Workshop on Laboratory Practice in Malaria Vaccine Trials
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Applications are invited from African scientists currently employed by
African institutions/Ministries of Health interested in/likely to be
involved in the implementation of future malaria vaccine trials.
Candidates should be middle level to senior investigators, must possess at
least a Masters or equivalent degree in parasitology, biochemistry,
immunology or molecular biology and have experience in malaria laboratory
assays. Workshop participants will be selected on a competitive basis.
The workshop will be held in Accra, Ghana at the Noguchi Memorial Institute
for Medical Research during late 1997. It will be the third of a series of
training workshops in strengthening the potential for African institutions
to address various issues in malaria vaccine trials. The following areas
will be among those to be covered:
- Pre-clinical research of malaria vaccine candidates
- Standard specifications for a Phase III malaria vaccine trial such
as primary trial objectives, study design and target groups and sample
size
- Safety criteria including clinical criteria for exclusion from vaccine
trials, criteria for inclusion of infants in trials
- Laboratory measurements of primary efficacy end points
- Recent innovations in malaria diagnosis
- Measurement of immunological responses in the course of vaccine trials
- Measurement of prevalence of genetic factors that could affect the
response to malaria vaccines
- Laboratory measurements of possible confounding effects such as anaemia,
nutritional defects, concomitant infections and the consumption of
antimalaria drugs.
These training activities are sponsored by the African Malaria Vaccine
Testing Network (AMVTN) with inputs from the WHO/TDR, WHO/AFRO and other
donors.
Applicants wishing to participate in this workshop should forward the
following typewritten information to the address below by 31st July 1997:
1. Full name in capital letters, with family name underlined.
2. Date of birth and nationality.
3. Name, full address, telephone number, telex number, fax number and
e-mail address where the applicant is employed.
4. Educational qualifications, including date, place of study and
degrees obtained.
5. Describe (12 lines maximum) the nature of your current post and the
post held immediately preceding your current post.
6. Current research interest (not more than 10 lines).
7. A list of your scientific publications especially those relating to
clinical/field trials.
8. Name and address of two referees (including their telephone, fax,
telex and e-mail numbers) who have been requested to provide letters of
recommendation, to be sent directly to the address below. One letter
should be an endorsement/letter of collaboration from the National MOH
or Malaria Control Programme Manager.
All applications must be received by 31 July 1997
at the following address:
Prof. W. L. Kilama
CHAIRMAN, AMVTN COORDINATING COMMITTEE
c/o National Institute for Medical Research
P.O.Box 9653, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel. +255-51-30770 / 31864
+255-812-781332
Fax +255-51-30660
Telex 41919 NIMR TZ
mailto:wkilama@costech.gn.apc.org
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