Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases |
| Introduction | Faculty & Staff |
The Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (APITMID) is made up of a consortium of new and already existing programs, both within and outside the University of Hawai‘i, all operating under the umbrella of the institute within the John A. Burns School of Medicine. The institute is housed at the new Kaka‘ako campus, and field sites will be developed in Asian and Pacific countries, where faculty and students from the University of Hawai‘i and partners from other institutions can conduct basic laboratory, field epidemiologic, clinical and biobehavioral research. Organizationally, APITMID consists of 6 centers and 3 core programs (Research, Technical, Medical Sciences) each with a unique mission, but also crosscutting programs that involve staff from the other centers. APITMID centers are:
- Pacific Center for AIDS Research
- Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Disease Research
- Asia-Pacific Center for Infectious Disease Ecology
- Asia-Pacific Center for Biosecurity, Disaster and Conflict Research
- Asia-Pacific Center for Public Health and Population Research
- Asia-Pacific Center for Translational Research
- Core Program Support Facilities
Importantly, this structure encourages collaboration between the faculties of JABSOM, the Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i, the Pacific Biomedical Research Center, the UHM Colleges of Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Social Sciences, and the School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology. In addition, the Institute has an immediate impact on community health through research projects conducted in close partnership with the Hawai‘i State Department of Health, the Department of Defense and the biotech industry in Hawai‘i. APITMID aims to develop programs in partnership with institutions in Asian and Pacific countries. The mission is to use the latest technology to monitor infectious diseases in that region, and to use these data to develop early-warning systems for epidemic transmission. The goal is to build laboratory and epidemiologic capacity in selected countries where epidemic infectious diseases commonly occur. Syndromic surveillance and pathogen discovery programs will be developed that allow effective monitoring of both old and new diseases in the Asia-Pacific region. Data collected in these systems will then be used to develop effective prevention and control strategies.
| | Phone: (808) 692-1600 | | Email: dgubler@hawaii.edu | Address:
651 Ilalo Street, Biosciences Bldg.
Honolulu, HI 96813 | | Website Link: http://apitmid.hawaii.edu/ |
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