Dr. Thomas Senghore is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Nursing and Reproductive Health and an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Public and Environmental Health all at the University of the Gambia (UTG). He received an MSc and Ph.D. in Public Health (Epidemiology) and an MSc in Bioethics. He has successfully served as Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI in numerous studies. He is an investigator in the ongoing strengthening capacity in health research ethics and methodology in the Gambia, a project funded by the Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health as well as the European Union-funded CAPacity Strengthening of Transdisciplinary Education for Noncommunicable Disease Care in West Africa (CAPSTONE).
His past research focused on genetic and oral cancer epidemiology, child and adolescent nutrition, and intimate partner violence. Currently, his research focuses on non-communicable disease epidemiology and bioethics. Due to his background in epidemiology and biostatistics, he has consulted with organizations such as UNICEF, The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS), the National Aids Secretariat (NAS), the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE), and the Expanded Program on Immunization, The Gambia Ministry of Health.
Dr. Senghore serves as a member of the scientific committee at the School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, a member of the UTG Ethics Committees, and the Educational sub-committee of the Pharmacy Council, The Gambia. He is an ad-hoc peer reviewer for several international journals including BMC Public Health, BMJ Open, International Breastfeeding Journal, Nutrition and Metabolism, and Cancer Medicine. He has also mentored and supervised scores of students at both undergraduate and graduate levels.