Externally Funded

Projects with External Funding

  • Comparison of two strategies for the delivery of IPTc in an area of seasonal malaria transmission (Gates Malaria Partnership, GMP)
  • Phase III trial of Pyronaridine-Artesunate versus coartem in children (Medicines for Malaria Venture, MMV)
  • Genetics of Malaria – MalariaGen (Grand Challenges in Global Health, NIH/Gates)
  • An open label randomised comparison of artesunate and quinine in patients with severe falciparum malaria in Africa. AQUAMAT (Wellcome Trust)
  • Redefining cerebral malaria: can eye findings improve the diagnosis? (SMAC consortium)
  • Evaluation of methods of screening houses to prevent mosquito entry. (MRC External Grant to Prof. Steve Lindsay at Durham University)
  • Anti-larval measures for malaria control in The Gambia. (NIH grant to Prof. Steve Lindsay at Durham University)
  • Studies of natural selection on malaria parasite merozoites in relation to invasion and immunity (Wellcome Trust grant to David Conway at LSHTM)
  • Characterisation of Anopheles gambiae chromosomal and molecular forms in The Gambia and Eastern Senegal (collaboration with University of Rome and Institut Pasteur, Dakar)
  • Disruption of Malaria Transmission by Chemical Manipulation of Anopheline Olfactory Responses (Grand Challenges in Global Health, NIH/Gates)
  • Evaluation of non-invasive samples (urine and saliva) for detection and measurement of Plasmodium falciparum infection and parasite genotypes using real-time quantitative PCR methods (Malaria Vaccine Initiative, PATH)
  • Evaluation and implementation of high throughput PCR-based method for diagnosis and measurement of P. falciparum parasitaemia in clinical trials (EDCTP Senior Fellowship awarded to Dr Davis Nwakanma)