SACIDS–ACE Research Matrix

August 14, 2018

SACIDS ACE Research Programme Coordinated by Sokoine University of Agriculture and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania July 2018

 

 

STRAND 1: Addressing Viral Disease Threat to Human Health, Food Security and Livelihoods

 

Professors: Gerald Misinzo, Leonard Mboera, Mark Rweyemamu and Janusz Paweska

 

 

CoP1 Theme: Emerging and Vector-Borne Diseases (EVBD)

Professors: Professors: Gerald Misinzo, Leonard Mboera, Mark Rweyemamu and Janusz Paweska (NICD)

 

 

 

Strategic Objective:Enhancing One Health Based Scientific Capability for Preparedness against Emerging and Vector-Borne Diseases  in Eastern and Southern Africa

 

Researcher/Student Research Focus: Registering University Gender Nationality
Calvin Sindato BVM, MSc, PhD

 

PANDORA Senior Postdoc:

 

 

Modelling and Mapping of Emerging and Vector borne Diseases and other zoonoses as appropriate SUA  

M

Tanzania
Sima Rugarabamu

PhD 1(WB-ACE)

Mapping pandemic potential and improving on-site detection and differentiation  of viral hemorrhagic fevers SUA F

 

Tanzania
Gaspary Mwanyika PhD 2(WB-ACE): Development of nanobody-Based assay for the Detection of Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses SUA M

 

DRC

 

 

 

 

STRAND 1: Addressing Viral Disease Threat to Human Health, Food Security and Livelihoods

 

Professors: Gerald Misinzo, Leonard Mboera, Mark Rweyemamu and Janusz Paweska

 

 

CoP2 Theme: Viral Diseases of Food Security and Livelihoods Importance

Professors: Professors: Gerald Misinzo, Christopher Kasanga, Mark Rweyemamu, Donald King (TPI) and Richard Kock (RVC)

 

STRAND 1: Addressing Viral Disease Threat to Human Health, Food Security and Livelihoods.

 

 

 

Strategic Objective:To advance the SACIDS Theory of Change for Community Level One Health Security through employing the power of the genomics and analytical epidemiology to study the emergence and spread of animal viral epidemic diseases (ie viral Transboundary Animal Diseases)

 

 

Researcher/Student Research Focus: Registering University Gender Nationality
Dr Francis Wamonje

BSc, MSc, PhD

 

WB-ACE Senior Postdoc:

 

 

Genomics and Metagenomics of Transboundary Animal Diseases with a special focus on African Swine Fever Virus and its Tick Vectors SUA  

M

Kenya
Latoya Seoke

PhD 1(WB-ACE):

Development of genomic-based, field-deployable assays for detection and identification of FMDV in endemic settings. SUA F

 

Botswana
Mkama Mashinagu PhD 2 (WB-ACE) Antigenic characterization of foot-and-mouth disease virus in relation to vaccine effectiveness in endemic settings in Africa SUA M

 

Tanzania
Clara Yona

PhD 3 (WB-ACE)

Metagenomic virome and host differential transcriptome analyses of domestic pigs and warthogs infected with african swine fever virus (asfv) SUA F Tanzania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRAND 2: Addressing Chronic Neglected Tropical Infectious Diseases (NTDs) with a focus on bacterial zoonoses, including Mycobacterial infections, and on Antimicrobial resistance.

Prof: Mecky Matee (MUHAS), Prof Stephen Mshana (CUHAS) and Prof Mark Rweyemamu (SUA)

 

CoP 1 Theme: Bacterial Zoonoses & Antimicrobial Resistance (BAMR)

Prof Mecky Matee, Stephen Mshana, Sharadhuli I. Kimera (SUA) and Taane Clarke (LSHTM)

 

Strategic Objective:A genomics driven multidisciplinary approach towards providing evidence based action for Antimicrobial Resistance in Low Resource Settings Eastern and Southern Africa Africa

 

 

Researcher/Student Research Focus: Registering University Duration Primary Mentor

/Supervisor

Africa Co-mentors/co-supervisors Indicative     UK co-supervisor(s) & other non-Africa
Bugwesa Katale Postdoc (WB-ACE) MUHAS 2017-2019 Prof Mecky Matee (MUHAS) Prof. Van Helden (Stellenbosch)

Prof Stephen Mshana (CUHAS),  Prof Christopher Kasanga (SUA),  Prof. Gerald Misinzo (SUA) Dr Abubakar Hoza (SUA)

Prof Mark Rweyemamu (SUA)

Prof. Taane Clark (LSHTM), Prof. Liam Good (RVC)

Prof Trinad Chakraborty, UoGiessen, Germany and Prof Blomberg University of Bergen, Norway

 

 

Zuhura Kimera PhD 1(WB-ACE) Genomic epidemiology of esbls escherichia coli in poultry, pigs, fish and environment and the drivers for antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in Tanzania MUHAS 2017-2021

 

Prof Mecky Matee (MUHAS) Prof Stephen Mshana (CUHAS),

Prof Esron Karimuribo (SUA), Prof. Christopher Kasanga (SUA), Dr. Bugwesa Katale (SACIDS-Postdoc-MUHAS)

Prof. Taane Clark (LSHTM),

Prof. Liam Good (RVC

Harriet ChinyangiPhD2 (WB-ACE) Genomic epidemiology of ESBL producing Escherichia coli in hospital settings and the environment in Tanzania MUHAS 2017-2021

 

Prof Mecky Matee (MUHAS) Dr Abubakar Hoza (SUA), Prof Christopher Kasanga,

Prof. Bernard Hang’ombe (UNZA),  Prof Stephen Mshana (CUHAS),

Bugwesa Katale (SACIDS-Postdoc-MUHAS)

Prof. Taane Clark (LSHTM),

Prof. Liam Good (RVC

Rogers  Azabo

PhD3 (WB-ACE)

Antimicrobial use  and  the prevalence of resistant    extended-spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing  Escherichia .coli    from cattle,  poultry and environment  in tanzania SUA 2017-2021

 

Prof. Sharadhuli Kimera (SUA)

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Innocent Semali (MUHAS), Profs Stephen Mshana (CUHAS), Mecky Matee (MUHAS) and Mark Rweyemamu (SUA) LSHTM (to be identified)

 

RVC (to be nominated)

Noel Gahamanyi

PhD4 (PASET):

Campylobacter Transmission Dynamics in Humans, Animals and the Environment in Tanzania SUA 2018-2022 Dr. Eric Komba Profs. Matee, Misinzo, Dr. Hoza Prof. Cassidy (Virginia Tec University)

 

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