Call | Career Development Fellowship (CDF) |
Programme | EDCTP2 |
Start Date | 2017-08-01 |
End Date | 2020-07-31 |
Project Code | TMA2015CDF982 |
Status | Active |
Immunological Selection of Recombinants following HIV-1 Superinfection
• To determine the recombination rate following superinfection • To determine the role of immune selection on recombination • To determine effect of recombination on viral persistence by immune escape • To determine the effect of recombination on disease progression
Institution | Country |
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Uganda |
Name | Institution | Country |
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Professor Pontiano Kaleebu | Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) | Uganda |
Longitudinal cohort study, with a nested matched case-control study
Entebbe, Uganda |
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Senior Scientist
Type | Name | Title | University | Start Date | End Date |
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MSc | Jonah Omooja | High Rates of HIV-1 Virological Suppression and Acquired Drug Resistance among Fisher-folk Communities on First-line Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda | Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda | 2017 | 2019 |
MSc | Farouk Segujja | Prevalence of Transmitted and Pre-treatment HIV-1 drug resistance, the long term virological outcomes and prevalence of acquired HIV-1 drug resistance in the era of test and treat in a cohort of female sex workers in Uganda | Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda | 2017 | 2019 |
MSc | • Maria Gloria Nannyonjo | The Frequency and Clinical Significance of Minority Drug Resistance Mutations after 12 Months of Antiretroviral Therapy initiation in an HIV Ugandan Population | Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda | 2015 | 2018 |
PhD | Nicholas Bbosa | HIV-1 phylogenetics in Lake Victoria fishing communities of Uganda: understanding transmission dynamics and networks | Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda | 2014 | 2019 |
Role | Committee/board | Start Date | End Date |
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Member | Executive Committee, Makerere University Uganda Virus Research Institute Infection and Immunity (MUII/Wellcome Trust) Programme | 2013 | |
Member | Steering Committee, Phylogenetics and Networks for Generalised HIV Epidemics in Africa (PANGEA) | 2013 | |
Member | Uganda HIV Drug Resistance Working Group | 2018 |
Institution | Degree | Year |
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Makerere University, Uganda | MSc | 2006-11-01 |
Makerere University, Uganda | PhD | 2013-01-22 |
Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)
Name | Country | Institution |
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Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu | Uganda | MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit |
Dr. Jesus Salazar | Uganda | MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit |
Dr. Rebecca Nsubuga | Uganda | Dr. Rebecca Nsubuga |
Dr. Andrew Redd | United States | National Institutes of Health |
Prof. James Mullins | United States | Departments of Microbiology, Medicine and Laboratory Medicine University of Washington |
Prof. Andrew Leigh Brown | United Kingdom | University of Edinburgh |
Name | Country | Institution |
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Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu | Uganda | MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit |
Dr. Jesus Salazar | Uganda | MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit |
Dr. Rebecca Nsubuga | Uganda | Dr. Rebecca Nsubuga |
Dr. Andrew Redd | United States | National Institutes of Health |
Prof. James Mullins | United States | Departments of Microbiology, Medicine and Laboratory Medicine University of Washington |
Prof. Andrew Leigh Brown | United Kingdom | University of Edinburgh |