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Dr George Praygod

Call Senior Fellowship (SF)
Programme EDCTP2
Start Date 2019-05-01
End Date 2023-04-30
Project Code TMA2017GSF-1965
Status Active

Title

EDCTP-GSK fellowship:The Role of Environmental Enteropathy on HIV-Associated Diabetes (REEHAD)

Host Organisation

Institution Country
Tanzania, United Republic of

Current Organisation

National Institute for Medical Research

Current Job Title

Principal Research Scientist

Students Supervised

Type Name Title University Start Date End Date

Memberships

Role Committee/board Start Date End Date

Education

Institution Degree Year
University of Copenhagen, Denmark PhD 2011-03-01
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa MSc 2006-06-06
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of MD 1999-12-07

Areas Of Specialisation

Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)

Grants

Publications

Height as a prognostic marker for survival during antituberculous therapy
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
Praygod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Changalucha, J.
Andersen, ÅB
Friis, H.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
Infect Dis (Lond)
Content:
Patient costs during tuberculosis treatment in Bangladesh and Tanzania: the potential of shorter regimens
Authors:
Gospodarevskaya, E.
Tulloch, O.
Bunga, C.
Ferdous, S.
Jonas, A.
Islam, S.
Rahman, M.
Hussain, M. A.
Haque, M. N.
Egwaga, S.
Gardiner, E.
PrayGod, G.
Islam, M. A.
Mann, G. H.
Wells, W. A.
Squire, S. B.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
Content:
A longitudinal study of systemic inflammation and recovery of lean body mass among malnourished HIV-infected adults starting antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania and Zambia
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Blevins, M.
Woodd, S.
Rehman, A. M.
Jeremiah, K.
Friis, H.
Kelly, P.
Changalucha, J.
Heimburger, D. C.
Filteau, S.
Koethe, J. R.
Date:
2016-01-01
Journal:
Eur J Clin Nutr
Content:
The use of combined heart rate response and accelerometry to assess the level and predictors of physical activity in tuberculosis patients in Tanzania
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
Praygod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Aabye, M. G.
Changalucha, J.
Krarup, H.
Christensen, D. L.
Andersen, A. B.
Brage, S.
Friis, H.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
Epidemiol Infect
Content:
Elevated blood pressure and correlates in a cohort of HIV-infected adults who started antiretroviral therapy when undernourished
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Changalucha, J.
Kapiga, S.
Todd, J.
Filteau, S.
Peck, R.
Date:
2017-01-01
Journal:
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)
Content:
Artemisinin derivatives versus quinine in treating severe malaria in children: a systematic review
Authors:
Praygod, G.
de Frey, A.
Eisenhut, M.
Date:
2008-01-01
Journal:
Malar J
Content:
Diabetes is a strong predictor of mortality during tuberculosis treatment: a prospective cohort study among tuberculosis patients from Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
PrayGod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Changalucha, J.
Christensen, D. L.
Grewal, H. M.
Martinussen, T.
Krarup, H.
Witte, D. R.
Andersen, A. B.
Friis, H.
Date:
2013-01-01
Journal:
Trop Med Int Health
Content:
HIV treatment is associated with a two-fold higher probability of raised triglycerides: Pooled Analyses in 21 023 individuals in sub-Saharan Africa.
Authors:
Date:
2018-05-08
Journal:
Glob Health Epidemiol Genom.
Content:
Changes in serum phosphate and potassium and their effects on mortality in malnourished African HIV-infected adults starting antiretroviral therapy and given vitamins and minerals in lipid-based nutritional supplements: secondary analysis from the Nutritional Support for African Adults Starting Antiretroviral Therapy (NUSTART) trial
Authors:
Rehman, A. M.
Woodd, S. L.
Heimburger, D. C.
Koethe, J. R.
Friis, H.
PrayGod, G.
Kasonka, L.
Kelly, P.
Filteau, S.
Date:
2017-01-01
Journal:
Br J Nutr
Content:
BCG protects against tuberculosis irrespective of HIV status: a matched case-control study in Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
Praygod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Grewal, H. M.
Changalucha, J.
Witte, D. R.
Andersen, A. B.
Friis, H.
Date:
2013-01-01
Journal:
Thorax
Content:
BCG vaccination status may predict sputum conversion in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a new consideration for an old vaccine?
Authors:
Jeremiah, K.
Praygod, G.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
Andersen, A. B.
Grewal, H. M.
Friis, H.
Date:
2010-01-01
Journal:
Thorax
Content:
Nutritional supplementation increases rifampin exposure among tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV
Authors:
Jeremiah, K.
Denti, P.
Chigutsa, E.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
PrayGod, G.
Range, N.
Castel, S.
Wiesner, L.
Hagen, C. M.
Christiansen, M.
Changalucha, J.
McIlleron, H.
Friis, H.
Andersen, A. B.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Content:
Effects on mortality of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial
Authors:
Filteau, S.
PrayGod, G.
Kasonka, L.
Woodd, S.
Rehman, A. M.
Chisenga, M.
Siame, J.
Koethe, J. R.
Changalucha, J.
Michael, D.
Kidola, J.
Manno, D.
Larke, N.
Yilma, D.
Heimburger, D. C.
Friis, H.
Kelly, P.
NUSTART (Nutritional Support for Africans Starting Antiretroviral Therapy) Study Team
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
BMC Med
Content:
Association of HIV and ART with cardiometabolic traits in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors:
Dillon, D. G.
Gurdasani, D.
Riha, J.
Ekoru, K.
Asiki, G.
Mayanja, B. N.
Levitt, N. S.
Crowther, N. J.
Nyirenda, M.
Njelekela, M.
Ramaiya, K.
Nyan, O.
Adewole, O. O.
Anastos, K.
Azzoni, L.
Boom, W. H.
Compostella, C.
Dave, J. A.
Dawood, H.
Erikstrup, C.
Fourie, C. M.
Friis, H.
Kruger, A.
Idoko, J. A.
Longenecker, C. T.
Mbondi, S.
Mukaya, J. E.
Mutimura, E.
Ndhlovu, C. E.
Praygod, G.
Pefura Yone, E. W.
Pujades-Rodriguez, M.
Range, N.
Sani, M. U.
Schutte, A. E.
Sliwa, K.
Tien, P. C.
Vorster, E. H.
Walsh, C.
Zinyama, R.
Mashili, F.
Sobngwi, E.
Adebamowo, C.
Kamali, A.
Seeley, J.
Young, E. H.
Smeeth, L.
Motala, A. A.
Kaleebu, P.
Sandhu, M. S.
African Partnership for Chronic Disease Research (APCDR)
Date:
2013-01-01
Journal:
Int J Epidemiol
Content:
Growth Status, Inflammation, and Enteropathy in Young Children in Northern Tanzania.
Authors:
Date:
2019-01-01
Journal:
Am J Trop Med Hyg.
Content:
Dysglycemia associations with adipose tissue among HIV-infected patients after 2 years of antiretroviral therapy in Mwanza: a follow-up cross-sectional study
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Changalucha, J.
Kapiga, S.
Peck, R.
Todd, J.
Filteau, S.
Date:
2017-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infect Dis
Content:
Effects on body composition and handgrip strength of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial.
Authors:
Date:
2019-05-16
Journal:
J Nutr Sci.
Content:
Potential of interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 in improving tuberculosis diagnosis in HIV-infected patients
Authors:
Aabye, M. G.
Ruhwald, M.
Praygod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
Friis, H.
Changalucha, J.
Andersen, A. B.
Ravn, P.
Date:
2010-01-01
Journal:
Eur Respir J
Content:
Complementary Feeding of Sorghum-Based and Corn-Based Fortified Blended Foods Results in Similar Iron, Vitamin A, and Anthropometric Outcomes in the MFFAPP Tanzania Efficacy Study.
Authors:
Date:
2019-04-10
Journal:
Curr Dev Nutr.
Content:
HIV, TB, inflammation and other correlates of serum phosphate: A cross-sectional study.
Authors:
Date:
2018-10-27
Journal:
Clin Nutr ESPEN.
Content:
Pharmacokinetics of Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol in Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary TB Patients in Tanzania
Authors:
Denti, P.
Jeremiah, K.
Chigutsa, E.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
PrayGod, G.
Range, N.
Castel, S.
Wiesner, L.
Hagen, C. M.
Christiansen, M.
Changalucha, J.
McIlleron, H.
Friis, H.
Andersen, A. B.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
PLoS One
Content:
Increased level of acute phase reactants in patients infected with modern Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
Stavrum, R.
PrayGod, G.
Range, N.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Krarup, H.
Aabye, M. G.
Changalucha, J.
Friis, H.
Andersen, A. B.
Grewal, H. M.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infect Dis
Content:
The prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection based on an interferon-γ release assay: a cross-sectional survey among urban adults in Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
Jensen, A. V.
Jensen, L.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Aabye, M. G.
Praygod, G.
Kidola, J.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Changalucha, J.
Range, N.
Krarup, H.
Friis, H.
Andersen, A. B.
Date:
2013-01-01
Journal:
PLoS One
Content:
Weight, body composition and handgrip strength among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a matched cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Range, N.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Jensen, L.
Jensen, A. V.
Grewal, H. M.
Magnussen, P.
Changalucha, J.
Andersen, A. B.
Friis, H.
Date:
2011-01-01
Journal:
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
Content:
A longitudinal study of systemic inflammation and recovery of lean body mass among malnourished HIV-infected adults starting antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania and Zambia
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Blevins, M.
Woodd, S.
Rehman, A. M.
Jeremiah, K.
Friis, H.
Kelly, P.
Changalucha, J.
Heimburger, D. C.
Filteau, S.
Koethe, J. R.
Date:
2016-01-01
Journal:
Eur J Clin Nutr
Content:
Diabetes prevalence by HbA1c and oral glucose tolerance test among HIV-infected and uninfected Tanzanian adults.
Authors:
Date:
2020-04-08
Journal:
PLos One
Content:
Safety and Immunogenicity of a 2-Dose Heterologous Vaccination Regimen With Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo Ebola Vaccines: 12-Month Data From a Phase 1 Randomized Clinical Trial in Uganda and Tanzania.
Authors:
Date:
2019-06-05
Journal:
J Infect Dis.
Content:
The role of diabetes on the clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
PrayGod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Changalucha, J.
Christensen, D. L.
Krarup, H.
Witte, D. R.
Andersen, A. B.
Friis, H.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
Trop Med Int Health
Content:
Negative effect of smoking on the performance of the QuantiFERON TB gold in tube test
Authors:
Aabye, M. G.
Hermansen, T. S.
Ruhwald, M.
Praygod, G.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Range, N.
Friis, H.
Changalucha, J.
Andersen, A. B.
Ravn, P.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infect Dis
Content:
Indoor Air Pollution and Delayed Measles Vaccination Increase the Risk of Severe Pneumonia in Children: Results from a Case-Control Study in Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Mukerebe, C.
Magawa, R.
Jeremiah, K.
Török, M. E.
Date:
2016-01-01
Journal:
PLoS One
Content:
Diabetes is associated with lower tuberculosis antigen-specific interferon gamma release in Tanzanian tuberculosis patients and non-tuberculosis controls
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Aabye, M. G.
Jensen, A. V.
Range, N.
Praygod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Changalucha, J.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Jensen, L.
Jensen, S. M.
Krarup, H.
Ravn, P.
Friis, H.
Andersen, A. B.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
Scand J Infect Dis
Content:
Diabetes is a risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis: a case-control study from Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
Praygod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Changalucha, J.
Christensen, D. L.
Pipper, C. B.
Krarup, H.
Witte, D. R.
Andersen, A. B.
Friis, H.
Date:
2011-01-01
Journal:
PLoS One
Content:
The role of anthropometric and other predictors for diabetes among urban Tanzanians with tuberculosis
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
PrayGod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Changalucha, J.
Christensen, D. L.
Witte, D. R.
Andersen, A. B.
Friis, H.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
Content:
Risk factors for mortality among malnourished HIV-infected adults eligible for antiretroviral therapy
Authors:
Woodd, S. L.
Kelly, P.
Koethe, J. R.
Praygod, G.
Rehman, A. M.
Chisenga, M.
Siame, J.
Heimburger, D. C.
Friis, H.
Filteau, S.
Date:
2016-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infect Dis
Content:
Predictors of body composition changes during tuberculosis treatment in Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Range, N.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Magnussen, P.
Changalucha, J.
Andersen, A. B.
Wells, J. C.
Friis, H.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
Eur J Clin Nutr
Content:
Nutritional support to reduce mortality in patients with HIV?
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Friis, H.
Filteau, S.
Date:
2018-01-01
Journal:
Lancet HIV
Content:
From Wasting to Obesity: The Contribution of Nutritional Status to Immune Activation in HIV Infection
Authors:
Koethe, J. R.
Heimburger, D. C.
PrayGod, G.
Filteau, S.
Date:
2016-01-01
Journal:
J Infect Dis
Content:
Effects on anthropometry and appetite of vitamins and minerals given in lipid nutritional supplements for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: results from the NUSTART randomized controlled trial
Authors:
Rehman, A. M.
Woodd, S.
PrayGod, G.
Chisenga, M.
Siame, J.
Koethe, J. R.
Heimburger, D. C.
Kelly, P.
Friis, H.
Filteau, S.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Content:
Sex, smoking, and socioeconomic status are associated with body composition among tuberculosis patients in a deuterium dilution cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Range, N.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Magnussen, P.
Changalucha, J.
Andersen, A. B.
Wells, J. C.
Friis, H.
Date:
2013-01-01
Journal:
J Nutr
Content:
Daily multi-micronutrient supplementation during tuberculosis treatment increases weight and grip strength among HIV-uninfected but not HIV-infected patients in Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Range, N.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Jensen, L.
Jensen, A. V.
Grewal, H. M.
Magnussen, P.
Changalucha, J.
Andersen, A. B.
Friis, H.
Date:
2011-01-01
Journal:
J Nutr
Content:
Microbiota at Multiple Body Sites during Pregnancy in a Rural Tanzanian Population and Effects of Moringa-Supplemented Probiotic Yogurt
Authors:
Bisanz, J. E.
Enos, M. K.
PrayGod, G.
Seney, S.
Macklaim, J. M.
Chilton, S.
Willner, D.
Knight, R.
Fusch, C.
Fusch, G.
Gloor, G. B.
Burton, J. P.
Reid, G.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
Appl Environ Microbiol
Content:
The association between conventional risk factors and diabetes is weak among urban Tanzanians
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
Praygod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Changalucha, J.
Ritz, C.
Christensen, D. L.
Jørgensen, M. E.
Andersen, A. B.
Friis, H.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
Diabetes Care
Content:
The impact of HIV infection and CD4 cell count on the performance of an interferon gamma release assay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Authors:
Aabye, M. G.
Ravn, P.
PrayGod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Mugomela, A.
Jepsen, M.
Faurholt, D.
Range, N.
Friis, H.
Changalucha, J.
Andersen, A. B.
Date:
2009-01-01
Journal:
PLoS One
Content:
Nutritional status is the major factor affecting grip strength of African HIV patients before and during antiretroviral treatment
Authors:
Filteau, S.
PrayGod, G.
Woodd, S. L.
Friis, H.
Heimburger, D. C.
Koethe, J. R.
Kelly, P.
Kasonka, L.
Rehman, A. M.
Date:
2017-01-01
Journal:
Trop Med Int Health
Content:
Minimal impact of an iron-fortified lipid-based nutrient supplement on Hb and iron status: a randomised controlled trial in malnourished HIV-positive African adults starting antiretroviral therapy
Authors:
James, P.
Friis, H.
Woodd, S.
Rehman, A. M.
PrayGod, G.
Kelly, P.
Koethe, J. R.
Filteau, S.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
Br J Nutr
Content:
The effect of energy-protein supplementation on weight, body composition and handgrip strength among pulmonary tuberculosis HIV-co-infected patients: randomised controlled trial in Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
PrayGod, G.
Range, N.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Jensen, L.
Jensen, A. V.
Grewal, H. M.
Magnussen, P.
Changalucha, J.
Andersen, A. B.
Friis, H.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
Br J Nutr
Content:
Infrequent detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by PCR in oral wash specimens from TB patients with or without HIV and healthy contacts in Tanzania
Authors:
Jensen, L.
Jensen, A. V.
Praygod, G.
Kidola, J.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Changalucha, J.
Range, N.
Friis, H.
Helweg-Larsen, J.
Jensen, J. S.
Andersen, A. B.
Date:
2010-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infect Dis
Content:
Appetite testing in HIV-infected African adults recovering from malnutrition and given antiretroviral therapy
Authors:
Rehman, A. M.
Woodd, S.
Chisenga, M.
Siame, J.
Sampson, G.
PrayGod, G.
Koethe, J. R.
Kelly, P.
Filteau, S.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
Public Health Nutr
Content:
Early childhood tuberculosis in northwestern Tanzania
Authors:
Praygod, G.
Todd, J.
McDermid, J. M.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
Content:
CD4 lymphocyte dynamics in Tanzanian pulmonary tuberculosis patients with and without HIV co-infection
Authors:
Andersen, A. B.
Range, N. S.
Changalucha, J.
Praygod, G.
Kidola, J.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Krarup, H.
Grewal, H. M.
Friis, H.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infect Dis
Content:
The role of diabetes co-morbidity for tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a prospective cohort study from Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Range, N.
Praygod, G.
Kidola, J.
Faurholt-Jepsen, M.
Aabye, M. G.
Changalucha, J.
Christensen, D. L.
Martinussen, T.
Krarup, H.
Witte, D. R.
Andersen, ÅB
Friis, H.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infect Dis
Content:
Vitamin D status among pulmonary TB patients and non-TB controls: a cross-sectional study from Mwanza, Tanzania
Authors:
Friis, H.
Range, N.
Changalucha, J.
Praygod, G.
Jeremiah, K.
Faurholt-Jepsen, D.
Krarup, H.
Mølgaard, C.
Andersen, Å
Date:
2013-01-01
Journal:
PLoS One
Content:

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