CAPT Network News
CAPT Network Announces Fellowship and Mentorship Recipients
On February 29th, 2008 CAPT Network announced the names of successful applicants to the Network’s first Fellowship and Mentorship competitions. Congratulations to the following researchers:
- Dr. Catherine Riou, PhD
Research Study-
Establishing a novel immune monitoring platform for understanding correlates of protection in HIV-1 infection: measuring the association of cytokine-induced signaling pathway networks and target genes in HIV-specific and non-specific T cell subsets with viral control.
Fellowship Supervisor: Clive Gray, PhD Chief Specialist Scientist and Head of Department, AIDS Research Unit: Immunology National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa. - Kumakech Edward MPH, MScN, PGDDS, BScN
Research Study: The prevalence and impact of malnutrition on CD4 count response of AIDS patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy over 6 months period.
Mentor: Vanja Berggren, PhD Guest Lecturer, Department of Nursing Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Location: Mbarara, Uganda - Dr. Muganzi Alex Muganga, MBChB, MPH
Research Study: Contraceptive use among HIV discordant couples attending Infectious Diseases Institute: knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, practices, challenges and implications for HIV prevention
Mentors: Walter F. Schlech, III MD, FRCPC, FACP Professor of Medicine Attending Staff Physician - Division of Infectious Diseases Professor-In-Residence, Infectious Disease Institute, Makarere University. Andrew Kambugu, MBChB, MMED Head, Clinical Services, Infectious Diseases Institute Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University
Location: Kampala, Uganda - Dr. Fred Collins Semitala, MBChB
Research Study: Availability and uptake of prevention interventions targeting sexual transmission among HIV sero-discordant couples in a clinical setting
Mentors: Walter F. Schlech, III MD, FRCPC, FACP Professor of Medicine Attending Staff Physician - Division of Infectious Diseases Professor-In-Residence, Infectious Disease Institute, Makerere University. Moses R. Kamya, MBChB, MMed, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Medical School, Mulago Hospital
Location: Kampala, Uganda
