PNG masanin harhada magunguna ya zaɓi shugaban farko na Kwalejin Kimiyya na Pacific

Farfesa Teatulohi (Lohi) Matainaho, babban mai bincike a duniya a fannin likitancin gargajiya da gano magungunan zazzabin cizon sauro, ciwon daji, HIV da tarin fuka da kuma game da bambancin halittu da tsara manufofin kimiyya na Papua New Guinea, an zabe shi a matsayin shugaban farko na Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Pacific. .

Firayim Ministan Samoa Hon. Fiame Dr Naomi Mata'afa a jawabin da mataimakin firaministan kasar Hon. Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio a taron shugabannin gwamnatocin Commonwealth a Samoa a ranar 23 ga Oktoba, Kwalejin na nufin haɓaka haɗin gwiwar kimiyya da haɓakawa a cikin yankin tsibiran Pacific da haɓaka nazarin da aikace-aikacen kimiyyar halitta da zamantakewa, ɗan adam, Ilimi da fasaha na asali. .

Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar Adventist na Pacific, Professor Matainaho, an nada shi shugaban farko na Kwalejin Kimiyya na Pacific daga cikin 12 Gidauniya Fellows, dukkan fitattun malaman tsibirin Pacific, wadanda za su taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen jagorantar Kwalejin don cimma burinta. 

Shuwagabannin Makarantun Kimiyya na Duniya sun yi maraba da zaben Farfesa Matainaho don jagorantar Cibiyar Ilimin Kimiyya ta Pacific gaba.  

Ina taya Farfesa Matainaho murnar zaɓen da aka yi masa a matsayin shugaban kwalejin kimiyya na Pacific,” in ji shugaban Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Australiya, Farfesa Chennupati Jagadish. "Ba wai kawai mai bincike ba ne da ake mutuntawa a duniya ba, yana da sha'awar irin rawar da kimiyya, ilimin gargajiya da kuma baiwa matasa masana kimiyya damar taka wajen sanya rayuwar al'ummomin tsibirin Pacific da kuma duniya ta zama wuri mafi kyau.

Babban Farfesa Chennupati Jagadish, Shugaban kasar Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Australiya,

Lohi jagora ne mai ban mamaki wanda ke ciyar da ƙarni na gaba na masana kimiyyar Pacific da duniya ke buƙata.

Babban Farfesa Dame Jane Harding, shugaban kungiyar Royal Society Te Aparangi

Ba zan iya tunanin ingantaccen mai ba da shawara da murya don kimiyyar Pacific ba. Ina taya Jami'ar murna a kan wannan fitaccen nadin da Lohi bisa yadda ya cancanta.

Sir Peter Gluckman, Shugaban Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya da Daraja Fellow na Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Pacific

Farfesa Matainaho, wanda ya kasance Co-chair na Kwamitin Kafa don Kwalejin na watanni 12 na ƙarshe tun lokacin da malaman Pacific suka yi a kuri'a gaba daya don amincewa da shi a cikin Oktoba 2023, ya ce an karrama shi da damar da ya samu na jagorantar Kwalejin.

An girmama ni da aka naɗa ni a matsayin shugaban farko na Kwalejin Kimiyya na Pacific. Na kuduri aniyar yin aiki da Gidauniyar Fellows da sauran al'ummar kimiyya don gina wata cibiya mai fa'ida da tasiri wacce za ta amfana da yankin Pacific da bayanta.

Cibiyar Kimiyyar Kimiyya ta Pacific za ta tattara iliminmu da ƙwarewar gida kuma za ta tallafa wa matasanmu da ci gaban aikin su a cikin Pacific don Pacific ta hanyar samar da masu jagoranci da gina haɗin gwiwa tare da takwarorinsu a yanki da duniya. Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Pacific tana ba da dama mai ban sha'awa don haɗa masana daga ko'ina cikin duniya waɗanda ke da manufa ɗaya, wato: magance kalubalen duniya ta hanyar kimiyyar tushen shaida da ilimin aiki."

Professor Teatulohi (Lohi) Matainaho, Shugaban kasar Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Pacific

Shahararren malami kuma kwararre a fanninsa, Farfesa Matainaho ya kawo kwarewa da ilimi a wannan matsayi. Ya yi digirin digirgir a Jami'ar Papua New Guinea (UPNG 1983) da PhD a fannin harhada magunguna daga Jami'ar Queensland (1993). Tsohon farfesa na ilimin likitanci na asali da ilimin likitanci kuma Dean of Research a UPNG, ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Papua New Guina (PNG) da Babban Mashawarcin Kimiyya ga Gwamnatin PNG. Farfesa Matainaho ya gudanar da bincike a Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Queensland, Cibiyar Ciwon daji ta Amurka da Jami'ar Utah, Amurka.

Ɗaya daga cikin tagwaye da aka haifa a PNG a lokacin da tagwaye suka kasance haram, gudunmawar da ya ba wa al'umma zai iya ɓacewa cikin sauƙi a lokacin da aka haife shi lokacin da ƙasar ta kasance cikin bautar ruhi da al'adun arna.       

Nan da nan sai farin cikin mahaifiyata ya koma bakin ciki mara misaltuwa yayin da rikicin dangi ya barke kan abin da za a yi da yaran tagwaye da ba a yi tsammani ba,” Farfesa Matainaho ya bayyana labarin da aka ba shi bayan rasuwar mahaifiyarsa. “Don haka, an yanke shawara mai ƙarfi cewa dole ne a kashe yaran tagwaye masu lafiya kuma an binne su. An tona ramuka. Amma ta wurin shiga tsakani na Allah, wani kawu da ke da horon likitanci da kakan mahaifiyata sun cece mu. Kakana shi ne babban sarki kuma ya yi ikirarin mu a matsayin nasa, yana ba mu suna ma'ana an sanya mu a karkashin kariyarsa.

Professor Teatulohi (Lohi) Matainaho, Shugaban kasar Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Pacific

Duk 'yan'uwan biyu sun ci gaba da kammala karatun digiri na uku, Lohi a fannin likitanci da kuma ɗan'uwansa tagwaye a injiniyanci. 

An kafa Cibiyar Nazarin Pacific a matsayin Amintacciyar Agaji da za ta kasance a Apia a Samoa.

Ƙaddamar da Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Pacific ta sami sauƙi ta hanyar Jami'ar Kasa ta Samoa da Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya Yankin Yankin Asiya da Pacific jagorancin Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Australiya tare da goyon baya na Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi da kuma Sasakawa Peace Foundation.

Ƙara koyo game da Kwalejin Kimiyya na Pacific