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ACADEMIC STAFF PROFESSIONAL PROFILE FORM

1. Personal Data

Name: Eric Makuto Ndombi Title/Qualifications: Dr/PhD Department/Unit/Section: Pathology Contact Address: P.O. Box 43844 Nairobi, Kenya Position: Lecturer Area of Specialization: Immunology Research Interests: Immunology of infectious diseases; Schistosomiasis immunology;HIV/HCV coinfections in injection drug users;

2. Conference Presentations

S/No Presenter Title of Paper presented City/Coun

try Date of Conference

Funding (US$)

Eric M. Ndombi

Effect of mass drug administration with praziquantel on anti-schistosome antibody responses in school children from western Kenya

Nairobi/Kenya

9th-11th February 2016

Eric M. Ndombi

Effect of mass drug administration with praziquantel on anti-schistosome immune responses in school children from western Kenya

Philadelphia/ USA

Oct. 25th-29th 2015

2000

Eric M. Ndombi

Effect of one round of mass drug administration on immune correlates of protection against schistosomiasis in school children from

San Diego/USA

June 23rd-26th 2015

2200

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western Kenya

Eric Makuto Ndombi

Impact of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths on vaccine-induced immune responses

Kisumu/Kenya; 8th NTD Conference

10th-11th December, 2014

Eric Makuto Ndombi

Anti-schistosome immune responses in school children in Western Kenya before and after mass drug administration with praziquantel”

Nairobi/Kenya; 9th FAIS Conference, Safari Park Hotel

1st-4th December, 2014

Eric Makuto Ndombi

Baseline cytokine responses of Schistosomiasis mansoni infected School children in Asembo area of western Kenya

Kisumu/Kenya; 7th NTD Conference

5th-6th December, 2013

Eric Makuto Ndombi

Regulatory T lymphocytes in individuals with different durations of exposure to schistosomiasis infection;

Kisumu; 6th Annual NTD Symposium

10th-11th December 2012

3. Research S/ No Researcher Year Title Donor Funding (US$) Eric M.

Ndombi 2012-2016

4. Funded projects

S/ No Researcher Year Title Granting Body Funding (US$)

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Eric Makuto Ndombi

2012-2014 IMMUNE CORRELATES OF PROTECTION AGAINST RE-INFECTION OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN BEFORE AND AFTER MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION

National Council for Science and Technology (PhD Grant, 4th Call)

1,400

5. Publications S/No. Author Year Title Journal ISBN/ISSN

Reference No.

Eric M. Ndombi, Budambula Valentine, Mark W. Kilongosi, Francis O. Musumba, Joseph Karanja, Jesca O. Wesongah, Samwel A. Bonuke, Aabid A Ahmed, Raphael Lihana, and Tom Were

2015 Serum adiponectin in HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus mono- and co-infected Kenyan injection drug users.

European Journal of Endocrinology

PMID: 26306727

Diana K. Riner, Emmy Kavere,

2016 ; Schistosomamansoni

PLOS NTD Under corrections

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Eric M. Ndombi, Nupur Kittur, W. Evan Secor, Diana Karanja and Daniel G. Colley

infectioncanjeopardizethedurationofprotectivelevelsofantibodyresponsestoimmunizationsagainsthepatitisBandtetanustoxoid

Ndombi E,

Makuto 2011 Cytokine (IL-

5, IL-10, IL-13 and IFN-γ ) Profile of Schistosoma mansoni Infected School Children upon Treatment with Praziquantel

Thesis

6. Consultancy and community service S/No. Consultant (s) Consulting

Person/ Body/ Organization

Year Title Consultancy Service

Payment (US$)

7. Affiliation to Professional Bodies S/No Name of professional body Kenya Society for Immunology (KSI)-Student Member Federation of Clinical Immunological Societies (FOCIS)-Trainee member

8. National and International awards and Recognitions

S/No Name of award or Awarding Organization/Body Year

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Recognition Travel award BOSCH/European Science Open Forum

(ESOF) 2016

Travel award American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

2015

Travel award Federation of Clinical Immunological Societies (FOCIS)

2015

9. External Examination (if any)

S/No Institution Year

10. Supervision of postgraduate students (if any)

S/No Name of student Thesis title Status of project(e.g.Fiest year etc) Philip Nyapola

Ochieng’ INTERGRATED ASSESSMENT

OF THE RELATIONSHIPS

BETWEEN Schistosoma

mansoni INFECTION AND

IgG1,IgG4, IgE AND CORTISOL

AMONG SCHOOL GOING

CHILDREN IN EAST UYOMA,

WESTERN KENYA

Second Year

11. Patents (if any)

S/No

Administrative positions held to date

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1. Acting Chairman, Department of Pathology: 5th August-15th September, 2016

2. Departmental Examinations Coordinator; Department of Pathology-Ongoing

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