Projects

Study of molecular epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Georgia

Name of sponsor Presidential Grant for Young Scientist of Georgia
Head of the project Maia Kajaia

Unrevealing the paradox of HCV transmission between cohabitating sexual Partners

Name of sponsor Fogarty International Center, NIH
Head of the project Maia Kajaia

Bloodborn viruses among health care workers of Georgian maternity hospitals

Name of sponsor NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS)
Head of the project Maia Butsashvili

The public health impact of a couple-oriented prenatal HIV counseling in low and medium prevalence countries

Name of sponsor French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS)
Head of the project Maia Butsashvili

Prevalence and awareness of blood borne pathogens among health care workers of Georgia

Name of sponsor Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF)
Head of the project Maia Butsashvili, MD, MS; Louise-Ann McNutt (Ph.D., School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York)

HIV information for expecting and breast feeding mothers

Name of sponsor World Vision International
Head of the project Maia Butsashvili

Immuno-genetic factors of susceptibility to HIV in the population of Georgia

Name of sponsor NATO and Fogarty International Center, NIH
Head of the project George Kamkamidze, MD, Ph.D.; Jack DeHovitz (MD, MPH, Downstate Medical Center, New York, NY); Patrice Debre (MD, Ph.D., Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Hospital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris France)

CD4 and CD8 T cell responses in HIV and HCV infected patients

Name of sponsor INTAS
Head of the project George Kamkamidze, MD, Ph.D; Brigitte Autran (MD, Ph.D., Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Hospital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France)