Arunpongpaisal, Suwanna (Khon Kaen University ) - Strategies for changing alcohol drinking behavior; qualitative research methodology.

Bordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos (Escola Paulista de Medicina)- Improving quality of life in adulthood of children living in disadvantaged circumstances (e.g. poverty, domestic violence, neighborhood with high rates of drug use and crime); psychosocial determinants of developmental delays and early school failure among the urban poor; childhood physical abuse in a large Brazilian urban poor community; childhood predictors of antisocial behavior in adolescence and early adult life; multiple or logistic regression analysis.

Britos, Juan Carlos (University of Tucuman) - Treatment of resistant primary tuberculosis; randomized controlled trials.

Briones, Bernardo D. (University of Santo Thomas)- Strategies for improving patient compliance in the intake of anti-TB drugs and methods for identifying cases.

Calva, Juan J. (Institute Nacional De Nutricion)- Epidemiology of enteropathogens; pharmacoepidemiology of antibiotic usage and bacterial resistance.

Cardiel, Mario H. (Institute Nacional De Nutricion)- Quality of life; randomized controlled trials in rheumatology; outcome measures in rheumatology; epidemiology of rheumatic diseases; patient education; design of instruments.

Castelo Filho, Adauto (Escola Paulista de Medicina)- Supervised treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis; vertical transmission of HIV; risk of TB infection. 
Impact: As result of RCT published at the Lancet in November 1989, many countries in the region adopted the twice-weekly short course regimen for treating pulmonary TB. (Lancet 1989;2:1173-6).

Chansung, Kanchana (Khon Kaen University)- Treatment of aplastic anemia using prednisolone plus methenolone compared with methenolone alone.

Chapman, Evelina Gracia (University of Tucuman)- Implementation of acute respiratory infection (ARI) program on population level.

Chen, Jie (Shanghai Medical University)- Strategies for dissemination, application and allocation of medical technology; evaluation of quality and efficiency of medical care; randomized controlled trials; economic analysis (cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit or cost-utility). 

Chen, Shi-Yao (Shanghai Medical University)- Relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer; decision analysis of therapies for eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection in gastroenterological diseases; molecular and clinical research; cost-effectiveness analysis.

Chirawatkul, Aroon (Khon Kaen University)- Survey methods; information systems.

Chirawatkul, Siriporn (Khon Kaen University)- Psychiatric nursing; women's health: menopause, depression; elderly health; qualitative research methodology.
Impact: Research on "Competencies needed for practicing mental health and psychiatric nursing" has been used for developing short course training for graduate nurses in psychiatric and general hospital. (Ministry of Public Health, Mental Health Department. (1995) Post Graduate Curriculum on Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing. Bangkok: Ministry of Health).

Chowdhury, Archana (Government Medical College)- Infectious diseases; environmental health; non-experimental designs.

Clark, Patricia (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social)- Fibromyalgia in Mexicans (characterization, clinical trials, follow-up studies); rationalization in the use of drugs (patterns of use, educational interventions for doctors/patients); systematic reviews (meta-analysis); transcultural studies for practical guidelines.
Impact: Patricia Clark, Emilio Casas, Peter Tugwell, Clementina Medina, Constanza Gheno, Guadalupe Tenorio y Jose Antonio Orozco. Hydroxycloroquine compared with placebo in rheumatoid arthritis. A randomized controlled trial. Ann Intern Med. 1993;119:1067-1071. The paper has been used in two countries (Argentina and Uruguay) by the pharmaceutical industry in order to get the license for the registration of the drug.

Cordero, Cynthia P. (University of the Philippines)- Diagnostic strategies and treatment algorithm in leptospirosis. (Philip)

Cuervo, Luis Gabriel (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)- Evaluation of cancer registries; evaluation of diagnostic tests for H. pylori; evaluation of use of enema during labor. 

Cumsille, Jose Francisco (University of Chile)- Biostatistics.

Dantes, Renato B. (University of the Philippines)- Strategies for effective management of TB control programs; strategies to influence physicians' prescribing habits and patients' intake of medication.

Dans, Antonio L. (University of the Philippines)- Cardiovascular disease; guideline development. 
Impact: Philippine guidelines on the detection and management of hypertension; Philippine guidelines on the detection and management of hypercholesterolemia

Dennis, Rodolfo J. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)- Drug utilization research, including pharmaco-economics; health service evaluation, with emphasis in the intensive care setting; risk factors for lung disease, with emphasis on obstructive airway disease; evaluation of health states for economic analysis. 

Diaz Violeta (University of Chile)- Neurology; aging.

Di Silverstre, Cristina (University of Chile) - Social sciences: human behavior.

Donaldo, Manuel Emerson S. (Cebu Institute of Medicine)- Blood culture in typhoid fever; epilepsy; prescribing pattern of NSAID/NSAID-induced gastropathy

Fan, Weihu (Shanghai Medical University)- Prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease.

Fajutrao, Liberty B. (University of the Philippines)- Economic evaluation; physician practice variations.

Fekade, Daniel (Addis Ababa University)- Randomized controlled trials of anti-cytoleine treatment of anti-cetaceans treatment of Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR); a human model of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).
Impact: Demonstrated for the first time that passive immunization with antibodies to tumor necrosis factor alpha prevents the JHR in patients treated with penicillin. (Daniel Fekade, et al. Prevention of Jarisch- Herxheimer reactions by treatment with antibodies against tumor necrosis factor alpha. N Engl J Med 1996;335:311-5)

Ferraz, Marcos Bosi (Escola Paulista de Medicina)- Translation and cultural adaptation of questionnaires; measurement of disability and quality of life; evaluation of the economic impact of rheumatic diseases; methodology to evaluate costs; meta-analysis.

Festin, Mario R. (University of the Philippines)- Reproductive health.

Gapas, Joselito L. (University of the Philippines)- Environmental and occupational epidemiology of pesticides, petrochemicals and other industrial chemicals. 
Impact: Implementation of expansion of geothermal energy projects for power generation due to initial findings of absence of respiratory health impact of chronic exposure to hydrogen sulphide gas (H2S). ("Respiratory health impact of chronic exposure to H2S gas among power generation plant workers.") Development of land zoning and community ordinances to minimize exposure of children to organic mercury ("Neurodevelopmental profile of children born and raised in a gold mining area in Southern Philippines.")

Gomez-Restrepo, Carlos (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)- Depression (etiology and treatment); violence prevention; schizophrenia (etiology and treatment). 

Gonzalez, Ramon (University of Tucuman)- Strategies for changing smoking behavior; epidemiology of rheumatic diseases.

Gupta, V.L. (Government Medical College )- Prevention and management of sickle cell disease and hemoglobinopathies, hypertension and renal disease.
Impact: Zinc supplementation in patients with sickle cell anemia.

Hassan, Amr A. II (Suez Canal University)- Diagnosis, therapy and control of infectious disease with specific emphasis on hepatitis and schistosomiasis; vaccine studies; cohort and case-control studies, community surveys. 
Impact: Introduction of Hepatitis B vaccination to the EPI program in Egypt (based on immunogenecity of Hepatitis B recombinant vaccine in schistosomiasis-infected and uninfected school children). Modification of policies for schistosomiasis control (based on epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Ismailia as part of the National Schistosomiasis Research Project). 

Herrera, Patricio L. (University of Chile)- Pediatrics; infectious diseases. 

Hu, Yu (Shanghai Medical University)- Management of hypertensive patients; quality of work life of emergency doctors. 

Intragumtornchai, Tanin (Chulalongkorn University)- Risk factors in Thai patients with myelodysplastic syndrome; acute leukemia.

Jain, Dipty - Issues in child health with policy implications; sickle cell disease; zinc; comprehensive health. (Government Medical College, Nagpur)

Jensen, Luis A. - Obstetrics and gynecology; family planning. (University of Chile)

Joshi, Prashant P. - Risk factors for hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke; determinants of poor blood pressure control; validation of death certificates by verbal autopsy; case control studies. (Government Medical College, Nagpur)

Kambarami, Rose -Prenatal mortality in rural areas and risk factors associated with perinatal mortality. (University of Zimbabwe)

Kamol-Ratanakul, Pirom - Economic evaluation of new drugs or new technologies; health care financing and health insurance; essential health package.
Impact: Development of a nationwide policy program in the treatment of pulmonary TB. (CEA of three short-course anti-tuberculosis programs compared with the standard regimen in Thailand. J Clin Epidemiol 1993;46:631-636). Pricing of laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging at the University Hospital (Chula Med. J.) (Chulalongkorn University)

Kanato, Manop - AIDS: prevention and care strategies among various groups; non-communicable diseases: appropriate intervention at community level; health care program evaluation: qualitative methodologies. (Khon Kaen University)

Katada-Bullo, Cheryl - Strategies for changing physicians' antibiotic prescribing patterns in upper respiratory infection presumed to be viral; prevalence of Group A streptococcus. (Cebu Institute of Medicine)

Kulkarni, S.W. - Control of communicable diseases; iodine deficiency disorders; evaluation of health programs; operational research. (Government Medical College, Nagpur)

Kumar, Shuba - Health related quality of life; disability assessment; coping behavior in patients with chronic mental illness and their families; qualitative research; instrument development. (Chennai Medical College - previously Madras Medical College)

Lansang, Mary Ann - Control and treatment of infectious diseases (currently (a) malaria prevention and control through community volunteers and (b) viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV)). 
Impact: Hepatitis B seroepidemiology and field trials on Hepatitis B vaccines contributed to the information provided to public health decision-makers for the integration of HBV immunization to EPI. The Malaria Control Service of the Department of Health is now keen on providing training to its MCS personnel on community involvement for malaria control. (University of the Philippines)

Lavin, Pablo A. - Obstetrics and gynecology; abortion. (University of Chile)

Leandro, Biagini - Health economics; pharmacology. (University of Chile)

Leelarasamee, Amorn - Strategies for changing prescribing behavior of general practitioners for antimicrobial therapy of upper respiratory tract infection; prevalence of resistant bacterial pathogens in community-acquired and nosocomial infections; prevention of perinatal transmission of HIV infection; guidelines for antimicrobial therapy of community-acquired infection; antimicrobial therapy for severe or disseminated melioidosis. 
Impact: No economic loss from growing Phylanthus amarus for eradicating chronic Hepatitis B carriage. The first paper in Lancet claimed 56% efficacy of the plant for the condition but our study (Lancet 1990; 335:1600-1) failed to confirm as well as those other studies that followed. Study of etiology of acute undifferentiated fever in Thailand led to the conclusions that scrub typhus is not uncommon, that diagnostic reagents for scrub typhus have to be developed and that doxycycline is used to treat acute undifferentiated fever if duration of the fever is longer than 10-4 days. This study is not published but is presented as a full report to the Ministry of Public Health. The cut-off point for diagnosis of melioidosis by indirect hemagglutination test in endemic area is higher than recommended in international textbooks. (Mahidol University)

Leon-Dorantes, Gladys - Psoriasis (RCTs, quality of life); pemphigus; patient's education; community dermatology (rational use of drugs). (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social)

Limpongsanurak, Sompop - Chemotherapy in gestational trophoblastic disease; vertical transmission of HIV. (Chulalongkorn University)

Lin, Guowei - Anemia; leukemia; RCT; case-control studies; evaluation of diagnostic tests. (Shanghai Medical University)

Londoņo, Dario - Health technology evaluation (diagnostic methods, drugs, intensive care); health related quality of life in chronic respiratory diseases; acute and chronic respiratory infections, methodological aspects of health economics in less developed countries. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)

Lozano, Juan Manuel - Acute respiratory infections in childhood (etiology, clinical diagnosis, preventive and therapeutic interventions); childhood diarrhea (as above); vaccines (clinical evaluation of new products). 
Impact: The findings of one study are currently used as reference for pulse oximetry values in children living in Bogota (Lozano JM, Duque OR, Buitrago T, Behaine S. Pulse oximetry reference values at high altitude. Arch Dis Child 1992;67:299-301); One study has been used by the local health authorities for supporting the WHO recommendations for case management of children with ARI (Lozano JM, Steinhoff MC, Ruiz JG, Mesa ML, Martinez H, Dussan B. Clinical predictors of acute radiological pneumonia and hypoxemia at high altitude. Arch Dis Child 1994;71:323-7). (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) 

Lumbiganon, Pisake - Reproductive health, especially perinatal medicine and family planning.(Khon Kaen University)

Majoko, Franz - Improving utilization of health institutions for antenatal care and delivery; malarial chemoprophylaxis and pregnancy. (University of Zimbabwe)

Marcopito, Luiz Francisco - Prevalence and incidence of non-transmissible diseases; cross sectional and follow-up studies; studies of mortality; descriptive and analytical studies. (Escola Paulista de Medicina)

Martin, Denise - AIDS prevention among women; cultural construction of risk among prostitutes; medical anthropology; qualitative methods and ethnographic research. (Escola Paulista de Medicina)

Miranda, Claudio T. - Psychosocial approach to deal with child malnutrition and their mothers' mental health through case control studies; development of instruments for mother-child interaction assessment and testing of an early stimulation technique utilizing intervention trials. (Escola Paulista de Medicina)

Morillo, Luis Enrique - Incidence and prevalence of neurological diseases (epilepsy, migraine, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral neuropathy, dementia and head trauma). (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)

Munie, Tadios - Frequency, types, etiology and prognosis of head injuries. (Addis Ababa University)

Nathoo, Kusum J. - Randomized controlled trials; case-control studies. (University of Zimbabwe)

Pande, Jitendra Nath - Hepatotoxicity of antituberculosis drugs; indoor/outdoor air pollution; randomized controlled trials; predictive modeling. (All India Institute of Medical Sciences)

Pandey, Ravindra M. - Eradication of leprosy; family violence. (All India Institute of Medical Sciences)

Patel, Archana - Infectious Diseases, Environmental Illnesses in Children, Clinical Economics and Medical Decision (Indira Gandhi Medical College)

Peres, Clovis de Araujo - Methodological statistics. (Escola Paulista de Medicina)

Perez, Adriana - Sampling theory and techniques; techniques of statistical prediction. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)

Prasad, Kameshwar - Prevention and management of stroke; prevention and treatment of tuberculous meningitis; acute bacterial meningitis and neurocysticercosis; randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis. 
Impact: Restraint in the use of dexamethasone in acute bacterial meningitis (Prasad K, Haines T. Dexamethasone treatment for acute bacterial meningitis: how strong is the evidence for routine use? J Neurol Neurosurg Psych 1995;59:31-37). Routine use of aspirin in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (International Stroke Trial Preliminary results. Cerebrovasc Dis 1996;6 (suppl 2):p23). The government of India has started a national program for the control of cardiovascular diseases including stroke (Epidemiology of Stroke in India: a review. Proceedings of the National Workshop on Control of Cardiovascular Diseases for State Health Administrators and Medical Professionals, Delhi 19-21 November 1996 [forthcoming]). (All India Institute of Medical Sciences)

Pazvakavambwa, I.E. - Prevalence of congenital and acquired heart disease in children; health seeking behavior. (University of Zimbabwe)

Purwar, Manorama B. - Prevention of pregnancy induced hypertension; prevention of preterm birth; randomized controlled trials. (Government Medical College, Nagpur)

Rangel-Frausto, M. Sigfrido - Nosocomial infections; sepsis syndrome; AIDS. (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social)

Reddy, K. Srinath - Coronary artery disease risk factors in Indians; population strategies for control of high blood pressure; cross-sectional surveys; intervention trials (RCT). 
Impact: Initiation of cardiovascular disease control programs in India. (Reddy KS, Cardiovascular disease in India. World Health Statistics Quarterly 1993;46:101-107. Reddy KS, Hypertension control in developing countries: generic issues. J Hum Hyperten 1996;10:10, Supp. 1:533-538. INTERSALT Research Group: Intersal: an international study of electrolyte excretion and blood pressure results for 24 hour evening sodium and potassium excretion. Br. Med. J. 297:319-328,1988. Hypertension Control [Reddy KS Rapporteur]. WHO Technical Report Series No. 862 [1996]). (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) 

Rios, Eddy - (Universidad Mayor De San Andres) - Gastroesophageal reflux, Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Gastric Cancer

Rodriguez, Nelcy Malagon - Statistical methodology on predicting diseases and determining associated risk factors; multivariate methods. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)

Ruiz, Juan Gabriel - Appropriate technology for caring for low birth weight infants (kangaroo care), immunization against H. influenzae; randomized controlled trials. 
Impact: Adoption of kangaroo mother care as standard care for preterm infants in Colombia (social security). (Pediatrics 94(6):804-810, 1994. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 1996;8:108-112.) (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)

Sambandam, P. Raja - Gastroenterology. (Chennai Medical College - previously Madras Medical College)

Santos, Jose Francisco Quirino dos - Medical anthropology; AIDS prevention; cancer prevention; hygiene habits among low income population; cultural construction of risk related to transmissible and non-transmissible disease; ethnographic research. (Escola Paulista de Medicina)

Sathianathan, Ramanathan - Adolescent reproductive health; geriatric mental health; clinical trials (Chennai Medical College - previously Madras Medical College)

Shrotey, Vijay R. - Occupational health (Government Medical College, Nagpur)

Silva, Edina Mariko Koga da - Primary health care for children: day care health programs, strategies for treatment and prevention of malnutrition, strategies for prevention of morbidity and mortality. (Escola Paulista de Medicina)

Silva, Juan Jorge - Surgery: infections; gastrointestinal diseases. (University of Chile)

Sosso, Ricardo - Strategies to decrease the morbidity and mortality rates in chronic renal failure patients; survival and multivariate analysis. (Escola Paulista de Medicina)

Srivastava, Anurag - Cost-effectiveness of laproscopic and open cholecystectomy; enoxaparin in control of deep vein thrombosis after major surgical operations; dressing materials for wound healing; genetic susceptibility in oral leukoplakia. (All India Institute of Medical Sciences)

Suresh, Saradha - Economic analysis of health programs; neonatology and pediatrics; introducing neonatal care as part of primary health care. (Chennai Medical College - previously Madras Medical College)

Tan-Torres, Tessa - Tuberculosis; use of technology in developing countries; rational drug use; economic evaluations and technology assessments. 
Impact: Cost of medical education study has been used to justify tuition fee increase in the medical school. Review of literature done on usefulness of multiphasic screening tests has resulted in the Philippine General Hospital not offering executive check-up packages. (University of the Philippines)

Tassniyom, Sompon - Strategies for preventing shock and death in dengue hemorrhagic fever; strategies for increasing childhood immunization coverage and eradicating the target diseases. 
Impact:Most clinicians around the world are now convinced that steroids are not useful in shock syndrome from our report in Pediatrics (1993;92:111-115: Failure of high-dose methyl prednisolone in established dengue shock syndrome: a placebo controlled, double-blind study.) (Khon Kaen University)

Tatsanavivat, Pyatat - Sudden unexplained death syndrome among Southeast Asian young men (SUDS): risk factors and etiology. (Khon Kaen University)

Thavichachart, Nuntika - Genetic linkage studies of mental disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder); operational research to improve mental health and psychiatric services. (Chulalongkorn University)

Thiagarajan, Meenakshi - Clinical trials; prevalence studies. (Chennai Medical College - previously Madras Medical College)

Thilothammal, Natararajan - Pediatric neurology; infectious diseases; clinical trials; case-control studies. (Chennai Medical College - previously Madras Medical College)

Ughade, S.N. - Maternal and child health; family welfare; case-control studies. (Government Medical College, Nagpur)

Villa, Antonio R. - Risk factors in autoimmune rheumatic diseases; case-control designs; statistical methods. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)

Wang, Ji-Yao - Preventing esophageal variceal bleeding; relationship between H. pylori infection and gastric diseases; randomized controlled trials; evaluation of diagnostic tests. (Shanghai Medical University)

Wang, Qian - Pharmacoepidemiology; statistics methods applied in clinical research; ethics problem in clinical trials; RCT; multicenter study. (Shanghai Medical University)

Wangsuphachart, Somjai - Impact of computed tomography; diagnostic imaging technology assessment. (Chulalongkorn University)

Zhang, Boheng - Screening for and controlling metastasis/recurrence of primary liver cancer; randomized controlled trials. (Shanghai Medical University)

Zhao, Naiqing - Heart rate variability in coronary heart disease. (Shanghai Medical University)

Zhu, Chouwen - Quality of life of patients with irritable bowel diseases; variation in the treatment of peptic ulcer patients; quality of work life of the staff in a tertiary-care hospital. (Shanghai Medical University)