In 2003, 10 two-year grants of $200,000 each were awarded for the development of point-of-care diagnostics and therapeutic monitoring of AIDS in resource-poor countries. Individual projects are described below.
In 2005, the foundation awarded three additional grants totaling $494,687 for the continuation of the projects led by Drs. Alan Landay, Matthew Steele and Steven Wolinsky.
ImmunoSensor for HIV Infections (Abstract)
- P. Robert Beatty, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator)
University of California, Berkeley
- Eva Harris, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator)
University of California, Berkeley
A Portable, Visually-Read, Amplification-Boosted
Test to Monitor HIV Viral Load (Abstract)
- Neil T. Constantine, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator)
University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Janet M. Barletta, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator)
University of Maryland
- Maja Sommerfelt, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator), BionorImmuno
HIV RNA and CD4+ Assays for Resource-Poor
Countries (Abstract)
- Angela M. Caliendo, M.D., Ph.D. (Principal Investigator)
Emory University
- Silvija I. Staprans, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator)
Emory University School of Medicine
Virologic Monitoring for the Malawian
Antiretroviral Program (Abstract)
- Mina C. Hosseinipour, M.D. (Principal Investigator) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Susan A. Fiscus, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Irving F. Hoffman, M.P.H. (Co-Investigator)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rapid Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Drug Susceptibility Testing (Abstract)
- Barry N. Kreisworth, Ph.D.
Public Health Research Institute
Novel and Improved Manual Low-Cost CD4+ Test (Abstract)
- Alan L. Landay, Ph.D.(Principal Investigator)
Rush Medical College
- Suzanne M. Crowe, M.B.B.S. (Hons) F.R.A.C.P., M.D.
(Co-Investigator), Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research & Public Health
- Tom N. Denny, B.A., M.Sc. (Co-Investigator)
Center for Laboratory Investigations
Development of Affordable HIV Diagnostics
Using Microchips (Abstract)
- William R. Rodriguez, M.D. (Principal Investigator) Massachusetts General Hospital
- John T. McDevitt, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator)
University of Texas at Austin
- Bruce D. Walker, M.D. (Co-Investigator)
Harvard Medical School
Monitoring CD4+ and HIV Viral Load with a Unique Low-Cost Mobile Flow Cytometer in AIDS Patients in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (Abstract)
- Robert W. Ryder, M.D., M.Sc. (Principal Investigator) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Luc Kestens, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator)
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Rapid and Simple Semi-Quantitative Test Method for Monitoring CD4+ and Total Lymphocytes in Blood (Abstract)
- Matthew Steele, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Electrical Detection of HIV DNA and RNA with
Nanoparticle Probes (Abstract)
- Steven Wolinsky, M.D. (Principal Investigator)
Northwestern University
- Chad A. Mirkin, B.S., Ph.D. (Co-Investigator)
Northwestern University
- Yun-Wei Cao, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Co-Investigator)
Northwestern University