Our dedicated faculty and staff work with a wide network of collaborators and colleagues toward a better world without onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis.
The DOLF team is made up of a core management group, project staff and investigators.
Core management
Philip J. Budge, MD, PhD
Director of Clinical Research
- Email: pbudge@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Budge is a co-principal investigator of the WashU Medicine Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Project, funded by the Gates Foundation.
Peter U. Fischer, PhD
Principal Investigator
- Email: pufischer@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Fischer is a co-principal investigator of the WashU Medicine Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Project, funded by the Gates Foundation.
Gary J. Weil, MD
Senior Advisor
- Email: gary.j.weil@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Weil leads the WashU Medicine Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Project, funded by the Gates Foundation.
Project staff
Kurt Curtis
Research Laboratory Supervisor
- Email: kcurtis@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Irina Diekmann, DVM
Postdoc Research Associate
- Email: dirina@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Lexi Dyer, MPH
Data Manager
- Email: adyer@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis, Missouri – USA
Lexi oversees the data collection, management, training and sharing for DOLF clinical trials and community studies.
Kerstin Fischer
Senior Scientist
- Email: kfischer@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Abakar Gankpala
Research Technician
- Email: abakar@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Sarah Greene, MD, PhD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
- Email: greenesa@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Gina Haida
Administrative Coordinator
- Email: haidagm@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Yuefang Huang
Lab Technician
- Email: yuefanghuang@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Kassandra Huneycutt
Research Administrator
- Email: kmaldonado@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Laura Peer, MPH
Associate Director Global Health Research
- Email: lpeer@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Peer oversees administration of the WashU Medicine Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Project, funded by the Gates Foundation.
Amy Rush
Senior Research Technician
- Email: arush@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Lucia Sanchez Di Maggio, PhD
Postdoc Research Associate
- Email: lucia@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Division of 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