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Malaria research nets Nigerian doctor top international student prize in Adelaide

Chidozie Elvis Chidi-Ezeama has plenty of strings to his bow — and while he's an accomplished violinist, the most important of those strings isn't music, but his work on malaria detection.

After studying to become a physician in his home country of Nigeria, Mr Chidi-Ezeama, 34, moved to Adelaide in 2019 to pursue studies in biomedical engineering at Flinders University.

"Practising as a doctor was really a bit frustrating for me," he told ABC Radio Adelaide's Jules Schiller.

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