Description: (Biochemist)
Sia Nyama Koroma is a Sierra Leonean biochemist and psychiatric nurse. She served as the First Lady of Sierra Leone, focusing on development initiatives for women and children. Koroma founded the Women's Initiative for Safer Health (WISH) project to improve reproductive health for women. With a background in biochemistry and a Master of Science degree in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, she worked as Chief Chemist at the Sierra Leone Petroleum Refinery Company. Koroma also studied nursing in the United Kingdom and became a Fellow of the West African College of Nursing.