2024
Dr Erik Zajta. Dept. of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. Implementation of fungal molecular diagnostics in the Hungarian Healthcare System. £2,345.
David Denning. University of Manchester. A 1-year extension of the current grant to support the development and maintenance of LIFE-Worldwide. £35,964.
2024 – Geoff Scott Travel & Educational Grants Awarded
Ms Lovely Gupta, PhD Student, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. 11th Advances Against Aspergillosis and Mucormycosis Conference in Milan, Italy. £1,250.
Dr Eireni Kyrmizi, University of Crete, Greece. 11th Advances Against Aspergillosis and Mucormycosis Conference in Milan, Italy. £925.
Dr Rutuja Patil, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. 11th Advances Against Aspergillosis and Mucormycosis Conference in Milan, Italy. £742.
2023
Prof. David Denning, University of Manchester. A 1-year extension of the current grant to support the development and maintenance of LIFE-Worldwide. £35,901.
Michael Bottery, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester. Understanding synergistic drug-drug interactions for drug repurposing for the treatment of aspergillosis. £9,893.44.
Ato Edmund Dadzie, University of Ghana. The Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis among Asthmatic Patients in Tertiary Hospitals in The Greater Accra Region of Ghana.£1,200.
2023 – Travel & Educational Grants Awarded
Isabelle Storer, PhD Student, University of Manchester. 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference at Pacific Grove, California. £1,000
2022
Kuate Ngouanom Marius Paulin, Cameroon. Addition to the June 2020 Grant “Histoplasmosis and Tuberculosis coinfection amongst HIV positive and HIV negative patients in Yaoundé, Cameroon. £1,100.
Dr Animesh Ray, All India Institute of Medical Sciences. New Delhi, India. A study on genetic defects predisposing to Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis from a North Indian tertiary centre. £32,000.
Pocha Samuel Kamudumuli, University of Malawi. Determining prevalence of Histoplasmosis and Aspergillus in Malawi and feasibility of usage of Histoplasma Capsule Urinary Diagnostic assay on advanced HIV Disease. £3,350.
Dr Jacob Baker, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. Investigating for concurrent or misdiagnosed fungal pulmonary infection in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis in Trinidad and Tobago. £1,100.
Dr Takanori Furukawa, University of Manchester. Elucidating the epigenetic landscape of the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. £11,008.
2022 – Travel & Educational Grants Awarded
Patrick Dancer, University of Manchester. Bursary to attend the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Advanced Lecture Course in Human Fungal Pathogens in France, £780.
2021
Drs Sara Gago & Margherita Bertuzzi, The University of Manchester. In vitro modelling of fungal infection using primary human lung cells, £10,415.
Prof. David Denning, The University of Manchester. LIFE-Worldwide 2 year support and development, £84,493.
Dr Felix Bongomin, Gulu University Medical School, Uganda. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Acute Disseminated Histoplasmosis in Hospitalised Patients with Advanced HIV Disease in Uganda, UGX 23,900,000 (£4,800).
Dr Nyla P Lyons, the Medical Research Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago. Assessing the incidence and risk factors for disseminated Histoplasmosis among Persons Living with HIV, £9,981.
Dr. Christine Mandengue, Université des Montagnes, Banganté, Cameroon. Diagnostic of disseminated histoplasmosis on urine in patients in advanced HIV disease in Cameroon using Histoplasma Antigen tests (OIDxHisto LFA and Immy EILSA kit) and PCR. £10,539.
Prof. Teresa Zelante, University of Perugia. Evaluating Aspergillus fumigatus in host adaptation using animal models of pulmonary disease €11,500 (£10,000).
Dr. M Ameyo Dorkenoo, University of Lomé, Togo. Prevalence of pneumocystis pneumonia and pulmonary aspergillosis. £2,000.
2020
Dr Laura Ferreras Antolin, St. George’s University Hospital, London. Evaluating the test performance of Aspergillus antigen detection using a lateral-flow device (LFD) on broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) fluid for the diagnosis of pulmonary invasive aspergillosis in paediatrics, £1,290.
Dr Rita Oladele, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria and Dr Neil Stone, University College London. Evaluation of a rapid Point of Care Lateral Flow Assay for the Diagnosis of Histoplasmosis in Nigeria, £5,000.
Dr. Marcin Fraczek, University of Manchester. Long Range Genome Sequencing to Improve Reference Genome Assemblies in Human Fungal Pathogens, £14,565.
Dr. Can Zhao, University of Manchester. Knowledge transfer to establish a murine infection model of fungal keratitis at the University of Manchester, £10,996.
Kuate Ngouanom Marious Paulin, University of Buea, Cameroon. Histoplasmosis and Tuberculosis Coinfection amongst HIV positive and HIV negative patients in Yaoundé, Cameroon, £5,775.
2019
Dr Sara Namvar, University of Manchester, investigating the role of Endothelin-1 in A.fumigatus driven airway remodelling, £10,000.
Bright Ocansey, New Hope Specialist Hospital, Ghana. Fungal infection surveys, £1,400.
2018
Dr Martin Stacey, Leeds University. Understanding the role of IL-36 cleavage in host defence against fungal infection, £4,916.
Dr Margherita Bertuzzi, University of Manchester. Antifungal potency of the airway epithelium in health and disease, £12,000.
2017
Prof. Barry Goodell, Microbiology Dept. University of Massachusetts. Cryptococcal Disease – “A New Methanistic Understanding Leading to Therapeutic Treatment” £8,865.
2016
Dr Charlene McShane, Queen’s University, Belfast. Incidence and aetiology of oesophageal candidiasis in Northern Ireland. £4,500.
Travel and Educational Grants awarded
2020
Dr. Ushana Shrestha Khwakhali, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Travel Grant to attend the AAAM Conference in Lugano, Switzerland. £1,760.
Dr. Margherita Bertuzzi, University of Manchester. Travel Grant to attend the AAAM Conference in Lugano, Switzerland. £729.
2019
Ali Osmanov MSc, University of Manchester. Travel Grant to attend ECCMID 2019, Amsterdam, £877.
Support for the 9th Advances Against Aspergillosis (AAA) conference in Lugano, Switzerland February 2020. £1,500 towards a scholarship.
Dr. Richard Kwizera, Makerere University, Uganda. Travel Grant to attend conferences in Lagos, Nigeria, £1,500.
Prof. Gordon Brown, University of Aberdeen. Support for AIDS-related Mycoses Conference, Cape Town July £1,000
2018
Dr. Attila Gacser, University of Szeged, Hungary. 6th Central European Summer Course and 3rd Rising Stars in Mycology Workshop. Szeged July. Donated £3.171.
Mate Vadovics, PhD student University of Szeged, Hungary. 20th ISHAM conference Amsterdam June – July 2018. Travel expenses €253.
Dhirenda Singh, PhD student University of Szeged, Hungary. 20th ISHAM conference Amsterdam June – July 2018. Travel expenses £300.
Dr Sara Gago, University of Manchester. Visit to Teresa Zelante Laboratory, University of Perugia Travel & Subsistence Grant £2,000.
Dr. Richard Kwizera, Makerere University, Uganda. Travel Grant to attend ECCMID conference in Amsterdam, £1,522.
Dr. Ushana Shrestha Khwakhali, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Travel Grant to attend the 20th Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, 30 June – 4 July 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (ISHAM 2018), £1,622.
2017
Joy Icheoku, University of Manchester. Travel Grant to attend Gordon Research Conference, £1,500.
Erik Zajta, University of Szeged, Hungary. Registration Fee, 7th FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Human Fungal Pathogens in France £700.
AAA Conference, Lisbon 1-3rd February 2018. Scholarship support. £1,500.
2016
Dr George Deepe, Chairman of the Gordon Research Conference “Immunology of Fungal Infections”, January 2017, financial support. £1,286.