*The 3-year first-time residency attainment rate is the weighted average of the 2022-23, through 2024-25 academic years. For each year, the rate is the percent of students attaining a residency out of all graduates or expected graduates in the year who were active applicants in the NRMP match in that year or who attained a residency outside the NRMP match in that year. The 1-year first-time residency attainment rate is 95% for 2024-2025 graduates.
Sirina Muntaka, PhD
Assistant Professor and Lecturer, Immunology and Infection
Sirina Muntaka, PhD is an Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Immunology and Infection at AUC School of Medicine's UK Track program. Dr. Muntaka is on faculty at the University of Lancashire in Preston UK, where the program is delivered.
Dr. Muntaka earned her MSc and PhD in microbiology and immunology from the University of Nottingham in the UK. She spent eight years working in Ghana, first as a Biomedical Laboratory Scientist at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi and later as a Lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University for Development Studies in Tamale.
Before joining University of Lancashire, Dr. Muntaka was a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham. Her primary research interests center around host-pathogen interaction and immunotherapy. Some of her current and recent research activities include phagocytes collaboration for the control of infections, and specific mannose receptor blockade as a novel tool for reprogramming tumour-associated macrophages for anticancer therapy. Dr. Muntaka is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.