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Research capability strengthening |
New
awards
May 2004 |
The TDR Research Strengthening Group met in Bangkok, Thailand, 9 - 13 February 2004, to deliberate and recommend projects for funding by TDR. The new projects listed below were selected from investigators who responded to the calls for letters of intent and proposals.
Renewed Capacity strengthening programme grants
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A00883 |
Margaret Ngozi
Aghaji |
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Nigeria |
|
Evaluation of multi-drug resistance and second line treatment in TB cases in Primary Health Care Zone A, Nigeria |
25,000 |
| A20785 |
Laura
Arcos |
Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Ecuador |
|
Institutional capability strengthening in tropical disease research and training at Catholic University, Quito, Ecuador |
42,450 |
| A10491 |
Ali Mohamed
Assabri |
Sana'a University, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Yemen |
|
The epidemiology of severe malaria in children in Yemen |
45,070 |
| A11037 |
Aditya Prasad
Dash |
Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (ICMR), India |
|
Community based dengue vector control under health system in one district
(South India) and transfer of technology |
25,000 |
| A10499 |
Feng Zheng |
Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, P.R. China |
|
Strengthening regional network for Asian schistosomiasis (SRNAS) |
21,500 |
| A10504 |
Andrew Yona
Kitua |
National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania |
|
Studies on safety & efficacy of oral standardized extract of TMS-2001 in the treatment of malaria in Tanzania |
27,813 |
| A990948 |
Barbara Judith
Mendiola Martinez |
Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí", Cuba |
|
Isolation of new aspartic proteinase inhibitors with potential effectiveness as antimalarial drugs |
29,490 |
| A10917 |
Mon Mon |
Department of Medical Research, Myanmar |
|
Institutional capability strengthening on tuberculosis research in Myanmar |
18,400 |
| A20789 |
Mathieu
Ndounga |
Centre
d'Etudes sur les Ressources Végétales, Congo |
|
Chimiorésistance
de Plasmodium falciparum et alternatives thérapeutiques du
paludisme non compliqué au Congo-Brazzaville |
62,500 |
| 990965 |
Theresa Kembeng
Nkuo-Akenji |
University of Buea, Cameroon |
|
Malaria pilot centre in rural setting of Mount Cameroon through multi-disciplinary approach studies |
15,000 |
| A20769 |
Herintsoa
Rafatro |
Institut Malgache de Recherches Appliquées - Fondation Ratsimamanga, Madagascar |
|
In vitro & in vivo
antiplasmo- dial studies of compounds isolated from Madagascan & African antimalarial plants |
50,598 |
Renewed
Re-entry grants
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A20740 |
Laila
Abubakar |
University of Nairobi, Department of Biochemistry, Kenya |
|
Functional genomics of tsetse-trypanosome interactions |
20,000 |
| A20754 |
Pedro Eduardo
Almeida da Silva |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil |
|
Characterization of drug-efflux as potential mechanism of resistance to chemotherapeutic agents in
M. tuberculosis |
20,970 |
| A20741 |
Ronaldo da Silva M.
Borges |
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Brazil |
|
Determination of the three-dimensional structure of dengue virus fusion peptide by nuclear magnetic resonance |
20,000 |
| A20726 |
Angela Isabel
Calderon |
Universidad de Panama, School of Pharmacy, CIFLORPAN, Panama |
|
Discovery of natural products against tropical diseases from Panamanian biodiversity |
20,000 |
| A20743 |
Elwaleed Elamin |
University of Khartoum, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Sudan |
|
Biotechnological characterization of Sudanese Leishmania isolates |
20,000 |
| A20725 |
Denise
Golgher |
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Brazil |
|
Role of regulatory T cells in the control of inflammatory process and immunopathology elicited by
T.cruzi |
20,000 |
| A20723 |
Thewarach
Laha |
Khon Kaen University, Faculty of Medicine, Thailand |
|
Mobile genetic elements from the genome of schistosomes |
18,000 |
| A10756 |
Enock Matovu |
Livestock Health Research Institute, Uganda |
|
Investigating the distribution of melarsoprol refractory
T.b.gambiense in Northwest Uganda |
7,300 |
| A20791 |
Luciano Andrade
Moreira |
Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Brazil |
|
Expression of a foreign antiparasitic gene in transgenic anopheline mosquitoes |
16,500 |
| A20727 |
Antonio Christophe Nkondjio |
Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique centrale (OCEAC), Cameroon |
|
Biology and genetic structure of the malaria vector
Anopheles moucheti in Central Africa |
15,700 |
| A20753 |
Abdulla Hassan
Sharief |
Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Sudan |
|
Rapid assessment of patterns of
L. donovani infection in western Sudan: immune surveillance and application of GIS |
19,500 |
New
grants - R&D capacity in LDCs
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A30933 |
Nicolas
Mbongo |
Laboratoire National de Santé Publique, Congo |
|
Research capacity
strengthe- ning for anti-trypanosomal compounds from medicinal plants |
50,000 |
| A30930 |
Issa Nebie |
Centre National de Recherche et de
Forma- tion sur le Paludisme, Burkina Faso |
|
Etude de l'activité antipaludique des plantes utilisées en médicine traditionnelle dans une région humide du BFA |
55,343 |
| A30902 |
Azieb
Ogbaghebriel |
University of Asmara, College of Health Sciences, Eritrea |
|
Molecular epidemiology of malaria drug resistance in Eritrea |
25,000 |
| A30931 |
Sadri A. Said |
Institute of Marine Sciences, Tanzania |
|
Discovery of new antimalarial drugs from marine invertebrates |
40,471 |
New grants - Re-entry grants
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A30894 |
Mariam Atta El Mannan
Aboud |
El Neelain University, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, Sudan |
|
Bionomics and molecular characterization of
Anopheles arabiensis Patton in Sudan |
20,300 |
| A30821 |
Abdoulaye
Diabate |
Centre Muraz/IRSS, Burkina Faso |
|
Molecular and behavioural basis of reproductive isolation in natural populations of
Anopheles gambiae |
26,000 |
| A30919 |
Jiagang
Guo |
Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Department of Schistosomiasis Control, CDC, P.R. China |
|
Prediction model of potential risk for schistosomiasis after construction of the Three Gorges Dam |
15,000 |
| A30849 |
Moses Lutaakome
Joloba |
Makerere University Medical School, Department of Medical Microbiology, Uganda |
|
Evaluation of various methods for rapid detection of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis |
13,200 |
| A30848 |
Clara Beatriz
Ocampo-Duran |
Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, Colombia |
|
Differential gene expression in dengue-2 infected & non-infected midguts of susceptible & refractory strains of
Aedes aegypti |
12,000 |
| A30891 |
Edith Sanogo |
Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Burkina Faso |
|
Résistance des vecteurs du paludisme aux insecticides au Burkina Faso: mécanismes impliqués et facteurs favorisants |
24,950 |
| A30690 |
Charles
Waiswa |
Makerere University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uganda |
|
Spatial distribution of pigs and the public health significance of the pig host as a reservoir for
T.b. rhodesiense |
20,000 |
| A30807 |
Charles Sinclair
Wondji |
Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique centrale, Cameroon |
|
Molecular & bio-ecological basis of speciation between M & S molecular forms of
An. gambiae: impact on malaria transmission &
insecticides resistance |
20,000 |
New grants
- Project Development Grant (PDG)
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A30936 |
Paolo
Abel |
Caritas de Angola |
|
Retaking training and clinical research on human African Trypanosomiasis in Angola |
10,000 |
| A30927 |
Seni Kouanda |
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Burkina Faso |
|
Tuberculosis monitoring project in Burkina Faso |
10,000 |
| A30926 |
Albert
Lukuka Kilauzi |
Institut National de Recherche Bio-médicale, R.D. Congo |
|
The impact of war and migration on Schistosomiasis distribution in DR Congo |
10,000 |
TDR expresses sincere gratitude to
members of the Research Strengthening Group for their
critical assessment and contributions to the selection process.
TDR would also like to thank those
investigators who were not funded. A large number of projects were
reviewed but only a few selected due to the highly competitive selection
process. TDR wishes to encourage these investigators to continue their
good work and to re-compete next year (see
deadline for submission of
new applications). TDR
contact: Dr F Zicker
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