JPIAMR 14th Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
• Country: Kenya (KE)

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Optimisation of drug/plant protection agent combinations, alone or with adjunct therapies (including therapeutic vaccines)
  2. Design and implementation of new strategies (including optimisation of drug doses) for improved application, efficacy and delivery of single or combinations of antimicrobials
  3. Design and implementation of innovative tools, including novel chemistry and/or new materials for improved application, efficacy and delivery of antimicrobials
• One Health Setting:

  Animal Health (including wild-life, livestock, fishes, and companion animals) Plants (including trees and crops)

• Type of studies/experimental approaches:

  in silico, in vitro, in vivo preclinical and clinical studies in human and in all veterinary settings

• Keywords:

  AMR; antimicrobial therapy antibiotics bacteria

• Brief description of your expertise / expertise you are looking for:

  I have research experience on phenotypic and genetic resistance of zoonotic and commensal bacteria against commonly used antimicrobial agents. I have also undertaken clinical trial of some antibiotics against some bacterial infections in vitro and clinical settings.

• Brief description of your project / the project you would like to join:

  To join a project as a partner from LIMCs undertaking either in vitro or clinical trial of at least 2 antibiotics in the treatment of resistant bacterial pathogen for instance ESBL strain of Escherichia coli in animals. Treatment design should include combination of innovative products for instance essential plant oils, bacteriophages etc to enable optimal comparison of efficacies when combined with any selected antibiotic/s

Prof. Eric S. Mitema

• Organisation: UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
• Position: Professor
• E-mail: esmitema@uonbi.ac.ke
• Phone: +254717504898