(Sandwich) PhD projects

Abdullahi AHMAD

​Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infections as Obstacle for Malaria Elimination: A Case Study from The Gambia

Rose APONDI

​HIV Prevention among Adolescent Girls and Young Women 15-24 years in Uganda: Risk factors, HIV Prevention Strategies

Dora BUONFRATE

​Strongyloides stercoralis in the non-endemic setting and beyond: an epidemiological, diagnostic and treatment challenge​

Luis CABRERA

​Genomic surveillance of malaria parasites in remote communities of the Peruvian Amazon​

Frank CHACKY

​Malaria transmission, burden and control measures in school-aged children and adolescents: An experience of school-based surveillance in mainland Tanzania​

Idalécia COSSA MOIANE

​The role of interstinal parasite infections in child undernutrition and (change) in body fat  in Mozambique (Pinau)​

Edgard DABIRA

​Towards malaria elimination: Innovative tools and interventions to accelerate interruption of transmission in The Gambia​

Wakjira DEYYAS

​Improving the management of hospitalized presumptive tuberculosis cases in Ethiopia​

Irene GARCIA-FOGEDA

Modelling within-host immune responses with applications to the Ebola vaccine

Sander GOOSSENS

​Investigating within-host Mtb genetic, translational and epigenetic adaptations and pathways leading towards drug tolerance​

Alessandro GROSSO

​Statistical methods for estimating age and time-dependent epidemiological malaria parameters and the analysis of social network data as a new approach to the development of malaria elimination strategies​

Mekdes Kondale GURARA

​The role of promoting and upgrading maternity waiting homes in improving skilled birth attendance in Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia​

Mitchel GUZMAN

​Assessing current treatment of non-complicated malaria in endemic areas of Peru​

Sebastian HACHIZOVU

​Implementation of severe malaria treatment with rectal artesunate and Artemisinin Based Combination Therapy in Remote settings in Africa- An implementation research approach​

Gillon ILOMBE

​Effectiveness study of bed nets treated with synergistic combination of insecticide in an area with pyrethroid-resistant vectors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo​

Deborah Bora KANYAMUKENGE

​Young children with simple and severe malaria in remote areas of the DRC: analysis of the access to care in kapolowe health zone​

Amani Idris KIKULA

​Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania​

Lena KRAUSSER

Laboratory and bioinformatics innovations towards culture-free whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for clinical care

Sylvie LINSUKE

​Schistosomiasis in Democratic Republic of Congo: burden, morbidity, management and control​

Flory LUZOLO

​Impact of scaling up the use of rectal artesunate pre-referral treatment on selection of artemisinin drug resistance in hard-to-reach communities in Africa​

Crispin LUMBALA WA MBUYI

​The pathway to Sustainable HAT elimination in D.R Congo!

Geoffrey MANDA

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in school children: from research into policy

Behailu MERDEKIOS

​Cutaneous leishmaniasis: Trials to Develop Effective Disease Management and Reducing Its Social Impacts in the Southern rift valley of Ethiopia​

Aggrey David MUKOSE

​Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Directly Observed Therapy in the Delivery of Anti-retroviral Drugs for Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency virus in Urban Uganda

Ronald MULEBEKE

​Additional Impact of indoor residual spraying in combination with mass drug administration on malaria burden in a high transmission setting in Uganda if IRS is implemented: "testing acceleration to zero transmission"​

Frank MULINDWA

​Glucose metabolism changes in Ugandan HIV patients on dolutegravir​

Ines PAUWELS

Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship in hospitals in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) guided by the Global Point Prevalence Survey (Global-PPS)

Susan Cilene PAREDES FERNANDEZ

​Assessing novel intervention strategies for malaria elimination in difficult-to-reach communities in the Peruvian Amazon.​

Diana SAGASTUME

​Understanding and addressing the double burden of malnutrition at the household level in Guatemala​