Collaborations
Collaborations and links developed over the past five years in addition to many longstanding collaborations:
| Collaborator | Project | Name of Institute | |
Malaria |
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1 |
Dr. Ric Price |
Vivax malaria, antimalarial drug resistance |
Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia |
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2 |
Prof. Piero Olliaro |
Antimalarial drug resistance and treatment |
WHO TDR, Geneva |
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3 |
Dr. Charles Woodrow |
Antimalarial drug resistance |
St George’s Hospital, London, UK |
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4 |
Dr. Tim Anderson |
Antimalarial drug resistance |
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical research, Texas, USA, Texas, USA |
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5 |
Dr. Duong Socheat |
Artemisinin resistance |
Cambodian National Malaria Control Programme, Cambodia |
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6 |
Prof. A. Faiz |
Severe malaria |
Bangladesh Institute for Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Bangladesh |
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7 |
Prof. Pascal Millet |
Antimalarial pharmaceutics |
University of Bordeaux, France |
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8 |
Prof. Karen Barnes |
Antimalarial drug pharmacology |
University of Cape Town, South Africa |
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9 |
Dr. Julie Simpson |
Anti-infective drug pharmacokinetics |
University of Melbourne, Australia |
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10 |
Dr. Frank Smithuis |
Antimalarial treatment |
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Myanmar |
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11 |
Dr. Mark Fukuda |
Artemisinin resistance |
US AFRIMS, Bangkok, Thailand |
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12 |
Prof. Dominic Kwiatkowski |
Artemisinin resistance |
Sanger Centre, Cambridge, UK |
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13 |
Dr. Kevin Baird, Dr. Bob Taylor, Dr. Din Safradin |
Cause of severe vivax malaria in Jayapura |
SEA Influenza |
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14 |
Assoc. Prof. Pratap Singhasivanon |
Epidemiology of malaria |
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University |
|
15 |
Dr. Wonja Lee |
Antimalarial drug susceptibility in Korean P. vivax |
Korea NIH |
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16 |
Dr. Ronnatrai Ruangweerayut |
Uncomplicated malaria P. vivax |
Maesot general Hospital, Maesot, Tak |
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17 |
Dr. Kanoknart Pisuttakul |
Uncomplicated malaria P.vivax |
Maesot general Hospital, Maesot, Tak |
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18 |
Prof. Ratchanee Udomsangpetch |
Pathophysiology of malaria |
Faculty of Science, Mahidol University |
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19 |
Prof. Kovit Patharapunyasat |
Application of flow cytometry |
Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University |
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20 |
Prof. Suthat Fucharoen |
Haemoglobinopathy in malaria |
Thalassaemia Research Centre, Mahidol University |
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21 |
Dr. Paktiya Teja-isavadharm |
Antimalarial drug susceptibility: bioassay |
Department of Immunology and Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical science |
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22 |
Dr. Jetsumon Prachumsri |
Effects of antimalarial drugs on gametocyte infectivity |
Department of Immunology and Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical science |
|
23 |
Assoc Prof. Emsri Pingpanratn |
Electron microscopy in malaria |
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University |
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24 |
Dr. Mathirut Mungthin |
Antimalarial drug sensitivities |
College of Medicine, Pramongkut Hospital |
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25 |
Prof. Denis Kyle |
Pharmakodynamics of antimalarial drugs |
University of Florida, USA |
|
26 |
Prof. Kaneko Osamu |
Surface proteins of P. vivax -infected red cells |
Nakasaki University, Japan |
|
27 |
Assoc Prof. Parnpen Viriyavejakul |
Pathology of malaria |
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University |
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28 |
Assit Prof. Watcharee Chokejindachai |
Genetic mapping of malaria parasites |
Department of Pediatic,Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University |
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29 |
Dr. Jung Ryong Kim, Head office of Green Doctors, Busan city, South Korea |
Molecular characterisation of North Korea vivax |
North and South Korea |
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30 |
Dr. Prakash Ghimire, Assoc Prof.Central |
Molecular characterisation of P. vivax from Nepal |
Central Department of Microbiology, Nepal |
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31 |
Dr. Emiliana Tjitra; MoH Indonesia and International Health Programme, Dr. Pascal Michon / Dr. Ric Price, Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, Darwin, Australia |
Genotyping of P. vivax |
Papua, Indonesia |
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32 |
Dr. Ghulam Rahim Awab, and Malaria Control Centers / Malaria Reference Centers (MRCs) |
Clinical studies and molecular characterisation of P. vivax from Afghanistan |
Afghanistan |
|
33 |
Dr. Georges Snounou |
Genotyping of P. vivax |
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
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34 |
Dr. Ric Paul |
Vivax oocyst work |
Pasteur Institute, France |
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35 |
Dr. Caterina Fanello/ Dr. Magda Magris Crestini CAICET in Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas State of Venezuela |
dhfr/dhps mutation |
Rwanda, Africa |
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36 |
Prof. Donatella Taramelli |
Oxidative Stress in Malaria |
Universita di Milano, Italy |
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37 |
Prof. Jack Roberts |
Oxidative Stress Markers |
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA |
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38 |
Dr. Frederic Ariey |
Artemisinin Resistance |
Pasteur Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
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39 |
Prof. Emran Bin Yunus |
Clinical Studies in Severe Malaria |
Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh |
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40 |
Dr. Saroj Mishra |
Clinical Studies in Severe Malaria |
Ispat Hospital Rourkela, Orissa, India |
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41 |
Dr. Sanjib Mohanti |
Clinical Studies in Severe Malaria |
Ispat Hospital Rourkela, Orissa, India |
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42 |
Prof. Can Ince |
Orthogonal Polarizing Spectrometry |
Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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43 |
Prof. Tom van der Poll |
Immunology |
Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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44 |
Prof. Marcel Levi |
Coagulation |
Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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45 |
Prof. Marcus Schultz |
Intensive Care in developing countries |
Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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46 |
Dr. Pascal Ringwald |
Artemisinin Resistance |
WHO, Geneva, Switserland |
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47 |
Prof. Arthur Scherf |
Malaria Anaemia |
Pasteur Institute, Paris, France |
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48 |
Dr. Josepho Ferro |
Pathology and Clinical Studies in Paediatric Severe Malaria |
Hospital Central, Beira, Mozambique |
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49 |
Dr. Alinia Pedro |
AQUAMAT collaborator |
Hospital Central, Beira, Mozambique |
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50 |
Dr. Lorenz von Seidlein |
AQUAMAT collaborator |
Teule Hospital, Muheza, Tanzania |
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51 |
Dr. Olugbenga Mokuolu |
AQUAMAT collaborator |
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria |
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52 |
Prof. Tsiri Agbenyega |
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana |
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53 |
Dr. Kath Maitland and Prof. Charles Newton. |
AQUAMAT collaborators |
Wellcome Trust Unit, Kilifi, Kenya |
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54 |
Dr. Hugh Reyburn |
AQUAMAT collaborator |
London School Trop Med Hyg, UK |
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55 |
Dr. Kalifa Bojang |
AQUAMAT collaborator |
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia |
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56 |
Dr. Julia Mwanga and Dr. Margaret Nansumba |
AQUAMAT collaborator |
Mbarara District Hospital, Uganda |
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57 |
Dr. Corine Kerema and Dr. Noella Umulisa |
AQUAMAT collaborator |
Rwanagana Distric Hospital |
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58 |
Prof. Anne Mills |
Economic Studies |
London School Trop Med Hyg, UK. |
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59 |
Prof. Frederique Barkhof |
CNS Imaging in Malaria |
VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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60 |
Dr. Rick Fairhurst |
Artemisinin Resistance |
NIAID/National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA |
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61 |
Prof. Piet Kager |
Leishmaniasis |
Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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62 |
Prof. Jos Beijnen |
PK antileishmanials |
Slotervaart Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
|
63 |
Dr. May Ho |
P. falciparum adherence |
University of Calgary, Canada |
|
64 |
Dr. Nicholas Beare, Dr. David Lalloo |
Eye studies in malaria |
MLW Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi |
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65 |
Prof. Peter Preiser |
Transcriptome Malaria |
Nanyang Technical University, Singapore |
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66 |
Dr Louise Bird, Dr Ray Owens |
Cloning surface proteins of Orientia Tsutsugamushi |
Oxford Protein Production Facility, Oxford University, UK |
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67 |
Dr Allen Richards |
Immunopathogenesis of Orientia Tsutsugamushi |
Rickettsial Diseases Research Programme, NMRC, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA |
|
68 |
Dr Anthony Scott, Prof Orin Levine |
Pneumonia Etiology Research for Childhood Health |
KEMRI – Kilifi, Kenya, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA |
Microbiology |
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1 |
Dr. Mat Fisher, |
Population Genetic of Cryptococcus neoformans |
RZS, London UK |
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2 |
Herbert Schweizer |
Drug resistance mechanisms in Burkholderia pseudomallei |
CoIorado State University, USA |
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3 |
Paul Keim, David Wagner, Apichai Tuanyok, Talima Pearson |
Population genetics of Burkholderia pseudomallei |
Pacific South West Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases, USA |
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4 |
Tom Kozel & David AuCoin |
Diagnostic development for melioidosis |
Pacific South West Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases, USA |
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5 |
Eoin West, Shawn Skerrett, Tom Hawn |
Host genetic susceptibility for Burkholderia pseudomallei |
Northwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, USA |
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6 |
Rajinda Kaul, Hillary Hayden |
Defining bacterial diversity of Burkholderia pseudomallei using genome mapping |
Northwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, USA |
|
7 |
Patrick Tan |
Mechanisms of Burkholderia pseudomallei survival in-vivo |
Genome Institute of Singapore |
|
8 |
Gordon Dougan, Matt Holden, Stephen Bentley |
Human immune response to B. pseudomallei; molecular evolution of S. aureus |
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
|
9 |
Ray Houghton |
Diagnostics for melioidosis |
InBios, Seattle, USA |
|
10 |
Prof. Tom van der Poll |
Immunology of melioidosis |
University of Amsteram, The Netherlands |
|
11 |
Dr. Ed Feil |
Molecular evolution of B. pseudomallei and leptospira |
University of Bath, UK |
|
12 |
Dr. Alex Hoffmaster |
Diagnostic development for leptospirosis |
Zoonoses and Select Agent Laboratory, Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA |
|
13 |
Prof. Stephen Grave |
Characterization of rickettsial isolates and realtime PCR diagnosis for rickettsial disease |
Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong, Australia |
|
14 |
Dr. Rossana Peeling/Dr. Hal Margolis |
Evaluation of commercial dengue diagnostic assays |
World Health Organization TDR/Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative, Geneva/Seoul |
|
15 |
Dr. Stephen Prowse, Dr. Lisa Adams, Dr. Debbie Cousins |
Chair of Point of care diagnostic assay working group |
Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Center, Bangkok, Thailand |
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16 |
Jamie Conlan, Prof. Andrew Thompson |
Investigation of pig zoonoses in village settings in particular taeniasis, cystercercosis, trichinellosis and Streptococcus suis infections |
Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)/Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, Vientiane, Lao PDR |
|
17 |
Dr. Kevin Baird, Dr. Bob Taylor |
Hospital-bases cause of fever studies in Jakarta, Bandung |
SEA Influenza |
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18 |
Dr. Andrew Page, Dr. Fernanda Claudia, Sarah Smith |
Ethnography of dengue infections in Cambodia |
University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Brisbane, Australia |
|
19 |
Dr. Robert Gibbons, Dr. Rick Jarman |
Evaluation of commercial dengue diagnostic assays |
Armed Forces Research Institute for Medical Sciences |
|
20 |
Dr. Lee Smythe |
Leptospirosis diagnosis |
Queensland State Health Laboratories (WHO Regional Reference Laboratory for Leptospira) |
|
21 |
Dr. Allen L. Richards, Dr. Wei Mai Ching |
Development and evaluation of rickettsial diagnostic assays |
Naval Medical Research Center, Rickettsial Diseases Research Program, Silver Spring, USA |
|
22 |
Pleonchan Chetchotsakd, Jinda Wangboonsakul |
MERTH, PK study of clavulanic acid in patients with melioidosis |
Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Thailand |
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23 |
Patcharee Kantipong |
Acute fever study |
Chiang Rai Prachanukhrao Hospital, Chiang Rai, Thailand |
|
24 |
Yupin Suputtamongkol, Panatsaya Tientadakul |
Acute fever study, clinical trial and pathophysiologic study in patients with leptospirosis and scrub typhus |
Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University |
Pharmacology |
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1 |
Prof. Yngve Bergqvist |
Pharmacology |
Dalarna University, Sweden |
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2 |
Prof. Michael Ashton |
Pharmacology |
Gothenburg University, Sweden |
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3 |
Prof. Jonas Bergqvist |
Pharmacology |
Uppsala University, Sweden |
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4 |
Dr. Charles Delacollette |
Pharmacology |
Coordinator, WHO-Mekong Malaria Programme |
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5 |
Dr. Ali Shabana |
Pharmacology |
National University of Science and Technology,Pakistan |
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6 |
Prof. Richard K Haynes |
Pharmacology |
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay |
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7 |
Prof. Natchanun Leepipatpiboon |
Pharmacology |
Chulalongkorn University |
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8 |
Prof. Nelson Lee |
Pharmacology |
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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9 |
Prof. Anders Björkman and Dr. Andreas Martensson |
Pharmacology |
Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden |
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10 |
Dr. Andrea Mazzanti |
Pharmacology |
University of Bologna, Italy |
|
11 |
Dr. Harparkash kaur |
Pharmacology |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK |
|
12 |
Dr. Pascal Ringwald |
Pharmacology |
WHO |
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13 |
Dr. Jean-Paul Guthmann |
Pharmacology |
Epicentre |
|
14 |
Sunil Parikh, Fran Aweeka |
Pharmacology |
University of California, San Francisco |
|
15 |
Dr. Steffen Borrman, Dr. Philip Sasi |
Pharmacology |
KEMRI, Kenya |
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16 |
Dr. Mehul Dhorda |
Pharmacology |
Epicentre, Uganda |
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17 |
Dr. Ishag Adam |
Pharmacology |
University of Khartoum, Sudan |
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18 |
Dr. Patrice Piola |
Pharmacology |
MSF |
Lao PDR |
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1 |
Dr. Samlane Phompida |
Treatment of uncomplicated malaria and markers of drug resistance |
Centre for Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (CMPE), Vientiane |
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2 |
Prof. Sing Manorath |
Electronic medical library |
University of Health Sciences, Vientiane |
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3 |
Dr. Sivong Sengaloundeth |
Medicine quality |
Food and Drug Department (FDD), Vientiane. |
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4 |
Prof. Yves Buisson and Dr. Hubert Barennes |
Joint research projects and supervision of joint MSc students. |
Francophone Institute for Tropical Medicine, Vientiane |
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5 |
Dr. Julie Valee and Dr. Audrey Dubot |
Urbanisation and typhus in Vientiane and the causes of viral encephalitis |
L'Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Vientiane |
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6 |
Prof. Phengta Vongphrachanh & Dr. Juliet Bryant |
Dengue epidemiology and the causes of viral encephalitis |
Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology (CLE) and nascent Institute Pasteur, Vientiane |
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7 |
Drs Chris Barlow & Khamtanh Vatthana |
Neorickettsia sennetsu and fish |
Mekong River Commission (MRC), Vientiane |
|
8 |
Dr. Leila Srour |
Noma and medical education |
Health Frontiers NGO, Vientiane |
|
9 |
Dr. Guenther Slesak |
Causes of non-malarial fever in rural Laos |
SFE NGO, Luang Nam Tha and Attapeu |
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10 |
Dr. Te Tammavong |
Epidemiology of hepatitis and sennetsu |
National Blood Transfusion Centre, Lao Red Cross, Vientiane |
|
11 |
Dr. Khin Saw Aye Myint & Dr. Robert Gibbons |
Diagnosis of hepatitis E, dengue and Japanese encephalitis virus |
AFRIMS, Bangkok |
|
12 |
Prof. Didier Raoult & Prof. Jean-Marc Rolain |
Rickettsiology |
Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, University of Marseille, France |
|
13 |
Dr. Grant Singleton |
Bartonella spp. Rickettsia spp. and O. tsutsugamushi, in Lao rodents |
CSIRO, Australia |
|
14 |
Dr. Lee Smythe |
Diagnosis of leptopirosis |
Leptopiral Reference Laboratory, Australia |
|
15 |
Dr. Mike Green and Dr. Steve Smith |
rapid tests for detection of poor quality drugs and assessing decay in insecticide concentration in bed nets |
CDC, USA |
|
16 |
Prof. Chris Whitty |
Medicine quality |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
|
17 |
Ms Aline Plancon |
Medicine quality |
INTERPOL |
|
18 |
Prof. Facundo Fernandez |
Medicine quality & forensic chemistry |
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Tech, USA |
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19 |
Dr. Dallas Mildenhall |
Medicine quality & palynology |
GNS Science, New Zealand |
|
20 |
Prof. Tim Anderson |
Molecular markers of antimalarial drug resistance |
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas |
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21 |
Dr. Dinesh Talwar |
Biochemical diagnosis of beriberi |
Scottish Micronutrient Reference Laboratory, Glasgow |
|
22 |
Dr. Hiroyuki Matsuoka |
G6PD deficiency |
Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Japan. |
|
23 |
Prof. Xavier Nicolas de Lambellerie & Dr. Audrey Dubot |
Causes of encephalitis |
Unité des Virus Emergents, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille |
|
24 |
Dr. Anne-Marie Roque |
Problems in the diagnosis of hepatitis A |
Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France. |
|
25 |
Dr. Al Richards |
Diagnosis of murine and scrub typhus |
Rickettsial Diseases Research Program, Naval Medical Research Center, USA |
|
26 |
Prof. Paul Klenerman |
Hepatitis C epidemiology |
The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford |
|
27 |
Dr. Ian Morton |
Diagnosis of beriberi |
Blood Pressure Unit, University of Glasgow |
|
28 |
Dr. Christine Clewes |
Diagnosis of beriberi |
MRC Human Nutrition, Cambridge, UK |
|
29 |
Prof. David Relman and Dr. Stephen Popper |
Expression microarrays and the aetiology of fever |
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, USA. |
|
30 |
Professor Nathan Wolfe |
Potential human pathogens in ‘bush meat’ in southern Lao. |
Global Viral Forecasting Initiative, Stanford University, USA |
|
31 |
Dr. Souly Phanouvong |
Medicine quality |
United States Pharmacopeia, USA |
|
32 |
Dr. David Bell and Dr. Eva Christophel |
Medicine quality, JEV and the causes of fever |
WHO - Western Pacific Regional Office, Manila |
|
33 |
Dr. Myriam MARTINO |
Medicine quality & forensic chemistry |
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France |
|
34 |
Dr. Floyd Dowell |
Medicine quality & forensic chemistry |
USDA Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, Kansas, USA |
|
35 |
Prof. Sergei Kazarian |
Medicine quality & forensic chemistry |
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London |
|
36 |
Dr. Marleen de Veij |
Medicine quality & forensic chemistry |
Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University, Belgium |
|
37 |
Prof. Jin Shaohong |
Medicine quality & forensic chemistry |
National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical & Biological Products, P. R. China |
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SEA ICRN Clinical Sites as of February 2009
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Thailand |
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1 |
PI: Dr. Chariya Saensajja |
Bamrasnaradura |
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2 |
PI: Dr. Charoen Chuchottaworn |
SEAICRN |
Chest |
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3 |
PI: Dr. Tawee Chotpityaasunondh |
SEAICRN |
Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health |
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4 |
PIs: Dr. Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit and Dr. Thanomsak Anekthananon |
SEAICRN |
Siriraj Hospital |
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5 |
PI: Dr. Sasithon Pukrittayakamee |
SEAICRN |
Faculty of Tropical Medicine—Hospital for Tropical Diseases |
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Vietnam |
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6 |
PI: Tran Tinh Hien |
SEAICRN |
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, HCMC |
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7 |
PI: BS Troong Hoou Khanh |
SEAICRN |
Children’s Hospital #1, HCMC |
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8 |
PI: Dr. Ha Manh Tuan |
SEAICRN |
Children’s Hospital #2, HCMC |
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9 |
PI: Dr. Kinh |
SEAICRN |
NIITD, Hanoi |
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10 |
PI: Professor Nguyen Thanh Liem |
SEAICRN |
NHP, Hanoi |
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Indonesia |
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11 |
Dr. Sardikin Giriputro |
SEAICRN |
Sulianto Saroso |
|
12 |
Dr. Tjandra Y Aditama |
SEAICRN |
Persahabatan |
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Singapore |
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13 |
Dr. Paul Anantharajah Tambyah |
SEAICRN |
National University (NUH) |
|
14 |
Dr. Leo Yee Sin |
SEAICRN |
Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
|
15 |
Dr. Leong Hoe Nam |
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Singapore General (SGH) Changi General |
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USA |
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16 |
Dr. Elizabeth Higgs |
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National Institutes of Health |

