Team
Photo by Geraint Hill/Stitching Pictures.
PROTECT brings together four sites in Africa with outstanding infrastructure and resources that are uniquely suited to set up a network for maternal vaccination studies. The consortium is built upon a longstanding collaboration between MUJHU, Uganda (Scientific Project Lead) and the clinical partners in Kenya, Mozambique and Malawi, supported by European partners. PROTECT aims to engage a young generation of obstetricians, paediatricians, microbiologists and data scientists who can become the future leaders in maternal and paediatric vaccine clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa, providing evidence for future regional, national and global vaccination strategies.
Consortium:
Instituto de Salud Global Barcelona (ISGLOBAL), Spain
MU-JHU Care Ltd (MU JHU), Uganda
Aga Khan University Kenya (AKU), Kenya
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), Malawi
Fundaçao Manhiça (FM), Mozambique
Universiteit Antwerpen (UANTWERPEN), Belgium
LINQ management GmbH (LINQ), Germany
City St George’s, University of London (CSG), United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool (UoL), United Kingdom
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (UOXF), United Kingdom
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Aga Khan University Kenya (AKU)
Kenya
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Angela Koech
PI, Kenya WP2 and WP3 lead
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Violet Naanyu
WP4 co-lead, Kenya WP4 lead
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Onesmus Wanje
Community liaison specialist
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Grace Gathoni Wairimu
Administrative and operations support
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Kenneth Owino
Grants finance officer
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Isaac Mwaniki
Study coordinator
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City St George’s, University of London (CSG)
United Kingdom
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Kirsty Le Doare
Co-chief investigator
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Madeleine Cochet
Operations manager
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Sophie Bowzler-Astick
Project manager
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Andy Young
Clinical research fellow, WP2 support
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Konstantinos Karampatsas
Investigator, WP3 support
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Gizela Azambuju
Director of Maternal and Child Health at the Ministry of Health, Mozambique
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Clare Cutland
Scientific Coordinator of African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Michelle Groome
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Sam Ononge
Maternal health expert, part of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group, Uganda
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Magdalena Robert
Deputy Director, Program Advocacy and Communications, Polio & Vaccine Delivery, Gates Foundation, USA
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Vincent Serunjoji
Chair of MU-JHU Community advisory board, Uganda
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Esperanca Sevene
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
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Heidi Soeters
Epidemiologist, WHO, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, Switzerland