Read Why Nigerian Lady, Halima Shuwa Emerged Student of the Year at University of Manchester

By Ahmad Deedat Zakari (Original)

A Nigerian lady, Halima Ali Shuwa, has been recognised by the reputable University of Manchester and awarded with the Student of the Year Award, Daily Reality reported

Ruth Macarthy, a doctoral researcher at Salford University, announced this on LinkedIn on Wednesday.

“Sitting in Whitworth Hall today, at the prestigious University of Manchester, was one of my proudest moments as a Nigerian. It was the moment Halima Ali Shuwa was called up [to] the podium to receive the “Student of the Year” award from the President of the university.” Ms Macarthy wrote.

While presenting the award, the President of the university stated that Halima was chosen because of her dedication and selfless commitment to research excellence.

Halima’s Student of the Year Award

The President added that Halima dedicated a huge amount of time to researching the immune response in the blood of hospitalised COVID-19 patients – and predicting which patients will further develop long-term covid complications.

She was the first to publish on the associated long-term changes with fatigue and breathlessness in patients who would subsequently develop long covid.

Halima, a recipient of the prestigious Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) scholarship, hails from Shuwa town of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. She was born, brought up and schooled in Maiduguri, Borno State.

Halima studied Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science at the University of Maiduguri, MSc Immunology at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, and then got a PTDF scholarship to the University of Manchester, where she did her PhD in Immunology. 

The Humanitarian Times also read Ms Shuwa’s Tweet celebrating her achievement where she proudly and humbly appreciate all that supported her to emerge the student of the year.

“I am happy and proud to received the Distinguished achievement medal award for the best postgraduate student of the year 2022 from the @OfficialUoM. Huge thanks to @HussellTracy and @MadhviM for their endless support, friendship and guidance
@LydiaBeckerIII @FBMH_UoM https://t.co/H6HKQSCGrP

Halima, according to Daily Reality, has published seven papers in high-impact journals during her studies and has four more papers under review.

Towards the end of her PhD, Halima managed to secure multiple job offers from the University of Manchester and several pharmaceutical companies.

Finally, she accepted the job offer from GSK (GlaxoSmithKline), where she’ll continue her cutting-edge research to discover an alternative cancer treatment targeting B cells in Immuno-Oncology.

This story was originally published on Daily Reality