The DOLF team is made up of DOLF Core Management Group, Investigators and Project Staff.
DOLF Core Management Group
Gary J. Weil, MD
Principal Investigator
- 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.
Peter U. Fischer, PhD
Co-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.
Philip J. Budge , MD, PhD
- Email: pbudge@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Nicole Fetcho, MPH
Global Health Research Program Manager
- Email: fetcho80@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Betsy Abente, MPH
Global Health Research Program Manager – Finance & Administration
- Email: eabente@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
Gina Haida
Administrative Coordinator
- Email: haidagm@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Kurt Curtis
Research Laboratory Supervisor
- Email: kcurtis@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis – Infectious Diseases
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
Kerstin Fischer
Staff Scientist
- Email: kfischer@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
Michael Payne
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Cleveland OHIO – USA
Investigators
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
Felix Doe
University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS)
Hohoe GHANA
Lincoln Gankpala
National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL)
Monrovia LIBERIA
Ann Goldman, PhD, MPH
The GW School of Public Health & Health Services
Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Washington DC – USA
Michael Gyasi
University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS)
Accra GHANA
Achim Hoerauf, MD
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP)
Bonn GERMANY
Augustine Hong, MD
Washington University in St. Louis – Opthalmology & Visual Sciences
St. Louis MISSOURI – USA
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
National Public Health Institute of Liberia
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
Aboulaye Meite, MD
National Program to Control Schistosomiasis – Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis and Lymphatic Filariasis
Abidjan COTE D’IVOIRE
Nicholas O. Opoku, MBCHB, MSC
University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) – School of Public Health
Ho Volta Region GHANA
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
Wilma Stolk, PhD
Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI)
Rotterdam NETHERLANDS
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
Christine Dubray, MD, MSc
Centers for Disease Control – Parasitic Diseases & Malaria
Atlanta GEORGIA – USA
Obiora Eneanya, MSc, PhD
The Carter Center
Atlanta GEORGIA – USA
Indeewarie E Gunaratna
Ministry of Health, Anti Filariasis Campaign
Colombo SRI LANKA
Myra Hardy, PhD
The Royal Children’s Hospital
Center for International Child Health
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
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
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
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
Dr. Daniel J. Tisch, PhD, MPH
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Center for Global Health & Diseases
Cleveland OHIO – USA
Naomi-Pitchouna Uvon-Awaca
Ministère de la Santé Publique Programme National de Lutte contre les Maladies Tropicales Negligees a Chimiotherapie Preventive (PNLMTN-CTP)
Kinshasa REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Margot Whitfeld, MBBS, DTM&H, FACD
St. Leonards Dermatology & Laser
NSW AUSTRALIA
Channa T. Yahathugoda, MBBS, PhD
University of Ruhuna, Filariasis Research Training & Service Unit
Wellmadama, Matara SRI LANKA