Small Grants - Past Awardees

Past Awardees: ISID Small Grants

Spring 2011 Small Grant 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

Spring 2010 Small Grant Awardees

Dr. Tavan Janvilisri, Thailand
Mahidol University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
Characterization of sporulation and spore germination of Clostridium difficile isolated from different host origins
Mr. Ephram Mekonnen, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University, Department of Biology/Applied Genetics Stream
Modeling the impact of HIV/TB co-infection and environmental exposures on MTB infection outcomes: latent or active Tuberculosis
Mr. Marshall Munjoma, Zimbabwe
University of Zimbabwe, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The impact of antiretroviral therapy on the genital shedding of herpes simplex virus type -2
Dr. César Ugarte-Gil, Peru
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Laboratorios de Investigación Desarrollo
Detection and susceptibility testing for Tuberculosis in lymph node tissue using the MODS method
Dr. Sujit Pujhari, India
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Department of Virology
Significance of pattern recognition molecules (Toll like Receptors) in the Neuropathogenesis of Japanese encephalitis
Dr. Patricio Retamal, Chile
University of Chile, Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
Molecular epidemioloy of Salmonella enterica SV. Enteritidis strains isolated from wild birds, domestic animals and humans from Chile

Fall 2009 Small Grant Awardees

Ms. Marlinang D. Siburian, Indonesia
Mochtar Riady Institute for Nanotechnology
Molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis B virus in Minangkabaus sub-ethnic of West Sumatera, Indonesia
Dr. Iskra Tuero, Peru
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Inst. de Medicina Tropical Alesander von Humboldt, Laboratory of Immunology
TCR gd+ T cells: perforins/granulysins production with Leptospira
Dr. Marsia Gustiananda, Indonesia
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology
Prediction of T-cell epitopes of influenza A and the analysis of T-cell responses targeted to the proteome of influenza A virus in Indonesian population
Mr. Anthony Kebira, Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, Medical Microbiology
Evaluation of HIV evolution and its role in development of antiretroviral drug resistance, within a cohort
Dr. André Talvani, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas (ICEB II), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas
Inflammatory angiogenesis in the cardiac remodeling during experimental Chagas disease
Dr. Robert Paulino, Dominican Republic
Instituto Dominicano de Estudios Virologicos (IDEV)
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) detection in men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Dominican Republic

Spring 2009 Small Grant Awardees

Mr. Godwin Kwakye-Nuako, Ghana
University of Ghana Medical School, Department of Microbiology
Toxoplasmosis in Ghana: Seroprevalence study in the coastal population
Mr. Nicholas Kiulia, Kenya
University of Pretoria, Institute of Primate Research,Dept. of Medical Virology, Enteric Viruses Research Group
Hospital-based surveillance to estimate the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children under five years of age in a rural setting (Meru hospital) in eastern part of Kenya
Ms. Katherine Torres, Peru
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto de MedicinaTropical ‘Alexander von Humboldt,’ Molecular Epidemiology Unit
Role of regulatory T-cells and their association with the clinical outcome of malaria infection (symptomatic and non-symptomatic individuals) in Peruvian Amazon
Dr. George M. Varghese, India
Christian Medical College, Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi from patients with scrub typhus
Ms. Pauline Byakika, Uganda
Makerere University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Pharmacokinetics and safety of artemether/lumefanitrinewhen administered concomitantly with Lopinavir/Ritonavir in HIV positive Ugandan patients with uncomplicated malaria

Fall 2008 Small Grant Awardees

Charmaine Mlambo, South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand, Clinical Microbiologyand Infectious Diseases
Molecular and epidemiological characterization of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Johannesburg, South Africa
Saradiya Chatterjee, India
Prof. Benjamin M. Pulimood Laboratories for Infection, Immunity and Inflamation
Clinico-epidemiologic and molecular characterization of metallo beta lactamases (MBLs) producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing nosocomial infections
Jobiba Chinkhumba, Malawi
Malaria Alert Centre, Department of Community Medicine,College of Medicine
Impact of HIV infection on the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests
Daniel Ojurongbe, Nigeria
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology,College of Health Sciences,
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Plasmodium falciparum antifolate resistant alleles and associated opportunistic infection among HIV individuals on Cotrimoxazole prophylaxisin Osogbo, Nigeria
Pamela Valva, Argentina
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Pathology Division,Ricardo Guitierrez Children's Hospital
Serum markers of liver injury in chronic hepatitis Cvirus infection

Spring 2008 Small Grant Awardees

Ifedayo Adetifa, The Gambia
Bacterial Diseases Programme, Medical Research Council(UK) Laboratories
A pilot study of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Nigerian children
Jackson Onyuka, Kenya
Biomedical Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Community Development
Evaluation of different methods for controlling fish-borne pathogenic microbes
Cristina Guerra-Giraldez, Peru
Dept. of Microbiology
School of Science, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Adequate cultures of clinical isolates of Trichomonas vaginalis for molecular studies of virulence

Fall 2007 Small Grant Awardees

Dr. Diana Waturangi, Indonesia
Faculty of Biotechnology, Atma Jaya Catholic University
Detection of virulence genes and class 1 integron associated gene cassettes in Vibrio cholerae isolated from ice of street foods in Jakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Wanda Markotter, South Africa
Dept. of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences,
University of Pretoria
Diagnostics and molecular epidemiology of wildlife rabies in remote areas of the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa
Dr. Fanny Ita, Peru
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto de MedicinaTropical "Alexander von Humboldt"
HTLV-1-associated myelpathy/tropical spastic paraparesis in the Peruvian Andes

Spring 2007 Small Grant Awardees

Dr. Florence Ogo, South Africa
Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Rabies Unit
Genetic charactersation of dog rabies virus isolates from Nigeria
Dr. Shan Lv, China
Dept. of Vector Control, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases,Chinese Center for Diseases Control & Prevention
Intraspecific genetic differentiation of Angiostrongyluscantonensis based on the complete mitochondrial genome
Angela Carvalho Freitas, Brazil
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health,University of Sao Paulo
Modeling the impact of introducing the pertussis' vaccine booster for adolescents and adults in Sao Paulo City, Brazil

Fall 2006 Small Grant Awardees

Ragupathy Viswanath
Department of Experimental Medicine, Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, India
Project: Divergent HIV strains circulating among the Intravenous Drug Users (IDU) in South India
Leonardo Nimrichter
Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Bioquímica Microbiana Instituto de Microbiologia - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Project: Plant defenses against fungal pathogens
Adedayo Adeyemi
Healthmatch International, Nigeria
Project: Antiretroviral therapy use, clinical and virologic outcomes for a cohort of HIV–infected Adults in Mainland General Hospital, Lagos Nigeria

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Spring 2006 Small Grant Awardees

Zeinab Hassan
The Hashemite University, Jordan
Project: Reporting rate of occupational injuries and exposure to blood borne infections among Jordanian healthcare workers: A descriptive study
Khaled Mustafa Swaileh
Biology & Biochemistry Dept. Bireit University, Palestinian Territories
Project: Microbial health risks associated with consumption of untreated water from household roof catchment systems
Ines Badano
Laboraorio de Biiologia Molecular Aplicada Facultad de siencias exactas Quimicas Y Naturales, Universidad nacional de Misiones, Argentina
Project: TNF-alpha promoter Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) cervical infection in Guarani Indian women inhabiting the rainforest of Misiones, Argentina

Fall 2005 Small Grant Awardees

Paul Bessong
Department of Microbioloy, University of Venda, South Africa
Project: Drug resistance in HIV-1 Subtype C
Luis Brieba de Castro
Department of Biochemistry, CINVESTAV, Mexico
Project: Structural studies of the EhCP112 cysteine Proteease from Entamoeba histolytica
Azure Tariro Makadzange
University of Zimbabwe School of Health Sciences, Zimbabwe
Project: The appropriate management of cryptococcal meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa: A study of immediate vs. deferred anti-retroviral therapy in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis with long term follow up to determine when it is safe to discontinue secondary prophylaxis against cryptococcal meningitis

Spring 2005 Small Grant Awardees

Svetlana Ermolaeva
Gameleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russia
Project: Releasing of membrane-anchored proteins and its role in Listeria monotogenes virulence
Maria Ines Gismondi
Laboratory of Virology, Ricardo Gutierrez Children’s Hospital, Argentina
Project: Apoptosis markers related to pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus infection in pediatric patients
Vivian Kawai
Viomedical Research Unit, Asociacion Benefica PRISMA, Peru
Project:Community-based epidemiologic study of Chagas’ disease in Arequipa, Peru

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Fall 2004 Small Grant Awardees

Gabriella Gago
Instituto de Biologia Celular y Molecular de Rosario, Departmento de Microbiologia, Argentina
Project: Molecular, genetic and biochemical characterization of Acyl-CoA carboxylase complexes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: finding new drug targets for treating mycobacterial diseases
Hasan Bin Hamza
Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Project: Hepatitis survey in adults of Jam Kandah, Landhi District, Karachi, Pakistan
Maria Papathanasopoulos
Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, South Africa
Project: Nonprogressive HIV-1 subtype C infection - viral determinants

Spring 2004 Small Grant Awardees

Samie Amidou
Department of Microbiology, University of Venda for Science and Technology
Project:Molecular epidemiology of Entamoeba histolytica in the Venda region of South Africa, and anti-amebic activities of local medicinal plants
Aleem Khan
The Meccan Medical College and Allied Hospitals
Project: Molecular genotyping of Helicobacter pylori strains associated with gastric and duodenal ulcers using whole genome fingerprinting: Andhra Pradesh, South India
Cesar Henriquez Camacho
Instituto Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana
Project:Immune response in BALB/c mice to Bartonella bacilliformis infection

Fall 2003 Small Grant Awardees

Markotic, Alemka
Institute of Immunology, Zagreg, Croatia
Project: Mechanisms of apoptosis in 293HEK cells infected with hantaviruses
Rodero, Laura Liliana
Departamento Micologia, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Project: Amino Acid Substitutions of 14 alfa demethylase (ERG11) in Fluconazole Resistant Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates
Singh, Mayengbam Pramotchand
Green Foundation, Imphal, India
Project: Situation and response assessment among sex workers in Manipur, 2003-04

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Spring 2003 Small Grant Awardees

Liu, Hongjie
Dept. of Community and Family Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Project: A pilot study of HIV counseling to increase willingness to receive premarital HIV testing among marriage license applicants in a rural area of China
Nunez, Regina Sara
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Lima, Peru
Project: Recombinant Cysteine Proteinase B (rCPB) of Leishmania braziliensis as a vaccine candidate: immunoprotective evaluation in hamster as experimental model
Leangaramgul, Preecha & Sapsutthipas, Sompong & Virunchaichot, Kraiwut
Medical Biotechnology Center (MBC), Nonthaburi, Thailand
Project: The neutralizing activity of the prime-boost regimen with rBCG-E12 and rDIs-E12 candidate vaccine
Karugi, Andrew Karani
International Center for Reproductive Health Research Lab, Coast Provincial General Hospital, Mombasa, Kenya
Project: Cytology in the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosisis

Fall 2002 Small Grant Awardees

Silvia Graciela Correa, PhD
Immunologia, Departamento de Bioquimica Clinica, Facultad de dCiencias Quimicas. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Project: Study of the mechanisms of weight loss, anorexia and hepatic injury in Candida albicans infection under stress conditions
John G. Ayisi, MSc (PhD pending)
Centre for Vector Biology & Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Project: An evaluation of the effectiveness of intermittent preventative treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in pregnancy in Kenya
Alex K. Owusu-Ofori, MBChB
Department of Child Health and Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Project: The epidemiology and prevention of blood borne pathogen exposure among health care workers in Ghana

Spring 2002 Small Grant Awardees

Ms. Dao-Yu Chao, MS
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Project: A family study for searching genetic changes of dengue virus serotype 3 in Taiwan
Mr. Simon Kamau Kariuki, MPhil
Kenya Medical Research Institute / Center for Vector Biology and Control Research (KEMRI/CVBCR), Kenya
Project: Effects of permethrin-treated bednets on acquisition of antibodies Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens (VSAs) in pregnant women in an area of perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya
Dr. Pablo Cesar Baldi, PhD
Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Project: Characterization of virulence factors secreted by Brucella species: amino acid sequences, triggering stimuli, cellular effects and recognition by the immune system of the host

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Fall 2001 Small Grant Awardees

Marina Chiappero
Faculty of Physical and Natural Sciences, National University of Cordoba, Argentina
Project: Isolation of microsatellite loci for population genetic studies of the natural reservoir Junin virus, Calomys musculinus.
Nicolass Gey van Pittius
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Project: A molecular and epidemiological investigation into the factors contributing to the prevalence of re-infection and the paucity of dual infections in a community with a high incidence of tuberculosis.
Grace Gbotosho
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Project: Identification of candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in plasmodium falciparum isolates (R) showing false negative results using the Parasight - F dipstick.

Spring 2001 Small Grant Awardees

Niyaz Ahmed
Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India
Project: Automated sequencing, functional analysis and comparative genomics of selected AFLP markers from Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in India.
Silvia Viviana Nates
Institute of Virology, University of Cordoba, Argentina
Project: Picobirnavirus molecular biology: diagnosis and genomic characterization of strains circulating in Argentina.
Milena Panteva
Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, India
Project: Study of the immunogenicity of DNA vaccines encoding the Gepatitis E Virus major capsid protein.

Fall 2000 Small Grant Awardees

Willy K. Tonui
Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Project: Evaluation of Leishmania donovani derived Lipophosphoglycan as a candidate vaccine against Viceral Leishmaniasis in Murine Models.
Thanh Hoa Le
Molecular Parasitology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Project: Molecular-based diagnosis and taxonomic studies on common parasitic disease caused by Paragonimus, Clonorchis/Opisthorchi, Fasciola and Schistoma in Vietnam using mitochondrial sequences as genetic markers.
Carmen Castillo
Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas, Colombia
Project: Screening for malaria in blood donors from Cali, Colombia. A comparison of PCR and IgG and IgG Elisa.

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Spring 2000 Small Grant Awardees

Niyaz Ahmed
Centre of DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnosis, India
Project: High resolution digital fingerprinting and development of an epidemiological database of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Eunita Ohas
Center for Vctor Biology and Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Project: Glycophorin phenotype distribution and prevalence of glycophorin A independent Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Kombewa, Western Kenya.
Ariel Quintana
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kouri” Cuba
Project: Isolation, identification and characterization of the Cuban Hepatitis E virus strain.

Fall 1999 Small Grant Awardees

Daniela Centron
Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Project: Epidemiological Studies of Vibrio cholerae (1992-1999) isolates in Argentina.
Marjan Mohammadi
Biotechnology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran
Project: Screening Iranian H. pylori isolates for cytotoxin (vacA) and its associated gene product (cagA)

Spring 1999 Small Grant Awardees

Blanca Ines Restropo
Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas, Colombia
Project: Development of an immunoassay for neurocysticercosis: Phase II - Characterization of diagnostic epitopes.
Oleg Alexeyev
Department of Infectious Diseases, Clinics of Samara State Medical University, Russia
Project: Hantavirus infection in men and rodents in the Samara region, European Russia.
Willy Tonui
Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Project: Evaluation of Leishmania donovani derived lipophosphoglycan as a candidate vaccine against visceral leishmaniasis in murine models.

Fall 1998 Small Grant Awardees

Gladys Aleman
US Army Medical Research Unit, Kenya
Project: Comparative study of the Kirby Bauer Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing vs. a Modified Stokes Method using the Mastring-S Multidisks.
Rebeka Angoni
Institute of Public Health, Albania
Project: Hepatitis C among chronic and polytransfused patients in Albania.
Sam Kariuki
Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Project: Prevalence of resistance to b-lactam antibiotics among clinical isolates of gram negative bacteria.

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