Organizers

• Patrick Duffy, National Institutes of Health/Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, USA
• Michal Fried, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, USA
• Paul Gwakisa, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
• Mwele Malecela, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania

Sponsors

• Malaria Research Training Program of Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, with support from Fogarty International Center/NIH
• Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
• National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania

 The Program

Sokoine University, Seattle BioMed and NIMR will convene a special workshop focusing on Immunology of Parasitic Diseases.  An international faculty will lead a two-week workshop to train graduate students and young scientists from Africa in basic and applied research on protozoan pathogens, including malaria parasites and trypanosomes.

Areas to be covered include:

• Vaccines
• Parasite Biology
• Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Host Immunity
• Research Ethics
• Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• Molecular Biology
• Developing Research Proposals

The workshop will emphasize student participation through symposia, poster sessions, roundtable discussions, hands-on laboratory sessions and informal interactions. The workshop organizers hope to generate interest in parasitic diseases research, to promote networks of East African and international scientists and students, and to identify graduate students and young scientists who may be interested in graduate or postdoctoral training at research facilities in East Africa or overseas.

Senior Faculty

Joe Bressler, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Patrick Duffy, National Institutes of Health/Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, USA
Ruth Ellis, National Institutes of Health, USA
Michal Fried, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, USA
Paul Gwakisa, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Ursula Kryzch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA
Jean Langhorne, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
Hamisi Malebo, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
Mwele Malecela, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
Stephen Magesa, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
John Lusingu, Korogwe, Tanzania
Mramba Nyindo, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania
Marilyn Parsons, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, USA
Alan Sher, National Institutes of Health, USA

Workshop Facilitators

Benigni Alfred, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Catherine Gerald, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Ibrahim Ideva, Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
Athumani Mchana, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Catherine Privatus, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Especially outstanding students selected to participate will receive support for their travel, room and board. Applications should be received no later than 31 March 2010. Applicants should include an abstract (1 page only) describing research that the student has performed or would like to perform in the future on some aspect of protozoan pathogens.

Applications may be downloaded as a PDF file or Word document (see files attached below). After completing the application, please email it, along with your CV and abstract, to workshop organizers at workshop2010@seattlebiomed.org.