Pre-doctoral Training in Emerging and Tropical Infectious Diseases

 

 

[Pre -Doctoral ]  [Medical Student]

 

Pre-doctoral

Trainee

Graduate Program

Mentor

Research Area

1997-98

Aaron Brault Exp. Pathology (3) Scott Weaver virology/vector biology
Neil Haycocks Exp. Pathology (3) Chester Cooper/ Mike McGinnis mycology
William Whitehead    Micro. & Immun. (5)  Chiaho Shih  virology 

1998-99

Aaron Brault  Exp. Pathology (4) Scott Weaver  virology/vector biology
Mark Shirtliff  Micro. & Immun. (3) David Niesel bacteriology
Amy Shurtleff    Exp. Pathology (3)  Judy Aronson virology

1999 – 2000

Kimberly Campbell  Micro. & Immun.(3)    Lynn Soong parasitology
Rania Milleron Exp. Pathology (3) Greg Lanzaro vector biology
Mark Shirtliff    Micro. & Immun. (4)  David Niesel   bacteriology

Amy Shurtleff  

Exp. Pathology (4)    Judy Aronson virology

2000-2001

Kimberly Campbell  Micro.& Immun.(4)    Lynn Soong parasitology
K. T. Goettge   Micro.& Immun. (3)  Stanley Lemon   virology

Megan Kunkel

Human Biol. Chem.  & Genetics (3)    Stanley Watowich virology/structural biology
Rania Milleron Exp. Pathology (4) Greg Lanzaro vector biology

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Medical Student

Trainee (Year of Study) 
Geographic Area of Study
Research Area
Overseas Host

1998

Shilpen Patel (1)

Lima, Peru

Epidemiology of Oropouche fever

Dr. Doug Watts,

Naval Medical Research Inst. Detachment 

Adaez Okeke  (1)

San Jose, Costa Rica

Leishmanial infection

Dr. Rodrigo Zeledon,

Escuela de Medicine Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional

Cynthia Ho  (4)

Bangkok, Thailand

Characterization of trans- placental transfer of maternal- fetal dengue specific IsG subclasses at the time of birth

Dr. Tim Endy, 

Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Laura Miramontes  (4)

Bangkok, Thailand

Development and kinetics of dengue antibody in infants

Dr. Tim Endy, 

Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

1999

Ryan Holmes (1)

Ribeirao Preto, Brazil

Prevalence of human hantavirus infection in the Ribeirao Preto Region of Sao Paulo State Brazil

Dr. Tadeu Figueiredo,

Dept. of Virology, Uni. of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil

S. Ryan Gregory  (1)

Goiara, Gois, Brazil

Evaluation of the antimicrobial and wound healing properties of a naturopathic topical agent “Propolis”

Dr. Nelson Piccolo,

Nelson Piccolo Institute, Goiara, Gois, Brazil 

William Washington  (1)

Umtata, South Africa

Seroprevalence of HIV infection in mothers who deliver at Umtata General Hospital

Prof.Mwesigwa-Koyongo,

University of Transkei, Umtata, South Africa  

2000

Kari Gillenwater (1) Iquitos, Peru Prevalence of tuberculosis in the village of Villa Buen Pastor near Iquitos, Peru Dr. Robert Gillman

Pryoectos en Informatica, Saud Medicina y Agricultura (PRISMA), Lima Peru

Carols Ortiz (1) Iquitos, Peru Implementation of active surveillance of Dengue infections in a cohort of school children in Iquitos, Peru Dr. Kevin Russell

US. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

Virginia Watson (1) Belo Horizonte, Brazil Analysis of T cell epitopes to a Schistosoma mansoni major egg antigen smp40 Dr.Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira

Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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