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Training and Workforce Development
Inception: April 2020
# of Members: 40+
Chair: Duncan MacCannell
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US
Vice-Chair: Nicola Mulder
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Contact:
[email protected]
We need to design both general and more domain specific training on specific topic areas eg. bacterial, fungal, viral pathogens, vectors etc., and identify/tailor courses for different stakeholders. We also need to train external stakeholders on the standards and outputs of the PHA4GE consortium. Many pathogen training courses and programs exist which we can draw from in terms of materials and providing access. The Working Group will assess the current status of pathogen training as well as the training needs of different stakeholders. We will collate information and materials and develop recommendations on training for different audiences. To ultimately develop training standards and resources that will help to create a workforce able to effectively implement pathogen surveillance and epidemiology.
The Working Group and H3ABioNet are undertaking a landscaping exercise to identify existing training courses and materials relevant to Pathogen Genomics and Epidemiology. We aim to collate information on courses and training materials into a central resource that can potentially be used by those who need to organize training for the various role players in this area, most notably in the public health sector.
You are invited to complete a survey regarding training courses and programs you are involved in that are relevant to the topic area, including all aspects of pathogen genomics, NGS and epidemiology.
The survey can be completed multiple times if you are involved in more than one relevant course or program.
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Institute of Human Virology
Armauer Hansen Research Institute
Stellenbosch University
Wellcome Connecting Science
Fred Hutch
University of California
Association of Public Health Laboratories
University of Antwerp
University of Antwerp
African Society for Laboratory Medicine
Perdana University School of Data Sciences
University of Pretoria
State of Delaware
ISGlobal
Robert Koch Institute
Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine
Redeemer's University
Kabwe Central Hospital
University of Washington
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
State Health Department
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark
University of Buea
University Clinical Research Center (UCRC)
US CDC
WHO Turkiye Country Office
Theiagen Genomics
Helix Biogen Institute
University of Zululand
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Centre for Pathogen Genomics, The Doherty Institute
Public Health Laboratory-Michigan State University
African Centre for Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer's University
Institute of Primate Research
Theiagen Genomics
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Theiagen Genomics
Sanger
Wellcome Connecting Science
Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Theiagen Genomics
University of Cape Town
University of Malaya
George Washington University
Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
US CDC
Wellcome Connecting Science
Wellcome Sanger Institute
US CDC
Wellcome Sanger Institute
University of Cape Town
Fogarty International Center
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Helix Biogen Institute
Nano1Health - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
ACEGID, Redeemers University
Plateau State Human Virology Research Centre
Institute for Tropical Medicine
ACEGID, Redeemers University
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
ACEGID, Redeemers University
University of Zimbabwe
Plateau State Human Virology Research Centre (PLASVIREC)
Technical University of Denmark, National Food Institute
University of Nairobi
Tribhuvan University
University of the Western Cape
US CDC
University of Cape Town
Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Health (NIH) Malaysia
Parami University
Public Health Agency of Canada
Nigerian Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)
University College of London
Institute for Medical Research Malaysia
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Wastewater Genomics Syndicate, National Institute For Communicable Diseases
National Institute of Health - Peru
BCCDC
National Public Health Institute
University of Cape Town
University of Zimbabwe
Georgetown University
Clinic
Université Nangui Abrogoua
National Institute Biomedical Research
Ministry of Health
The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Kampala International University
Oakland County Health; Michigan Regional Laboratory
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Queensland health
National Public Health Laboratory
University of Freiburg Medical Centre
University of Glasgow
Biochemestry laboratory of university of Lomé
UKHSA
The University of Lahore
Wellcome Sanger Institute
United States International University (USIU) - Africa
The Consortium of Genomics Students and Young Researchers in Africa; Institute of Viral and Emergent Pathogen Control and Research (IVEPCR)
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University of Minnesota
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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