New Diagnostics Working Group

Surname First name Institution Country Abebe Fekadu University of Oslo Norway Abrams William NYU College of Dentistry USA Abubakar Aishatu The Nigeria Police Force Nigeria Abubakar Ibrahim Centre for Infections UK Achkar Jacqueline Albert Einstein College of Medicine USA Adatu Francis Uganda Addo Kennedy Kwasi Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Ghana Adetifa Ifedayo Medical Research Council (UK) Labs. The Gambia Affolabi Dissou Lab. De Ref. des Mycobacteries Benin Aggerbeck Henrik Statens Serum Institut Denmark Ahmed Altaf The Indus Hospital Pakistan Ahmed Shwikar Alexandria University Egypt Ahmedov Sevim Florida Dept. of Health USA Aichelburg Maximilian C. Vienna General Hospital/Med. Univ. Austria Al-Aghbari Nasher Althawra General Hospital Yemen Albalak Rachel CDC USA Albert Heidi FIND Switzerland Alexander Heather CDC USA Ali Imtiaz Aga Khan development Network (AKDN) Afghanistan Alnimr Amani UCL UK Al-Somboli Najla Sanaa University Yemen Amlerova Jana University Hospital, Inst. Of Microbiology Czech Republic Angra Pawan CDC USA Anthony Richard M. Royal Tropical Institute The Netherlands Arentz Matthew University of Washington USA Awe Ayodele O. WHO Country Office Nigeria Banach David Mount Sinai Medical Center USA Banaei Niaz Stanford Univ. School of Medicine USA Banerjee Saibal Dept. of Health & Family Welfare India Bao Fuka (Frank) Kunming Medical University China Barker Lewellys F Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation USA Barnard Marinus Nat. Health Lab. Service South Africa Barrera Lucia WHO/IUATLD Supranational Laboratory Argentina Basore Tesfaye Abicho TBCAP/USAID-ETHIOPIA Ethiopia Basri Carmelia Beers, van Stella Royal Tropical Institute The Netherlands Bekele Binegdie Amsalu Addis Ababa University School of Medicine Ethiopia Ben Amor Yanis Columbia University USA Beyers N., Prof. Stellenbosch University South Africa Bishai David Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health USA Boehme Catharina FIND Switzerland Bono de Oliveira Helenice UNICAMP - University of Campinos Brasil Bonsu Frank Borgdorff Martien W. AMC, Univ. of Amsterdam The Netherlands Boum Yap Epicentre / MSF Uganda Bourgarit Anne INSERM/ Assistance publique dept. France Bowles Edmée University Med. Center Utrecht The Netherlands Brown Violet Bumgarner Richard Independent consultant USA Caamal Ley Angel Reg. Research Center 'Dr. Hideyo Noguchi' Mexico Cambanis Alexis Univ. of California at Irvine USA Cardona Pere-Joan Inst. Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Spain Carnicer-Pont Dolors Public Health Agency Barcelona Spain Carr Jeffrey Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. USA Castro Kenneth G CDC USA Cattamanchi Adithya University of California USA Chaisson Richard E John Hopkins University USA Chakaya Jeremiah Chanda Duncan University Teaching Hospital Zambia Chandrasekaran Sujatha Global Hospitals & Health City India Chapman Ann L.N. Royal Hallamshire Hospital UK Chaudhary Vijay Kumar Univ. of Delhi South Campus India Chawla Dr P. Cheena World Healthal Trust India Chedore Pamela Central Public Health Laboratory Canada Chegou Novel N South Africa Chen Zheng Wei University of Illinois Chicago USA Chopra Sidharth SRI International USA Chuanyou Li Beijing TB & Thor.Tumor Res. Inst. China Cirillo Daniela Maria San Raffaele Scientific Institute Italy Clark Dave Aurum Institute South Africa Cleeff, van Maarten KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation The Netherlands Cobelens Frank Center for Poverty-related Communicable Diseases The Netherlands Colla Martin Cepheid Europe SA France Cope Graham GFC Diagnostics Ltd UK Corcoran Craig Groote Schuur Hospital South Africa Cox Helen Burnet Inst. For Med. Research & Public Health Australia Crews Virginia M. Becton Dickinson USA Crudder Christopher PATH USA Cuevas Luis WHO/TDR Switzerland Cunninghan Jane WHO/TDR Switzerland Dacombe Russell Liverpool University UK Daley Peter Christian Medical College Vellore India Daniels Colleen WHO Switzerland David Nkiiru Nigerian Inst. Of Med. Research Nigeria Davidow Amy University of Med & Dent New Jersey USA Davis J. Lucian University of California USA De Sajal Bhopal Memorial Hospital India de Lavison Jean-Francois Ahimsa Partners France Decker Richard H Abbott Diagnostics USA Denkinger Claudia Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston USA DeRiemer Kathryn University of California USA Desikan Prabha Bhopal Memorial Hospital India Desmond Edward California Dept. of Public Health USA Detjen Anne The Union USA Deun, van Armand Inst. Of Tropical Medicine Belgium Dewan Puneet WHO Searo India Dheda Keertan University of Cape Town South Africa Diagbouga Serge National TB Program, MoH Burkina Faso Diculencu Daniela Lung Diseases Hospital Romania Diel Roland Public Health Department Germany Dilektaşlı Aslı Görek Baskent University School of Med. Turkey Doherty T. Mark Statens Serum Institute Denmark Domínguez Jose Int. d'Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Spain Doshi Riddhi Foundation for Medical Research India Doulla Basra Esmail Min. of Health and Social Welfare Tanzania Drobniewski Francis HRA-MRU, ICMS UK D'Souza George A St. John's Medical College Hospital India Duarte Raquel Pneumologic Diagnosis Centre Portugal Durier Nicolas PATH Thailand Edwards David J Desmond Tutu HIV Centre South Africa Egwagwa Saidi Min. of Health and Social Welfare Tanzania El-khushman Haytham King Hussein Med. Center Jordan Elliott Julian Macfarlane Burnet Institute Australia Ellis Edward TB Prevention & Control, PH Agency of Canada Canada Elmira Ibraim Marius Nasta Inst. Of Pulmonology Romania Emmerson Jonathan Otsuka Novel Products GmbH Germany Erasmus Linda Nat. Inst. For Cummunicable Diseases South Africa Erick Rutto K. Moi Univ. School of Medicine UK Fajardo Emmanuel Médecins Sans Frontières South Africa Fennelly Kevin University of Florida USA Ferrara Giovanni University of Perugia Italy Fisher Jen Lighter N.Y.U. Langone Medical Center USA Fleurent Birgit WHO Switzerland Flores Laura L. UCSF USA Gaines Hans Swedish Inst. For Infect. Disease Control Sweden Garcia Jose Maria Hospital San Agustin Spain Garcia Luis F Universidad de Antioquia Colombia Garthwaite Ian Tyrian Diagnostics Australia Geluk Annemieke Leiden University Med. Centre The Netherlands Gennaro Maria Laura New Jersey Medical School USA Getachew Aderaye Getahun Haileyesus WHO Switzerland Gilpin Chris Int. Organization for Migration Switzerland Ginsburg Amy Sarah USA Godfrey-Faussett Peter London School of Hygiene and Trop. Med. UK Göhde Roland Partec GmbH Germany Gomes Marco Center for Health Policy and Innovation Canada Gomez-Pastrana David Hospital de Jerez Spain Gonzalez Alberto Vargas Regional Research Ctr. 'Dr. Hideyo Noquchi' Mexico Goujon Catherine Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud France Graham Steve Center for Int. Child Health Australia Granger Chris Oxford Immunotec UK Graviss Edward A. Methodist Hospital Research Inst. USA Greco Stefania Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini Italy Grewal Harleen University of Bergen Norway Guillerm Martine WHO Switzerland Gümüslü Feyzullah Habeenzu Charity H. Univ. Teaching Hospital, TB Lab Zambia Haks Marielle C. Leiden Univ. Medical Center The Netherlands Hamilton Carol Dukes Duke University USA Haneberg Bjorn Norwegian Inst. Of Public Health, SMBI Norway Hanna Bruce NY University, Bellevue Hospital USA Harrington Mark Treatment Action Group USA Harry Jenny Hasan Rumina Aga Khan University Pakistan Hatherill Mark University of Cape Town South Africa Henostroza German University of Alabama at Birmingham USA Herimanana Ramarokoto National TB Program Madagascar Hesseling Anneke C. Stellenbosch University South Africa Hill Philip University of Otago School of Med. New Zealand Hoffner Sven Swedish Inst. For Infect. Dis. Control Sweden Hollm-Delgado Maria-Graciela Université de Montréal Canada Holm-Hansen Carol Norwegian Institute of Public Health Norway Huggett Jim LGC Diagnostics UK Iademarco Michael F. CDC USA Ikram Aamer Armed Forces Inst. Of Pathology Pakistan Indhar Fakhar Jinnah Postgrad. Medical Center Pakistan Ivanyi Juraj Kings College London UK Jamieson Frances Ontario Agency for Health Protection & Promotion Canada Jefferson Carole BD USA Jiménez-Delgadillo Bertha Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan Mexico Joel Oluwamayowa African Public Health Alliance Nigeria John K.R. Christian Medical College India Joosten Simona A. Leiden Univ. Medical Center The Netherlands Joshi Rajnish Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Med. Sciences India Jou Ruwen NRL, CDC Taiwan Kadar Laszlo Pest County Pulmonological Inst. Hungary Kaipilyawar Satish PATH India Källenius Gunilla Karolinska Institutet Sweden Kampmann Beate Imperial College London UK Kancheya Nzali Genevieve Center for Infectious Disease Research Zambia Katalinic-Jankovic Vera Nat. Inst. Of Public Health Croatia Keane Joseph St. James' Hospital Ireland Kehinde Aderemi Oludiran University of Ibadan Nigeria Kempker Russell Emory University USA Kenneth Philip J. John St. Johns Research Inst, SJNAHS India Khan Burhan St. Thomas' Hospital UK Khazaei Soheila Min. of Health and Medical Edu. Iran Kiebooms Ludo Int. Committee of the Red Cross Switzerland Kim Sang Jae Int. TB Research Center Republic of Korea Kim Peter NIAID NIH USA Kishore Kamal Fiji School of Medicine Fiji Islands Kitai Ian Hospital for Sick Children Canada Klatser Paul Royal Tropical Institute The Netherlands Kocagöz Tanil Kolk Arend University of Amsterdam The Netherlands Kowada Akiko Bunkyo City Public Health Center Japan Kritski Afrânio Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho Brasil Kruczak Katarzyna Jagiellonian Univ. School of Medicine Poland Kudi Caleb A. Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria Kumar Manoj Sanjay Gandhi Medical Institute India Laal Suman NY University School of Medicine USA Lagrange Philippe H Universite Paris VII France Lameko Viali Laniado-Laborin Rafael Hospital General de Tijuana Mexico Laughon Barbara NIH USA Lawson Lovett Zankli Medical Centre Nigeria Lee Hyejon Korean Institute of Tuberculosis Republic of Korea Leimane Vaira Leung Chi Chiu Tuberculosis and Chest Service China Lewinsohn Deborah Oregon Healthy and Science University USA Lienhardt Christian Stop TB Dept. WHO Switzerland Lindner Robyn Tyrian Diagnostics Australia Ling Daphne McGill University Canada Lobue Philip CDC USA Locht Camille Institut Pasteur de Lille France Losi Monica Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia Italy Love James Knowledge Ecology Int. USA Luka Savita Misbah (Delhi-based NGO), patient community India Lumb Richard Inst. Of Med. And Veterinary Science Australia Lure Fleming Y.M. Guardian Technologies Int. USA Macgregor-Skinner Gavin USAID USA MacKay William G Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics UK Madhina Denford Habitat for Humanity South Africa Maertens Rikkert Maharjan Bhagwan German Nepal TB Project Nepal Maistry Nattele CSIR South Africa Malla Bijaya University of Basel Switzerland Mandalakas Anna Case Western Reserve University USA Mangoro Zirra M. FHI / Global HIV AIDS Initiative Nigeria Manickam Kanchana St. Boniface General Hospital Canada Mann Gillian Liverpool School of Trop. Med. UK Marais Ben J. Stellenbosch University South Africa Markova Roumiana Nat. Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Bulgaria Markova Nadya Dimitrova Bulgarian Academy of Science Bulgaria Martin Anandi Institute of Tropical Medicine Belgium Mascart Françoise Universite Libre de Bruxelles Belgium Mashori Mohammad Hassan FHRRDA Pakistan Mastroianni Claudio M. Sapienza University Italy Mathai Elizabeth Maurya Anand Kumar Chhtrapati Shahuji. Maharaj Med. University India Mavhunga Farai National TB Control Program Namibia Mboussa Joseph Mbulo Grace Zambart Project Zambia Mburu Josephine Wahogo Central Reference TB Lab. Kenya McArthur Carole University of Missouri USA McHugh Timothy D University College London UK Mcnerney Ruth London Sc. of Hygiene and Trop. Med. UK Mehlape Peter Becton-Dickinson Diagnostics South Africa Menzies Richard McGill University Canada Micha Roumiantzeff Roumiantzeff Consultant TB VAC France Michael Dr Joy Sarojini Christian Medical College & Hospital India Michel Gerd FIND Switzerland Millecamps Rebecca Minion Jessica McGill University Canada Miskinis Kestutis Mistry Nerges Foundation for Medical Research India Mitarai Satoshi Research Institute of TB Japan Mohammed Ibrahim Alik Addis Ababa University Ethiopia Moore David Univ. Peruana Cayetano Heredia Peru Morcillo Nora MoH, Dr. Cetrangolo Hospital Argentina Mori Toru Nat. Inst. Of Infectious Diseases Japan Mthiyane Thuli Medical Research Council South Africa Mundy Catherine Management Sciences for Health USA Murray Megan Harvard University USA Mutetwa Reggie Biomed. Research and Training Inst. Zimbabwe Muthukumar Ganapathy Mutimutema Monalisa University of Zimbabwe - UCSF Programme Zimbabwe Mutsvangwa Junior Biomed. Research and Training Inst. Zimbabwe Nachega Jean B. Stellenbosch University South Africa Nair Deepthi Safdarjung Hospital India Narasimhan Padmanesan Australia Nelson Lisa CDC Mozambique Ngoc Lan Nguyen Thi Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital Viet Nam Ngundu Grace Nat. Univ. of Science and Technology Zimbabwe Nienhaus Albert Accident Insurance & Prev. in Health & Welfare Serv. Germany Nkrumah Bernard Kumasi Centre for Coll. Res. In Trop. Med. Ghana Nkubito Grace Nunes Elisabete Abrantes MoH / Central Hospital Maputo Mozambique Nyendak Melissa Oregon Health and Science University USA Nyirenda Carol Obaro Stephen Michigan State University USA Obiefuna Austin Stop TB Partnership / Afro Global Alliance Ghana O'Brien Rick FIND Switzerland Oladokun Regina University College Hospital Ibadan Nigeria Olajide Isiramen Inst. Of Human Virology Nigeria Oommen John WHO Searo India Osborne Jill Fio Corporation Canada O'Shaughnessy Dr M.V. BioLytical Laboratories Canada Osman Murtada Ahmed Khartoum State TB Programme Sudan Østergaard Thomsen Vibeke Statens Serum Institut Denmark O'Sullivan John Ottenhoff Tom HM Leids Universitair Med. Centrum The Netherlands Oxlade Olivia Annie McGill University Canada Ozkara Seref Ataturk Chest Disease Hospital Turkey Pai Madhukar McGill University Canada Palomino Juan-Carlos Mycobacteriology Unit Belgium Paramasivan C.N. FIND Switzerland Parashar Deepak AIIMS India Parida Dr Shreemanta K Max Planck Inst. For Infection Biology Germany Parry Christopher M. University of Liverpool UK Parsons Linda CDC USA Peng Tao Chinese Academy of Sciences China Perera Jennifer Dept. of Medical Microbiology Sri Lanka Perkins Mark FIND Switzerland Perskvist Nasrin Swedish Inst. For Infectious Disease Control Sweden Pesut Dragica Pham Huyen Khanh WHO, Country Representative Office Vietnam Phiri-Nkhoma Thokozile PLWHA Women Support Group Malawi Ragib Rubhana Int. Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh Rahim Muhammed TB Lab ICDDR,B Bangladesh Rajani Dhanji P Microcare laboratory India Rakotonjanahary Martin National TB program Madagascar Ramsay Andrew WHO/TDR Switzerland Ranganthan Sarath Univ. of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Australia Rathe Chris PriTest Inc. USA Rattan Dr Ashok SRL Clinical Reference Lab. India Ravn Pernille University Hospital Herlev Denmark Reid Stewart Centre for Infectious Disease Research Zambia Reither Klaus Swiss Tropical Institute/ Ifakara HI Switzerland Reves Randall University of Colorado HSC USA Rey Diego Bold Diagnostics LLC USA Reyn, von C. Fordham Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med. Center USA Richeldi Luca Univ. of Modena & Reggio Emilia Italy Richter Elvira Forschungszentrum Borstel Germany Ridderhof John CDC USA Rienthong Dhanida Nat. Ref. Lab. Thailand Rienthong Somsak Nat. Ref. Lab. Thailand Rigouts Leen Inst. Of Tropical Medicine Belgium Ringhausen Felix C. Spital Bulach Switzerland Roberts Teri University of Cape Town South Africa Roberts Alison Robinson Janet Family Health International Thailand Robledo Jaime Corporacion para Invertigaciones Biologicas Colombia Rodriguez-De Marco Jorge National TB Control Program Uruguay Rogers Lynette Rohde Gernot University Hospital Bergmannsheil Germany Roscigno Giorgio FIND Switzerland Rothel Jim Cellestis Ltd Australia Rudy George Akonni Biosystems Inc. USA Ruhwald Morten Copenhagen University Hospital Denmark Rüsch-Gerdes Sabine Forschungszentrum Borstel Germany Rustomjee Roxana South African Med. Research Council South Africa Sadaphal Pankaj University Research Co., LLC USA Sadique Dr.Ashraf Ojha Inst. Of Chest Diseases Pakistan Sain Dmitri Phthisiopneumology Institute Republic of Moldova Salaniponi Felix Salfinger Max Burea of Laboratories USA Sands Anita WHO Switzerland Sandy Charles AIDS/TB programme Zimbabwe Sapargalieva Aigul Kazakh Nat. Medical Univ. Kazakhstan Sarin Sanjay Becton Dickinson India India Schaberg Tom Diakoniekrankenhaus Germany Schepers Kinda Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium Schiller Irene Federal Veterinary Office Switzerland SchoenAngerer, von Tido MSF Switzerland Schraufnagel Dean E. University of Illinois at Chicago USA Schutter, de Iris University Hospital Brussels Belgium Seas Carlos Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia Peru Sechi Leonardo A. University of Sassari Italy Seshadri Chetan Univ. of Washington School of Medicine USA Sester Martina University of Saarland Germany Sethi Sunil PGIMER India Sewpersadh Mandira South African Med. Research Council South Africa Shanaube Kwame Zambart Project Zambia Sharma S K All India Inst. Of Medical Sciences India Shenai Dr Shubhada V. P.D. Hinduja Nat. Hospital & Med. Res. Centre India Shepherd Andrew Shetu Abebe E UN/WHO UNECA compound Ethiopia Shinnick Tom CDC USA Siddiqi Kamran Nuffield Centre for Int. Health and Development UK Siddiqi Salman Becton-Dickinson Diagnostics USA Siewert Detlef Silier Thomas Salubris Turkey Simunovic Aleksandar Singh Urvashi All India Inst. Of Medical Sciences India Singh Mahavir Lionex Diagn. & Therap. GmbH Germany Singh Jay Praksash Narayan Supra Nat. TB Reference Lab. Oman Singh Sarman All India Inst. Of Medical Sciences India Sismanidis Charalampos (Babis) World Health Organization Switzerland Skrahina Alena Research Inst. Of Pulmonology & TB Belarus Sloutsky Alex University Massachussetts USA Smyth Brian Soborg Dr Bolette Statens Serum Institut Denmark Solovic Ivan Nat. Inst. For TB, Lung Dis. & Thor. Surgery Slovakia Song Rinn Harvard University / CDC USA Squire S Bertel Liverpool School of Trop. Med. UK Srikanth Padma Sri Ramachandra University India Steingart Karen University of California SF USA Straetemans Masja KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation The Netherlands Surucuoglu Suheyla Celal Bayar University Turkey Svobodova Jana Health Institute In Brno Czech Republic Syhre Mona Leipzig University Germany Talat Najeeha Aga Khan University Hospital Pakistan Talbot Elizabeth A Dartmouth Medical School USA Tang Patrick CDC Canada Tebruegge Dr Marc University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Inst. Australia Telles Maria Alice Da Silva TB Nat. Reference Lab. Brasil Tellis Rouchelle YENEPOYA MEDICAL COLLEGE India Thakur Rahul National Aids Control Organization India Thomas Tania A. University of Virginia USA Tiemersma Edine KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation The Netherlands Tierney Dylan Massachusetts General Hospital USA Tonui Ronald K. MOI University Kenya Tortoli Enrico Italy Trajman Anete Gama Filho University Brasil Trevejo Jose Draper Laboratory UK Trnka Ludek National TB Surveillance Unit Czech Republic Trusov Alexander Independent consultant USA Tuuminen Tamara Haartman Inst., Univ. of Helsinki Finland Tyagi Jaya S All India Inst. of Med. Sciences India Upadhye Vijay Jagdish Mahatma Gandhi Inst. Of Med. Sciences India Uzakova Gulnoz Republican DOTS Center Uzbekistan Van Hung Nguyen Nat. Hospital of TB and Respiratory Diseases Viet Nam van Kampen Sanne KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation The Netherlands Varaine Francis MSF France Varga Alessandra FIND Switzerland Vargas-Kasambira Tafadzwa Stephen US Food and Drug Administration USA Varma Jay K. US CDC China Vasquez Campos Lucy Marleni Lab. De Referencia de Mirobact. Peru Visser Douwe VU Medical Centre The Netherlands Vooren, van Jean-Paul Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium Wagner Dirk University of Freiburg Germany Walt, van der Martie South African Medical Research Council South Africa Walzl Gerhard Stellenbosch University South Africa Wang Shu-Hua Ohio State University USA Wares Fraser WHO regional office India India Weil Diana WHO Switzerland Wei-Lun Huang CDC Taiwan Weyer Karin WHO Switzerland Whalen Christine Health Bridge Consulting Int. The Netherlands Whitelaw Andrew NHLS / University of Cape Town South Africa Wilkinson Katalin Andrea University of Cape Town South Africa Wilkinson Robert J University of Cape Town South Africa Wilson Stuart Microsens Medtech Ltd UK Wingfield Claire Treatment Action Group (TAG) USA Wolf Timo Hospital of Goethe University Germany Wright Colleen Anne Stellenbosch University and NHLS South Africa Wyk, van Abrie University of Stellenbosch South Africa Yakovenko Oksana Yanai Hideki Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association Japan Yassin Mohammed A Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine UK Yee K.C. AmeriTek USA Yim Jae-Joon Dept. of Internal Med. And Lung Inst. Republic of Korea Zar Heather Red Cross Children's Hosp., Univ. of Cape Town South Africa Zellweger Jean-Pierre Swiss Lung Association Switzerland Zhang Whenhong Fudan University China Zumla Ali University College London UK Zutic Hasan Zwerling Alice McGill University Canada