ISID Fellowships - Past Awardees

Past Awardees: ISID Scientific Exchange Fellowships

2011 ISID Fellowship 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.

2010 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Dr. Erdenebileg Narnygerel, Mongolia
FIRE - Flagstaff International Relief Effort
Study on prevalence of blood borne infections among Mongolian health care workers. In collaboration with the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, USA
Dr. Micah Oyaro, Kenya
Kenya Medical Research Institute(KEMRI)
Molecular epidemiology and functional characterization of Hepatitis B and C viruses isolated from drug abusers in Kenya. In collaboration with the University of Witwatersrand, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa.

2009 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Ms. Rosa Ramírez Bartutis, Cuba
Laboratorio deBiologíaMolecular, Departamento de Virología, Instituto MedicinaTropical "Pedro Kourí"
Characterization of immune response elicited by dengue 2virus recombinant NS3 protein immunized with dengue 4 virus recombinant E protein in mice. Research will be done at the Laboratóriode Genómica Estrutural Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciéncias da Saúde, Brazil.
Ms. Lilian Ogonda, Kenya
Kenya Medical Research Institute(KEMRI)
Expression of FeyRIIa, FeyIIa, FeyRIIIa and Fey RIIb on monocytes of children after treatment for severe malaria. Research will be done at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine,USA

2008 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Ines Badano, Argentina
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Analysis of Ethnic Differences in the Distribution ofTNF-a SNPs and Human Papilloma virus (HPV) Infection
Elkin Lemos Luengas, Colombia
University of Toronto, Canada
The economic impact of introducing HIV/AIDS guidelineinto Colombian National Drug Formulary: Costs-effectiveness and budget-impact analysis

2007ISID Fellowship Awardee

Dr. Radmilla Mirzayeva, Azerbaijan
Rotavirus Vaccine Program, PATH- Europe
Training to perform testing for Rotavirus infection using ELISA method and strain characterization using RT-PCR method in HPA, EVU Laboratory in London

2006 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Dr. Mateja Jankovic, Croatia
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljevic"
Mechanisms of apoptosis by pathogenic hantaviruses
Dr. Luis Adrian, Argentina
Laboratorio de Arbovirus, Instituto de Virologia - F.C.M.-UNC
Investigation of avian amplifying hosts and mosquito vectors of a novel epidemic strain of St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV,Flaviviridae) isolated in Argentina

2005 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Maria Eugenia Alvarez
Department of Immunology, Hematologic Research Institute, National Academy of Medicine, Argentina
Project: Characterization of host response during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by gene expression profiling
Ms. Alvarez will conduct her research in collaboration with the TB Center of the Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey, USA.
Varsha Atul Potdar
Department of Retrovirology, National Institute of Virology, Pune, India
Project: Application of sensitive methodologies for detection of transmitted HIV drug resistance
Dr. Potdar will conduct his research in collaboration with the Centers for Infection, Heatlh Protection Agency, London, England

2004 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Ikechukwu Okoli
Department of Applied Microbiology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Project: Molecular characterization of virulence factors of five isolates of Cryptotrichosporon anacardiense (CBS 9549, CBS 9550, CBS 9551, CBS 9552 and CBS 9553), a new basidiomyceteous yeast genus from Nigeria
Dr. Okoli will conduct his research in collaboration with Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, USA.
Fuad Mirzayev
Project: Development of the strategy and elaboration of the detailed project for treatment of patients with Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the specific context of Azerbaijan
Dr. Mirzayev will conduct his research in collaboration with Partners in Health in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

2003 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Adesida, Sola
The Public Health Research Institute, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Project: Molecular epidemiology of Nigerian strains of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

2002 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Dr. Dhrubaa Ghosh, PhD, MSc
Department of Microbiology, Virology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Project: Production of antibodies to recombinant G proteins of Indian isolates of RSV for detection and characterization of viruses

Dr. Ghosh will conduct her research in collaboration with scientists at the Department of Pediatrics/Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

2001 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Marco Canales, Peru
Project: Technology transfer for parasitic disease diagnostics
This research was done at the McGill Centre for Tropical Diseases, Montreal, QC, Canada
Mariana Gisela Bego, Argentina
Project: Development of recombinant hantavirus antigens for serologic diagnosis with homologous serotype
Ms. Bego did her research at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA

2000 ISID Fellowship Awardees

David Kateete, Uganda
Project: Investigation of T. Burcei prenylated protein methyltransferase (PPMTase) as a potential therapeutic target
Dr. Kateete’s research was conducted at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Salih Gosoglu, Turkey
Project: Molecular epidemiology of invasive Salmonella typhi in Southeast Turkey
Dr. Gosoglu conducted this research at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Sanaa Kamal, Egypt
Project: Specific cellular responses and cytokine patterns in patients with acute Hepatitis C virus co-infected with Schistosomiasis: Correlation to outcome of infection
Dr. Kamal worked at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1999 ISID Fellowship Awardee

Papa Gallo Sow, Senegal
Project: HIV screening, testing clinic
Dr. Sow’s research was done at the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center, New Jersey, USA

1998 ISID Fellowship Awardees

Branca Bedenic, Croatia
Project: Biochemical and genetic characterization of extended spectrum beta-lactamesis from Zagreb, Croatia
Dr. Bedenic worked at The University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Pauline Mwinzi, Kenya
Project: Effect of Schistosomiasis and HIV co-infection on cellular and humoral responses to HIV and schistosomal crude and recombinant antigens
This project was carried out at the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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