tables and figures that clearly communicate your message, based on recommendations by most Journals and Universities. This article focuses on the practical issues and is suitable both

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Top 10 Tips on How to Make A Breathtaking Presentation: For Thesis Defence and Conferences

When a presentation is not well planned and rehearsed, it may become some form of “conscious sedation” for the audience. If it’s your first time doing an academic presentation, thesis defence, or a conference presentation, you are very likely to be nervous and if your audience is an intimidating one, you might even wet yourself.

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