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Recent Awardees

Congratulations to the following grant recipients who will receive funding from ISID to carry out research projects in infectious diseases:

SSI/ISID Fellowships | ISID Small Grants | ISID Scientific Exchange Fellowships | ISID/ESCMID Fellowshis

ISID SSI/ISID Fellowships
(Swiss Society for Infectiology / ISID) Research Fellowship Program

2011 Awardees

Dr. Mohammad Rafi Nazir, Afghanistan
Clinical Laboratories, French Medical Institute for Children
Dr. Nazir will conduct his research in collaboration with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Ms. Natalia Rodriguez, Colombia
Biological Sciences, Universidad de Los Andes
Ms. Rodriguez will conduct her research in collaboration with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Geneva, Switzerland.

Spring 2011 Awardees

Dr. Dodi Safari, Indonesia
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology
Identification of Streptococcus pneumonaie serotypes and detection of specific anti-polysaccharides antibodies in Indonesian population
Ms. Vu Tra My Phan, Vietnam
Enteric Infections Group, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
The prevalence and phylodynamics of norovirus, an agent of diarrhea, in symptomatic and asymptomatic children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dr. Tsira Chakhaia, Georgia
Epi-surveillance and Strategic Planning Department, National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases
Contact investigation for Tuberculosis in Georgia, Tblisi (Pilot Project)
Ms. Béatrice Dambaya, Cameroon
Chantal Biya International Reference Center (CBIRC)
Trim 5 a gene polymorphysm in Cameroonian infants: restriction to HIV infection, implication in disease progresson or protection
Ms. Joanne Hassan, Kenya
KEMRI-CVR
Relationship between vaccine vial monitors and potency status of oral Polio virus vaccine among retrieved field samples in Kenya
Dr. Miriam Rolan, Paraguay
Centro papa el Desarrollo de la Investigación Cientifica (CEDIC)
In vitro assays of 2,5-dihidroxibencil derivatives on Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania donovani

Fall 2010 Small Grant Awardees

Mr. Milner Mukumbwali, Zambia
Tstsee and Trypanosomosis Control Section, Department of Veterinary and Tsetse Control Service
Impact of aerial spraying against Glossina morsitans centralis on animal trypanosomosis in Sesheke and Shangombo Districts of Western Zambia
Dr. Neelika Malavige, Sri Lanka
University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences
Identifying biomarkers for predicting severe disease in dengue infections
Dr. K.E. Vandana, India
Katsturba Medical College, Department of Microbiology, Manipal
Detection and characterizations of metallo beta lactamase resistance among Gram negative bacilli and clinical epidemiology of infections in Indian tertiary care hospital
Ms. An Duy Duong, Vietnam
Hospital for Tripical Diseases, Tuberculosis Research Group
Mechanisms of cross-resistance to Fluoroquinolones in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mr. Stephen Kusi, Ghana
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, KNUST
Detecting and quantifying Plasmodium falciparum in blood and tonsils: Towards an understanding of malaria-related oncogenesis

2011 Awardees

Mr. Nicholas Kiulia, Kenya
Institute of Primate Research, WHO Collaborating Center
Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates in captive olive baboon in Kenya. In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, USA.
Dr. Kamlesh Gidwani, India
Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Medical Services, Department of Medicine
Immune response of humans to sand fly P. argentipes saliva: Western blot approach to identify novel salivary peptides with serum of asymptomatic infection in VL. In collaboration with the London School of Tropical Medicine, UK.

2011 Awardees

Dr. Josephine Siregar, Indonesia
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology
Phenotypic analysis of atovaquone resistant Plasmodium berghei mutants.
In collaboration with scientists from Erasmus MC University in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Dr. Fernanda Ludolf Ribeiro, Brazil
Centro de Pesquuisa René Rachou FIOCRUZ/MG, Cellular and Molecular Parasitology
Profiling the humoral immune response to Schistosoma mansoni using a new immunoproteomic approach protein microarray.
In collaboration with scientists from the University of Nottingham, School of Pharmacy, Nottingham, UK.

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