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2009-2010 Fellows

Shaheida Adams, MB ChB, MMed
A cohort study to investigate prevalence of latent TB infection, prevalence of suspected TB disease, and the relationship between environmental, occupational, and host factors associated with TB infection and disease
Fellowship Site: University of Cape Town, South Africa

Elizabeth Bigger, MD, BS
The correlation between the different risk factors and the cancer site as well as stage at diagnosis, comorbid infections including HIV, Hep B/C in an oncology clinic in Malawi
Fellowship Site: UNC Project (Kamuzu Central Hospital), Malawi

Magaly Blas, MD, MPH, PhD
Association between Human Papillomavirus and Human T-lymphotropic virus infection in Indigenous Women from the Peruvian Amazon
Fellowship Site: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru

Gerald Bloomfield, MD, MPH
The prevalence of atherosclerosis among patients with heart failure
Fellowship Site: Moi University School of Medicine, Kenya

Juan Calcagno, MD, MSc
Burden of Leptospirosis in urban slum communities
Fellowship Site: Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil

Lisandro Colantonio, MD
Estimation of the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Argentina
Fellowship Site: Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Robert Comer, MD, MS
Serologic prevalance of Chagas’ disease in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and the role of the novel Th17 pathway in development of chronic Chagas’ cardiomyopathy
Fellowship Site: AB Prisma, Peru

Lisa Dillabaugh, MD
TB Prevention in HIV-infected children: An evaluation of isoniazid preventive therapy in Kenya
Fellowship Site: Kenya Medical Research Institute

Anne Gatuguta, MB ChB
Antiretroviral adherence in adolescents: would a simple constant reminder make any difference?
Fellowship Site: University of Nairobi, Kenya

Mark Huffman, MD, MPH
Outcomes for acute heart failure syndromes in India
Fellowship Site: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Zhongwei Jia, PhD
Multilevel spatial analysis of HIV/AIDS cases in China
Fellowship Site: National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention/CDC, China

Thuy Le, MD
A Randomized, Open-Label, Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Itraconzole versus Amphotericin B in the Acute-Phase Treatment of Penicilliosis in HIV-Infected Persons in Vietnam
Fellowship Site: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam

Yan Li, MB, MIPH
To develop, implement, and evaluate national salt reduction strategies on CVD burden in China
Fellowship Site: The George Institute, China

Peggy Martinez Esteban, MD
Prevalence of neurocognitive disorders in a cross sectional study of HIV-infected children
Fellowship Site: Instituto Especializado en Neurosciencias, Peru

Guillermina Melendi, MD
Seroprevalence of dengue virus infection in pregnant women and risk factors for perinatal DHF in newborns and infants
Fellowship Site: Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

AnaClaire Meyer, MD
The development of a tool to identify peripheral neuropathy and HIV-associated dementia
Fellowship Site: Kenya Medical Research Institute

Lucas Ntyintyane, MB ChB
Understanding the societal determinants of biological risk factors and cardiovascular disease in South Africa
Fellowship Site: University of Cape Town, South Africa

Francisca Ongecha-Owuor, MB ChB, MMed
Prevalence and impact of undiagnosed psychiatric morbidity on adherence and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services
Fellowship Site: University of Nairobi, Kenya

Jonathan Peter, MB ChB
Evaluate the feasibility, performance outcomes & cost effectiveness of sputum induction for the diagnosis of smear negative/sputum scarce TB
Fellowship Site: University of Cape Town, South Africa

Alison Roxby, MD, MSc
A randomized clinical trial of herpes suppression in HIV-1/HSV-2 co-infected pregnant and post partum women
Fellowship Site: University of Nairobi, Kenya

Jonathan Samuel, MD, MPH
Investigation of the immune response to burns in Malawi in relation to both burn size and HIV status, and an observational study of burn care to identify potentially modifiable factors to improve outcomes
Fellowship Site: UNC Project (Kamuzu Central Hospital), Malawi

Elizabeth Schlaudecker, MD
Determining the viral etiologies of acute respiratory infections in a rural Honduran population of children
Fellowship Site: Hospital Regional del Occidente, Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras

Richard van Zyl-Smit, MB ChB, MMed
Do the constituents of tobacco smoke attenuate protective mycobactericidal host immune responses in the human lung?
Fellowship Site: University of Cape Town, South Africa

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