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ISO Accreditation for Medical Laboratories The department maintained its ISO 15189:2012 Standard during the period under review. Mrs Olivene Christie assumed the role of Acting Quality Manager. National Influenza Center Dr Michelle Brown was appointed Director of the National Influenza and has drafted updated Terms of Reference for its operation by the UWI and the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Jamaica. The Center continued its work on surveillance for influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses. INCOME GENERATION • Lindo JF (Co-PI), Anzinger JJ ( I ). Fogarty International Center. “Global Infec- tious Diseases Research Training Program”, US$1,486,170.00. 2023–2027. • Anzinger JJ AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “Whole genome sequencing of epidemic mosquito-borne viruses in Jamaica.” US$59,994. Principal Investi- gator. 2023–2024. • Anzinger JJ Wellcome Trust. “West Africa, West Indies, West London: Mecha- nisms driving heterogeneity in immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants. £ 2,998,058.00. Principal Investigator (Site). 2022–2024. • Butterfield T (PI), Anzinger JJ (Mentor) Abbott Laboratories. “The prevalence and role of human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV1) in persons living with HIV and non-communicable diseases.” US$31,912.00. 2022–2023. • Anzinger JJ Abbott Laboratories, “Viral Surveillance and Discovery in Jamaica and the Caribbean Region”, US$127,860.49. Principal Investigator. 2022–2023. • Thoms Rodriguez C Prevalence and distribution of AmpC beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates obtained from urine samples at a tertiary care hospital in the Caribbean. (USD $2020) The University of the West Indies Research and Publication Grant – Role-Principal Investigator. • John Lindo (PI). Fogarty International Training Center, NIH 15/04/2018 Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program (USD89,000.00) Gene Morse and Katherine Anderson (SUNY) Co-PIs. 2022–2023. • John Lindo (PI). Cloud-based Viral Surveillance Research Training Program in Jamaica. One year supplement to the Fogarty International Training Center, NIH 01/03/2022 Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program (USD 33,741.00) Gene Morse and Katherine Anderson (SUNY) Co-PIs. 2022–2023.
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