Collaborations

Collaborations and links developed over the past five years in addition to many longstanding collaborations:


Collaborator Project Name of Institute

Malaria

1

Dr. Ric Price

Vivax malaria, antimalarial drug resistance

Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia

2

Prof. Piero Olliaro

Antimalarial drug resistance and treatment

WHO TDR, Geneva

3

Dr. Charles Woodrow

Antimalarial drug resistance

St George’s Hospital, London, UK

4

Dr. Tim Anderson

Antimalarial drug resistance

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical research, Texas, USA, Texas, USA

5

Dr. Duong Socheat

Artemisinin resistance

Cambodian National Malaria Control Programme, Cambodia

6

Prof. A. Faiz

Severe malaria

Bangladesh Institute for Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Bangladesh

7

Prof. Pascal Millet

Antimalarial pharmaceutics

University of Bordeaux, France

8

Prof. Karen Barnes

Antimalarial drug pharmacology

University of Cape Town, South Africa

9

Dr. Julie Simpson

Anti-infective drug pharmacokinetics

University of Melbourne, Australia

10

Dr. Frank Smithuis

Antimalarial treatment

Medecins Sans Frontieres, Myanmar

11

Dr. Mark Fukuda

Artemisinin resistance

US AFRIMS, Bangkok, Thailand

12

Prof. Dominic Kwiatkowski

Artemisinin resistance

Sanger Centre, Cambridge, UK

13

Dr. Kevin Baird, Dr. Bob Taylor, Dr. Din Safradin

Cause of severe vivax malaria in Jayapura

SEA Influenza

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

16

Dr. Ronnatrai Ruangweerayut

Uncomplicated malaria P. vivax

Maesot general Hospital, Maesot, Tak

17

Dr. Kanoknart Pisuttakul

Uncomplicated malaria P.vivax

Maesot general Hospital, Maesot, Tak

18

Prof. Ratchanee Udomsangpetch

Pathophysiology of malaria

Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

19

Prof. Kovit Patharapunyasat

Application of flow cytometry

Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

20

Prof. Suthat Fucharoen

Haemoglobinopathy in malaria

Thalassaemia Research Centre, Mahidol University

21

Dr. Paktiya Teja-isavadharm

Antimalarial drug susceptibility: bioassay

Department of Immunology and Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical science

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

24

Dr. Mathirut Mungthin

Antimalarial drug sensitivities

College of Medicine, Pramongkut Hospital

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

28

Assit Prof. Watcharee Chokejindachai

Genetic mapping of malaria parasites

Department of Pediatic,Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University

29

Dr. Jung Ryong Kim, Head office of Green Doctors, Busan city, South Korea

Molecular characterisation of North Korea vivax

North and South Korea

30

Dr. Prakash Ghimire, Assoc Prof.Central

Molecular characterisation of P. vivax from Nepal

Central Department of Microbiology, Nepal

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

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

34

Dr. Ric Paul

Vivax oocyst work

Pasteur Institute, France

35

Dr. Caterina Fanello/ Dr. Magda Magris Crestini CAICET in Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas State of Venezuela

dhfr/dhps mutation

Rwanda, Africa

36

Prof. Donatella Taramelli

Oxidative Stress in Malaria

Universita di Milano, Italy

37

Prof. Jack Roberts

Oxidative Stress Markers

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

38

Dr. Frederic Ariey

Artemisinin Resistance

Pasteur Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

39

Prof. Emran Bin Yunus

Clinical Studies in Severe Malaria

Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh

40

Dr. Saroj Mishra

Clinical Studies in Severe Malaria

Ispat Hospital Rourkela, Orissa, India

41

Dr. Sanjib Mohanti

Clinical Studies in Severe Malaria

Ispat Hospital Rourkela, Orissa, India

42

Prof. Can Ince

Orthogonal Polarizing Spectrometry

Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

43

Prof. Tom van der Poll

Immunology

Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

44

Prof. Marcel Levi

Coagulation

Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

45

Prof. Marcus Schultz

Intensive Care in developing countries

Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

46

Dr. Pascal Ringwald

Artemisinin Resistance

WHO, Geneva, Switserland

47

Prof. Arthur Scherf

Malaria Anaemia

Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

48

Dr. Josepho Ferro

Pathology and Clinical Studies in Paediatric Severe Malaria

Hospital Central, Beira, Mozambique

49

Dr. Alinia Pedro

AQUAMAT collaborator

Hospital Central, Beira, Mozambique

50

Dr. Lorenz von Seidlein

AQUAMAT collaborator

Teule Hospital, Muheza, Tanzania

51

Dr. Olugbenga Mokuolu

AQUAMAT collaborator

University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

52

Prof. Tsiri Agbenyega

AQUAMAT collaborator

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

53

Dr. Kath Maitland and Prof. Charles Newton.

AQUAMAT collaborators

Wellcome Trust Unit, Kilifi, Kenya

54

Dr. Hugh Reyburn

AQUAMAT collaborator

London School Trop Med Hyg, UK

55

Dr. Kalifa Bojang

AQUAMAT collaborator

Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia

56

Dr. Julia Mwanga and Dr. Margaret Nansumba

AQUAMAT collaborator

Mbarara District Hospital, Uganda

57

Dr. Corine Kerema and Dr. Noella Umulisa

AQUAMAT collaborator

Rwanagana Distric Hospital

58

Prof. Anne Mills

Economic Studies

London School Trop Med Hyg, UK.

59

Prof. Frederique Barkhof

CNS Imaging in Malaria

VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands

60

Dr. Rick Fairhurst

Artemisinin Resistance

NIAID/National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA

61

Prof. Piet Kager

Leishmaniasis

Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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

65

Prof. Peter Preiser

Transcriptome Malaria

Nanyang Technical University, Singapore

66

Dr Louise Bird, Dr Ray Owens

Cloning surface proteins of Orientia Tsutsugamushi

Oxford Protein Production Facility, Oxford University, UK

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

1

Dr. Mat Fisher,

Population Genetic of Cryptococcus neoformans

RZS, London UK

2

Herbert Schweizer

Drug resistance mechanisms in Burkholderia pseudomallei

CoIorado State University, USA

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

4

Tom Kozel & David AuCoin

Diagnostic development for melioidosis

Pacific South West Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases, USA

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

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

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

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

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

1

Prof. Yngve Bergqvist

Pharmacology

Dalarna University, Sweden

2

Prof. Michael Ashton

Pharmacology

Gothenburg University, Sweden

3

Prof. Jonas Bergqvist

Pharmacology

Uppsala University, Sweden

4

Dr. Charles Delacollette

Pharmacology

Coordinator, WHO-Mekong Malaria Programme

5

Dr. Ali Shabana

Pharmacology

National University of Science and Technology,Pakistan

6

Prof. Richard K Haynes

Pharmacology

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay

7

Prof. Natchanun Leepipatpiboon

Pharmacology

Chulalongkorn University

8

Prof. Nelson Lee

Pharmacology

Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

9

Prof. Anders Björkman and Dr. Andreas Martensson

Pharmacology

Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden

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

13

Dr. Jean-Paul Guthmann

Pharmacology

Epicentre

14

Sunil Parikh, Fran Aweeka

Pharmacology

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco General Hospital
USA

15

Dr. Steffen Borrman, Dr. Philip Sasi

Pharmacology

KEMRI, Kenya

16

Dr. Mehul Dhorda

Pharmacology

Epicentre, Uganda

17

Dr. Ishag Adam

Pharmacology

University of Khartoum, Sudan

18

Dr. Patrice Piola

Pharmacology

MSF

Lao PDR

1

Dr. Samlane Phompida

Treatment of uncomplicated malaria and markers of drug resistance

Centre for Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (CMPE), Vientiane

2

Prof. Sing Manorath

Electronic medical library

University of Health Sciences, Vientiane

3

Dr. Sivong Sengaloundeth

Medicine quality

Food and Drug Department (FDD), Vientiane.

4

Prof. Yves Buisson and Dr. Hubert Barennes

Joint research projects and supervision of joint MSc students.

Francophone Institute for Tropical Medicine, Vientiane

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

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

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

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

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

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

SEA ICRN Clinical Sites as of February 2009

Thailand

1

PI: Dr. Chariya Saensajja

SEAICRN

Bamrasnaradura

2

PI: Dr. Charoen Chuchottaworn

SEAICRN

Chest

3

PI: Dr. Tawee Chotpityaasunondh

SEAICRN

Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health

4

PIs: Dr. Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit and Dr. Thanomsak Anekthananon

SEAICRN

Siriraj Hospital

5

PI: Dr. Sasithon Pukrittayakamee

SEAICRN

Faculty of Tropical Medicine—Hospital for Tropical Diseases

Vietnam

6

PI: Tran Tinh Hien

SEAICRN

Hospital for Tropical Diseases, HCMC

7

PI: BS Troong Hoou Khanh

SEAICRN

Children’s Hospital #1, HCMC

8

PI: Dr. Ha Manh Tuan

SEAICRN

Children’s Hospital #2, HCMC

9

PI: Dr. Kinh

SEAICRN

NIITD, Hanoi

10

PI: Professor Nguyen Thanh Liem

SEAICRN

NHP, Hanoi

Indonesia

11

Dr. Sardikin Giriputro

SEAICRN

Sulianto Saroso

12

Dr. Tjandra Y Aditama

SEAICRN

Persahabatan

Singapore

13

Dr. Paul Anantharajah Tambyah

SEAICRN

National University (NUH)

14

Dr. Leo Yee Sin

SEAICRN

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

15

Dr. Leong Hoe Nam


Singapore General (SGH) Changi General

USA

16

Dr. Elizabeth Higgs


National Institutes of Health