JPIAMR 2022 Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for network
• Organisation: Institute of Primate Research (IPR)
• Country: Kenya (KE)
• Career stage: Early Career Researcher (up to 8 years** since PhD).

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Surveillance
  2. Diagnostics
• Focal area(s):
  • Identify actions that will improve the diagnostics and surveillance of AMR (in humans and/or animals and/or agriculture and the environment).
  • Identify actions needed to support the development of new tools, technologies and systems for diagnosis and surveillance.
  • Identify novel or existing data platforms that can be developed or improved to aid international alignment and support the use of surveillance data and/or diagnostics to improve prescription of narrow-spectrum antimicrobials and support alignment with stewardship programmes.
  • Identify or assess user needs for tools, technologies, or systems for diagnostics and/or surveillance in appropriate One Health settings.
  • Identify the data collection needed to understand inequality in access to diagnostics and how socio-economic factors contribute to this inequality.
  • Extend or continue activities of previously funded JPIAMR networks within Surveillance

• One Health Setting:

  Animal Health

• Keywords:

  Animal models: Synthetic Biology: ESKAPE bacteria: Infectious diseases

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

  I am a biochemist and molecular biologist. I have been working with animal models for the last ten years, having developed the baboon-model of placental malaria. I am interested in advancing synthetic biology in my region. I desire to develop diagnostics and surveillance tools for detection of multidrug resistance in ESKAPE bacteria.

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

  I wish to join a network that is willing to collaborate with a scientist in Kenya, to be a part of diagnosis and surveillance project in MDR.

Faith Isdorah Onditi

• Organisation: Institute of Primate Research (IPR)
• Position: Senior Research Scientist
• E-mail: faithissy@gmail.com
• Phone: +254722993666