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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
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| Fall 2008 Awardee
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- Dr. Alain Kenfak, Cameroon
General Hospital
of Yaoundé
Dr. Kenfak will conduct his research in collaboration with scientists
from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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| Fall 2007 Awardees |
- Dr. Juan Carlos Ambrosioni Czyrko, Argentina
Infectious Diseases "Francisco J. Muñiz" Hospital, Infectious
Diseases Department
Dr. Czyrko will conduct his research in collaboration
with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Dr. Marina Macedo-Viñas, Uruguay
Universidad de la República, Facultad de Medicina, Départment
de Bactériologie et Virologie
Dr. Macedo-Viñas will conduct her research in collaboration with
scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Geneva, Switzerland.
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| Fall 2006 Awardees |
- Ms. Zsuzsanna Barcsay, Romania
"Victor Babes" Clinincal Hospital of Pneumophtysiology and Infectious
Diseases
University of Medicine & Pharmacy
Ms. Barcsay will conduct her research in collaboration
with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Basel, Switzerland.
- Dr. Rafael Perdomo Diaz, Venezuela
University Hospital of Caracas Venezuela, Intensive Care
Unit
Dr. Diaz will conduct his research in collaboration with
scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Geneva, Switzerland.
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| Fall 2005 Awardees |
- Nobre Vandack
Internal Medicine Division, Medical School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dr. Vandack will conduct her research in collaboration with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Geneva, Switzerland
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| Fall 2004 Awardees |
- Marina Djordjevic
Infectious Diseases Clinic, Clinical Care Center, University of Nis, Serbia & Montenegro
Dr. Djordjevic will conduct her research in collaboration with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Geneva, Switzerland
- Alina Martynova
Vladivostok Medical University, Russia
Dr. Martynova will conduct her research in collaboration with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Bern, Switzerland.
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| Fall 2002 Awardees |
- Dr. Andres Pascual, MD
Fundacion Centro de Estudios Infectologicos, Buenos Aries, Argentina
Dr. Pascual will conduct his research in collaboration with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Dr. Dongmi Li, MD, MSc
The Clinical Laboratory of Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China
Dr. Li will conduct her research in collaboration with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Dr. Chaiwat Ungsedhapand, MD
HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Ungdedhapand will conduct his research with scientists from the Infectious Diseases Divisions in Basel, Switzerland.
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| Fall 2009 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
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| Spring 2009 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 Medicina
Tropical ‘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/lumefanitrine
when administered concomitantly with Lopinavir/Ritonavir in HIV positive
Ugandan patients with uncomplicated malaria
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| Fall 2008 Awardees |
- Charmaine Mlambo, South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand, Clinical Microbiology
and 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 prophylaxis
in Osogbo, Nigeria
- Pamela Valva, Argentina
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Pathology Division,
Ricardo Guitierrez Children's Hospital
Serum markers of liver injury in chronic hepatitis C
virus infection
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| Spring 2008 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
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| Fall 2007 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 Medicina
Tropical "Alexander von Humboldt"
HTLV-1-associated myelpathy/tropical spastic paraparesis
in the Peruvian Andes
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| Spring 2007 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 Angiostrongylus
cantonensis 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
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| Fall 2006 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 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
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| Fall 2005 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
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| Spring 2005 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 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
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| Spring 2004 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
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| Fall 2003 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 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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)
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| 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.
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| 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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| 2009 Awardees |
- Ms. Rosa Ramírez Bartutis, Cuba
Laboratorio de
Biología
Molecular, Departamento de Virología, Instituto Medicina
Tropical "Pedro Kourí"
Characterization of immune response elicited by dengue 2
virus recombinant NS3 protein immunized with dengue 4 virus
recombinant E protein in mice. Research will be done at the Laboratório
de 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
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| 2008 Awardees |
- Ines Badano, Argentina
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Analysis of Ethnic Differences in the Distribution of
TNF-a SNPs and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection
- Elkin Lemos Luengas, Colombia
University of Toronto, Canada
The economic impact of introducing HIV/AIDS guideline
into Colombian National Drug Formulary: Costs-effectiveness
and budget-impact analysis
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| 2007 Awardees |
- 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
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| 2006 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
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| 2005 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 expresson 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
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| 2004 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.
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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