Funded Research

 

 

Funded Research H3Africa

Limited Competition: Human Heredity and Health in Africa Consortium Biorepository (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) RFA-RM-18-020
PI Name Institution Name Title
ABIMIKU, ALASH'LE G. INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY Institute of Human Virology H3Africa Biorepository (I-HAB)
JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Intergrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda
MAYNE, ELIZABETH WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD Human Heredity and Health in Africa Consortium Biorepository

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM 17-020
PI Name Institution Name Title
ANITA GHANSAH (contact) 
ARULOGUN, OYEDUNNI SOLA		 UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Developing Best Practices of Community Engagement for Genomics and Biobanking in Africa - CEBioGEN

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM 17-021
PI Name Institution Name Title
AKINYEMI, RUFUS OLUSOLA (contact) 
ARULOGUN, OYEDUNNI SOLA		 UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE African Neurobiobank for Precision Stroke Medicine - (ELSI) Project
OCHIENG, JOSEPH MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Genetics and genomic research in Uganda: Towards context specific ethics guidelines

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Informatics Network (U24) RFA-RM-16-011
PI Name Institution Name Title
MULDER, NICOLA UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN H3ABioNet: informatics solutions for H3Africa

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Global Health Bioinformatics Research Training Program (U2R) RFA-RM-16-012
PI Name Institution Name Title
ADEBIYI, EZEKIEL FEMI (contact) 
AMOAKO-YIRENKYI, PETER 
DOUMBIA, SEYDOU		 COVENANT UNIVERSITY WEST AFRICAN SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION TRAINING IN BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH (WASLITBRe)
DOUMBIA, SEYDOU (contact) 
LI, JIAN 
SHAFFER, JEFFREY G		 UNIV OF SCIENCES, TECH & TECH OF BAMAKO West African Center of Excellence for Global Health Bioinformatics Research Training
KATEETE, DAVID PATRICK (contact) 
JJINGO, DAUDI 
JORDAN, IRVING KING 
MARDON, GRAEME     		 MAKERERE UNIVERSITY NURTURING GENOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH CAPACITY IN AFRICA (BRecA)
MASIGA, DANIEL KANANI INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOG Eastern Africa Network for Bioinformatics Training - (EANBiT)

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM-16-013
PI Name Institution Name Title
SABAKAKI, ERISA MWAKA MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Ethical and social issues in informed consent processes in African genomic research

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM-16-014
PI Name Institution Name Title
WONKAM, AMBROISE (contact) 
DE VRIES, JANTINA		 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Individual Findings in Genetic Research in Africa (IFGeneRA)

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Research Grants (U01) RFA-RM-16-015
PI Name Institution Name Title
ABIMIKU, ALASH'LE G INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY Breast Milk Microbiota Influence on Infant Immunity and Growth (BEAMING)
ADEBAMOWO, CLEMENT ADEBAYO INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY AFRICAN FEMALE BREAST CANCER EPIDERMIOLOGY (AFBRECANE) STUDY
LANDOURE, GUIDA UNIV OF SCIENCES, TECH & TECH OF BAMAKO     Clinical and genetic studies of hereditary neurological disorders in Mali
LOMBARD, ZANE WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD Deciphering Developmental Disorders in Africa (DDD-Africa) - Evaluating Clinical Exome Sequencing in an African Setting
MORRIS, LYNN WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD Immunoglobulin gene diversity in an African population and impact on antibody function in HIV infection
MUTESA, LEON (contact) 
JANSEN, STEFAN 
UDDIN, MONICA 
WILDMAN, DEREK 		 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA Transgenerational Epigenomics of Trauma and PTSD in Rwanda
STEIN, DAN JOSEPH (contact) 
KOEN , NASTASSJA 
RESSLER, KERRY J. 
WINGO, ALIZA PHAM 		 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Transgenerational Effects of Maternal Stressors: Investigating the Role of Infant Gene Expression
WONKAM, AMBROISE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Hearing Impairment Genetics Studies in Africa (HI-GENES Africa)

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM-16-016
PI Name Institution Name Title
ADU, DWOMOA (contact) 
OJO, AKINLOLU OLUSEUN 
SALAKO, BABATUNDE		 UNIVERSITY OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network- Collaborative Centers
ANABWANI, GABRIEL (contact) 
JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME 
KEKITIINWA, ADEODATA RUKYALEKERE 
MARDON, GRAEME 
MPOLOKA, SUNUNGUKO WATA		 BOTSWANA BAYLOR CHILD/CLINCAL CTR/EXCELL Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN)
ASHAYE, ADEYINKA UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE EYES OF AFRICA : THE GENETICS OF BLINDNESS
HAPPI, CHRISTIAN T REDEEMER'S UNIVERSITY Genomic Characterization and Surveillance of Microbial Threats in West Africa
NICOL, MARK PATRICK  UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Center for Research on the Respiratory Microbiota of African Children (ReMAC)
OFORI-ACQUAH, SOLOMON FIIFI (contact) 
AWANDARE, GORDON AKANZUWINE 
MAKANI, JULIE		 UNIVERSITY OF GHANA SickleGenAfrica:Sickle Cell Disease Genomics Network of Africa
RAMSAY, MICHELE MICHELE WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD AWI-Gen Phase 2: Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease in Africans

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Coordinating Center (U24) RFA-RM-16-017
PI Name Institution Name Title
SKELTON, MICHELLE  UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN H3Africa Administrative Coordinating Centre: Enabling and Supporting Genomics and Health Research Capacity Building in Africa

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-12-003
PI Name Institution Name Title
ABIMIKU, ALASH'LE G. INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY IHVN H3 Africa Biorepository Initiative

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-12-008
PI Name Institution Name Title
JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda - IBRH3AU 

 

Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM-13-005
PI Name Institution Name Title
DE VRIES, JANTINA UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Stigma in African genomics research on Schizophrenia and Rheumatic Heart Disease
MATIMBA, ALICE (contact)
GWANZURA, LOVEMORE
KANGWENDE, RUGARE ABIGAIL

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIS UNIV OF ZIMBABWE

 GENOMICS, INHERITANCE, ETHICS, LAW AND SOCIETY (GILES) - Initiative for genomics, ethical, legal and societal issues in bioresources for human genomics in Zimbabwe
MOODLEY, KEYMANTHRI

STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY TYGERBERG CAMPUS

 Community Engagement for H3Africa Biobanking Research: The Tygerberg Model

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM-13-005
PI Name Institution Name Title
ADEBAMOWO, CLEMENT ADEBAYO INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY INDIGENOUS LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CONCEPTS OF HERITABILITY AND COMPREHENSION OF
TADELE, GETNET ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY ENHANCING ETHIOPAN YOUTHS LITERACY ABOUT THE GENE X ENVIRONMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM-12-005
PI Name Institution Name Title
WONKAM, AMBROISE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Exploring Perspectives on Genomics and Sickle Cell Public Health Interventions

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM-12-006
PI Name Institution Name Title
ADEBAMOWO, CLEMENT ADEBAYO INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY African Collaborative Center for Microbiome and Genomics Research (ACCME)
ANABWANI, GABRIEL (contact)
JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME
KEKITIINWA, ADEODATA RUKYALEKERE
MARDON, GRAEME
MPOLOKA, SUNUNGUKO WATA
NKOMAZANA, OATHOKWA MOOKETSANA		 BOTSWANA BAYLOR CHILD/CLINCAL CTR/EXCELL Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAFGEN)
HAPPI, CHRISTIAN REDEEMER'S UNIVERSITY Host and Microbial Genetic Determinants of Febrile Illness in West Africa
OWOLABI, MAYOWA OJO UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN Stroke Investigative Research & Eduicational Network (SIREN)

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Research Grants (U01) RFA-RM-12-007
PI Name Institution Name Title
AMENI, GOBENA ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY Systems Biology for Molecular Analysis of Tuberculosis in Ethiopia
LANDOURE, GUIDA UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO Clinical and genetic studies of hereditary neurological disorders in Mali
NICOL, MARK PATRICK (contact)
ZAR, HEATHER JOY		 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN The nasopharyngeal microbiome and respiratory disease in African children
PATTERTON, HUGH-GEORGE UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE Reprogramming of the Trypanosoma brucei epigenome during human infection: opportu

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants. (UH2/UH3)
RFA-RM-12-008
PI Name Institution Name Title
JENTSCH, UTE WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD Establishment of an H3Africa Biorepository at Contract Laboratory Services
JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda - IBRH3AU

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM-11-008
PI Name Institution Name Title
ADU, DWOMOA NOGUCHI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE / MEDICAL RES H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network
RAMSAY, MICHELE MICHELE WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease in Africans

 

Human Health and Heredity in Africa (H3Africa): Research Grants (U01) RFA-RM-12-004
PI Name Institution Name Title
AFFOLABI, DISSOU NAT'L HOSPITAL/TUBERCULOSIS/PUL/DISEASES Contribution of genetic variation to pharmacokinetic variability and toxicity in

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Bioinformatics Network (U41) RFA-RM-11-010
PI Name Institution Name Title
MULDER, NICOLA UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

 

Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants. (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-12-003
PI Name Institution Name Title
ABAYOMI, AKIN EMMANUEL STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY TYGERBERG CAMPUS Development of stem cell, blood & DNA bio repositories to facilitate studies on H
ABIMIKU, ALASH'LE G. INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY IHVN H3 Africa Biorepository Initiative

 

Funded Research HAPIN

Household Air Pollution (HAP) Health Outcomes Trial (UM1) RFA-HL-16-012
PI Name Institution Name Title
CLASEN, THOMAS (contact) 
CHECKLEY, WILLIAM N 
PEEL, JENNIFER L		 EMORY UNIVERSITY HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH: A MULTI-COUNTRY LPG INTERVENTION TRIAL

 

Funded Research MEPI

Limited Competition: Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Phase 2: Research Training for Career Development of African Junior Faculty (D43) RFA-TW-14-003
PI Name Institution Name Title
BURNS, JONATHAN (contact) 
BRYSIEWICZ, PETRA  
MOSHABELA, MOSA  
SULEMAN, FATIMA  
WASSENAAR, DOUGLAS R		 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL Developing Research Innovation, Localization and Leadership in South Africa (DRILL) 
DERBEW, MILIARD (contact) 
BLUMBERG, HENRY M 
WILSON, CRAIG M 
WISSOW, LAWRENCE S.		 ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY MEPI Scholars Program for Developing Research Capacity of Junior Faculty at Addis Ababa University
HAKIM, JAMES GITA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIS UNIV OF ZIMBABWE UZCHS-Promote Excellence in Research and Faculty Enhanced Career Training (PERFECT Program)
MTETA, ALFRED KIEN KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE Strengthening of Research Capacity for Junior Faculty in Tanzania
NOORMAHOMED, EMILIA VIRGINIA EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY Enhanced Advanced Biomedical Research Training for Mozambique
OBUA, CELESTINO MBARARA UNIVERSITY/SCIENCE/ TECHNOLOGY Mbarara University Research Training Initiative (MURTI)
OGUNSOLA, FOLASADE TOLULOPE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Building Research And Innovation in Nigerias Science - (BRAINS)
OLALEYE, DAVID OLUFEMI (contact) 
ADEWOLE, ISAAC F		 UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN University of Ibadan MEPI Junior Faculty Research Training Program (UI-MEPI-J)
SAGAY, ATIENE SOLOMON UNIVERSITY OF JOS Support of Training and Mentoring in Nigeria for Academics (STAMINA)
SEWANKAMBO, NELSON K MAKERERE UNIVERSITY NURTURE:Research Training and Mentoring Program for Career Development of Faculty at Makerere University College of Health Sciences
WAMALWA, DALTON CHEKOKO

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

 Partnership for Health Research Training in Kenya (P-HERT)

 

The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) (R24) RFA-TW-10-008
PI Name Institution Name Title
DONKOR, PETER KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY/SCIENCE/TECH Ghana Emergency Medicine Collaborative Training Program
HAKIM, JAMES GITA UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE Novel Education Clincial Trainees and Researchers (NECTAR) Program
HAKIM, JAMES GITA UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE Novel Education Clinical Trainees and Researchers (NETAR) program
KIARIE, JAMES NJOGU UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Strengthening Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Research Training
KIARIE, JAMES NJOGU UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Programatic-Strengthening Medical Education for Improved Health Outcomes in Kenya
KUMWENDA, JOHNSTONE JONNY UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI HIV-Associated Malignancies in Malawi
MULLA, YAKUB F UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA Improving maternal & child health through specialty training in Zambia
NOORMAHOMED, EMILIA VIRGINIA (contact)
BICKLER, STEPHEN W		 EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY The Universidade Eduardo Mondlane/UCSD Medical Education Partnership

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