CAPT Network News
Additional CAPT Network Fellowship and Mentorships Awarded
The CAPT Network has awarded an additional fellowship and seven new mentorships for the 2008-2009 year. These awards will provide recipients with valuable work learning experience under the guidance of an experienced mentor, furthering the CAPT Network’s vision of strengthening research capacity in eastern and southern Africa. Congratulations to the following recipients:
- Langa Ngubane MBChB
Research Study: Evaluating the WHO’s new guidelines for HIV infected inpatients with smear negative pulmonary TB.
Fellowship Supervisors: D.P. Wilson, MBChB, FCP (SA), Principal Specialist and Head of Medicine, Edendale Hospital. Gonzalo G. Alvarez, MD, MPH, FRCPC Divisions of Respirology and Infectious Diseases, University of Ottawa at The Ottawa Hospital.
Location: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - John Irige MBChB, MSc
Research Study: Acceptability of male circumcision for prevention of HIV infection in Mbarara.
Mentor: Muyindike Winnie, MBChB, MMed, Satellite Director, CAPT Network – ISS/MUST Collaboration.
Location: Mbarara, Uganda - Andrew Kiboneka MBChB
Research Study: Evaluation of the psychosocial needs and functioning of adolescents living with HIV at TASO Uganda.
Mentor: Edward Mills, PhD, MSc, Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.
Location: Uganda - Peter Kivunike MBChB, MMed (OBS/GYN)
Research Study: HIV related Gynecological admissions in the era of HAART at Mbarara University Teaching Hospital; seizing the missed opportunity for prevention.
Mentor: Muyindike Winnie, MBChB, MMed, Satellite Director, CAPT Network – ISS/MUST Collaboration.
Location: Mbarara, Uganda - Shambu Maharajh MBChB
Research Study: Risk factors and theraputic options following Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NRTI) Associated Hyperlactataemia and Lactic acidosis syndrome.
Mentor: Halima Dawood, FCP, MBBCh, BSc, DTM & H, Dip HIV Man, Principal Specialist: Infectious Diseases, Greys Hospital.
Location: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - Enoch Muyanja BMLS
Research Study: Application of DNA microarrays to establish yellow fever immune response profiles in healthy Ugandan adults.
Mentors: Rafick-Pierre Sékaly, PhD, Director, Laboratory of Immunology, Université de Montréal. Pontiano Kaleebu, MBChB, PhD, Assistant Director, Uganda Virus Research Institute.
Location: Montréal, Canada - Christine Nabiryo, MBChB, MMed
Research Study: Cell phone reminders to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. A randomized trial.
Mentor: Edward Mills, PhD, MSc, Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.
Location: Uganda - Peter Ssebutinde MBChB
Research Study: To study the presence and percentage ratios of specific receptors on the CD4-T cell membranes in the blood sample of a seronegative spouse in a serodiscordant relationship.
Mentors: Muyindike Winnie, MBChB, MMed, Satellite Director, CAPT Network – ISS/MUST Collaboration. Pontiano Kaleebu, MBChB, PhD, Assistant Director, Uganda Virus Research Institute.
Location: Mbarara, Uganda
