Overview - Teams worldwide

The Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology consists of an assembly of international teams spread throughout the world:

Team Hamburg

@Bernhard Nocht Institute for
Tropical Medicine (headquarter)
Hamburg, Germany

Team Kumasi

@ Kumasi Centre for Collaborative
Research (KCCR)
Kumasi, Ghana

Team Arusha

@East African Community
Secretariat
Arusha, Tanzania

Team Antananarivo

@University of Antananarivo/
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et
de Parasitologie Université
Antananarive
Antananarivo, Madagascar

Team Tanga

@National Institute for
Medical Research (NIMR)
Tanga, Tanzania

Team São Tomé

@National Reference
Laboratory for Tuberculosis
São Tomé and Príncipe

Team Hamburg is part of the Bernhard Nocht Insitute for Tropical Medicine and also the headquarters of the department. Its focus is Research & Development as well as International Teaching & Capacity Building.

Team Kumasi is based at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), Ghana, as well as at the Agogo Presbyterian Hospital and other hospitals, where most of our clinical studies are conducted.

Team Arusha is located in Arusha, Tanzania, and is mainly working within the East African Community (EAC) to establish a sustainable laboratory infrastructure and response network across East Africa.

Team Tanga is based at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Tanga, as well as at the Magunga District Hospital in Korogwe, Tanzania.

Team Antananarivo is based at the University of Antananarivo at the Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Parasitologie Université Antananarive (LMPUA) in Madagascar and is contributing to our research projects as well.

Team São Tomé is based at the National Reference Laboratory for Tuberculosis (LNR-TB) in São Tomé and Príncipe, where infectious disease surveillane projects take place.

Head of Department

Jürgen May (+49 40 285 380-402)


Department Assistant

Ulrike Kolander (+49 40 285 380-402)


Scientific Project Management

Johanna Brinkel (-268)
Theresa Habermann
Maike Lamshöft (-535)

 

Scientific Staff (Postdocs)

Team Hamburg, Germany
Johanna Brinkel (-268)
Daniela Fusco (-504)
Nicole Sunaina Gilberger (-639)
Irina Kislaya
Robin Kobbe
Ralf Krumkamp (-535)
Eva Lorenz (-639)
Andrea Molina (-268)
Viola Pavoncello
Dewi Ismajani Puradiredja (-243)
Kathrin Schuldt (-405)
Ricardo Strauss (-243)
Thorsten Thye (-403)

Team Kumasi, Ghana
Oumou Maiga Ascofaré

Team Arusha, Tanzania
Florian Gehre
Muna Affara
Neema Omari
Grace A. Oshido
Julien A. Nguinkal

Team Antananarivo, Madagascar
Valentina Marchese

 

Scientific staff (PhD students/
Junior researchers)

Team Hamburg, Germany
Lena Merkel
Lydia Rautmann
Solomon Wafula
Jana Hey
Pia Rausche (-523)
Juliane Boenecke (-243)
Jonathan Ströbele (-243)

Team Kumasi, Ghana
Henry Hanson
Priscilla Adjei-Kusi
Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo
Ebenezer Ahenkan

 

Data Management

Anna Jaeger (-503)
Jenny Kettenbeil (-268)
Wibke Loag (-503)
Berchie Agyemang Nti (-503)
Angelika Hensel (-503)


Technical Staff

Doris Winter (-244)

 

 

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Prof. Dr. Jürgen May:ein Forscher, der eine Glatze hat und ein weißes Hemd mit grauem Sakko trägt.
Head of Dept Infectious Diseases Epidemiology

Prof. Dr. Jürgen May

Telefon: +49 40 285380-402

E-Mail: may@bnitm.de

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