The DOLF team is made up of DOLF Core Management Group, Investigators and Project Staff.
DOLF Core Management
Peter U. Fischer, PhD
Principal Investigator
- Email: pufischer@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Dr. Fischer is a co-principal investigator of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) project.
Gary J. Weil, MD
Senior Advisor
- Email: gary.j.weil@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Dr. Weil leads the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Project.
Philip J. Budge , MD, PhD
Director of Clinical Research
- Email: pbudge@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Dr. Budge is a co-principal investigator of the Gates Foundation funded Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) project.
Project Staff
Kurt Curtis
Research Laboratory Supervisor
- Email: kcurtis@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Irina Diekmann, DVM
Postdoc Research Associate
- Email: dirina@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Lexi Dyer, MPH
Data Manager
- Email: adyer@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis, Missouri – USA
Lexi oversees the data collection, management, training, and sharing for DOLF clinical trials and community studies
Kerstin Fischer
Staff Scientist
- Email: kfischer@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Abakar Gankpala
Research Technician
- Email: abakar@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Sarah Greene, MD, PhD
Instructor in Pediatrics
- Email: greenesa@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Gina Haida
Administrative Coordinator
- Email: haidagm@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Yuefang Huang
Lab Technician
- Email: yuefanghuang@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Kassandra Huneycutt
Research Administrator
- Email: kmaldonado@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Laura Peer, MPH
Associate Director Global Health Research
- Email: lpeer@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Ms. Peer oversees administration of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Project.
Amy Rush
Senior Research Technician
- Email: arush@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Lucia Sanchez Di Maggio, PhD
Postdoc Research Associate
- Email: lucia@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Investigators
Ngormbu Jusu Ballah, MD
Kohahun District Hospital
Kolahun LIBERIA
Catherine Bjerum, MD
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Cleveland, OHIO – USA
Michele Boussinesq, MD, PhD
Institut de Recherche Pour le Development
Montpellier FRANCE
Cedric Chesnais
Translational Research on HIV and Infectious Diseases-IRD UMI
Montpellier FRANCE
Yenny Djuardi, PhD
University of Indonesia – Parasitology
Jakarta INDONESIA
Lincoln Gankpala
National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL)
Monrovia LIBERIA
Edward Guizie, MD
Faculty of Ophthalmology Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Monrovia LIBERIA
Achim Hoerauf, MD
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP)
Bonn GERMANY
Eric Kanza, MD
Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme
Kinshasa DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of the CONGO
Christopher King, MD, PhD
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Cleveland OHIO – USA
Sally Kinrade, MPH
Medicines Development for Global Health
Melbourne, AUSTRAILIA
Olivier Kouadio
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques
Abidjan COTE D’IVOIRE
Benjamin Koudou
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques
Abidjan COTE D’IVOIRE
Patrick Kpanyen, MD
National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL)
Monrovia LIBERIA
Alison Krentel, PhD
Bruyere Research Institute – Global Health
Ottawa Ontario CANADA
Moses Laman, PhD
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR)
Goroka PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Allassane F. Ouattara
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire – Research & Development Department
Abidjan COTE d’IVORIE
Sebastien Pion, PhD
Translational Research on HIV and Infectious Diseases-IRD UMI
Montpellier FRANCE
Sabine Specht, PhD
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)
Geneva SWITZERLAND
Taniawati Supali, PhD
University of Indonesia – Parasitology
Jakarta INDONESIA
Previous Collaborators
Fatorma Bolay
The Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research (LIBR)
Charlesville Margibi County LIBERIA
Alexander Debrah, MPhil
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine/Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KCCR-KNUST)
Kumasi GHANA
Felix Doe
University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS)
Hohoe GHANA
Christine Dubray, MD, MSc
Centers for Disease Control – Parasitic Diseases & Malaria
Atlanta GEORGIA – USA
Obiora Eneanya, MSc, PhD
The Carter Center
Atlanta GEORGIA – USA
Ann Goldman, PhD, MPH
The GW School of Public Health & Health Services
Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Washington DC – USA
Indeewarie E Gunaratna
Ministry of Health, Anti Filariasis Campaign
Colombo SRI LANKA
Michael Gyasi
University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS)
Accra GHANA
Myra Hardy, PhD
The Royal Children’s Hospital
Center for International Child Health
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Augustine Hong, MD
Washington University in St. Louis – Opthalmology & Visual Sciences
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Purushothaman Jambulingam
Indian Council of Medical Research – Vector Control Research Centre
Puducherry INDIA
Moses Laman, PhD, MBBS
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research – Vector-borne Diseases Unit
Madang PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Patrick Lammie, PhD
The Taskforce for Global Health
Decatur GEORGIA – USA
Jean Frantz Lemoine, MD
Haiti Ministry of Public Health & Population, National Lymphatic Filariasis and Malaria Programs
Port-au-Prince HAITI
Aboulaye Meite, MD
National Program to Control Schistosomiasis – Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis and Lymphatic Filariasis
Abidjan COTE D’IVOIRE
Devika Mendis
Ministry of Health, Anti Filariasis Campaign
Colombo SRI LANKA
Francois Missamou
Ministry of Health & Population, Epidemiology & Disease Control
Brazzaville REPUBLIC OF CONGO
DJ Murry, PharmD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Pharmacy
Omaha NEBRASKA – USA
Eliezer K. N’Goran
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques
Abidjan COTE D’IVOIRE
Nicholas O. Opoku, MBCHB, MSC
University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) – School of Public Health
Ho Volta Region GHANA
Eric Ottesen, MD
The Taskforce for Global Health
Decatur GEORGIA – USA
Leanne Robinson, PhD
PNG Institute of Medical Research – Vector Borne Diseases Unit
Madang PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Josaia Samuela, MPH
Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services
Suva FIJI
Andrew Steer, MD
Centre for International Child Health – Royal Children’s Hospital
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Peter Steinmann , PhD, PD
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (STPH)
Basel SWITZERLAND