Thank You ClinRegs Country Experts

December 18, 2020
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As 2020 comes to a close, we would like to thank the country experts who have helped keep ClinRegs up to date over the last year. The people and organizations named here voluntarily provided details on new requirements, reviewed lists of sources, and answered questions so we could provide timely and accurate updates for the 21 countries included in ClinRegs.

The value that these colleagues provide can be seen in the popularity of the site. In just the last 12 months, nearly 75,000 users from 175 countries generated over 143,000 pageviews. 

Please join us in recognizing and thanking our colleagues listed below for their extraordinary generosity of knowledge, time, and shared commitment to global clinical research quality, safety, and ethics.

We wish everyone a safe and joyous holiday season and best wishes for 2021.

The NIAID ClinRegs Team

Australia

  • Staff at the Therapeutic Goods Administration

  • Jeremy Kenner, National Health and Medical Research Council

  • Jonathon Doust, Linear Clinical Research Ltd.

Brazil

  • Tania Kristic, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas - FIOCRUZ
  • Sérgio Surugi de Siqueira, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana - Graduate Program of Bioethics

Canada

  • Staff at Health Canada

China

  • Li Zhang, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  • Ping Chen, NIAID

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Christelle Perdrieu, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
  • David Vallée, The Mitchell Group
  • Nsengi Ntamabyaliro, University of Kinshasa
  • Stuart Rennie, University of North Carolina (UNC) - Chapel Hill
  • Page Crew, US National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Betsey Herpin, NIAID
  • John Tierney, NIAID
  • Kelly Cahill, NIAID
  • Olivier Tshiani Mbaya, NIAID
  • Susan Vogel, NIAID
  • Shelly Simpson, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.

Guinea

  • Oumou Younoussa Bah-Sow, Comité National d'Ethique pour la Recherche en Santé
  • Jamila Aboulhab, NIAID
  • Susan Vogel, NIAID
  • Ydrissa Sow, NIAID

India

  • Barbara Bierer, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
  • Gaurav Mathur, IQVIA
  • Sanjay Mehendale, P.D. Hinduja Hospital
  • Vid Nukala, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Preetha Rajaraman, HHS
  • Letitia Robinson, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Jamie Saunders, FDA
  • Sarah McMullen, FDA
  • Nandita Chopra, NIH

Kenya

  • Edward Abwao, Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB)
  • Lydia Tuitai, PPB
  • Hettie Bouwer, Covance
  • Peter Odhiambo, FHI360
  • Eileen Pouliot, NIAID

Liberia

  • David Sumo, Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA)
  • Juwe Kercula, LMHRA
  • Gloria Mason, National Research Ethics Board
  • Jemee Tegli, University of Liberia-Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation Africa Center

Malawi

  • Billy Nyambalo, National Health Sciences Research Committee, Ministry of Health
  • Edwin Chipala, Malawi Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (PMRA)
  • Moses Chisale, PMRA
  • Goodson Molande, PMRA
  • Marybeth McCauley, FHI360
  • Mina Hosseinipour, UNC Project Malawi
  • Tapiwa Munthali, UNC Project Malawi
  • Terrie Taylor, Michigan State University and Blantyre Malaria Project, University of Malawi College of Medicine

Mali

  • Diakite Mahamadou, University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako
  • Shelly Simpson, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
  • Ydrissa Sow, NIAID

Mexico

  • Rosa Guadalupe Legaspi Jaime, Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS)
  • Areli Cerón Sánchez, National Bioethics Commission of Mexico (CONBIOÉTICA)
  • Juan Francisco Galan Herrera, La Red Mexicana de Investigación Clínica en Enfermedades Infecciosas Emergentes (LaRed)

Peru

  • Sarah Carracedo Uribe, National Institute of Health of Peru
  • Jorge Sanchez, Impacta Perú and Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas, Biomédicas y Medioambientales
  • Mey León, Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación
  • Roxana Lescano, Research Administration Program, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 and IRB member at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and Instituto de Investigación Nutricional

Sierra Leone

  • Onome Abiri, Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone
  • Eddie Foday, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation
  • Pauline Akoo, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
  • Suzanne Fleck, LSHTM
  • Shona Lee, LSHTM
  • Shelley Lees, LSHTM

South Africa

  • Tamara Kredo, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
  • Elizabeth Allen, University of Cape Town
  • Inge Vermeulen, University of Cape Town
  • Hanlie Bester, IAVI
  • Zurayda Hendricks, University of the Witwatersrand

Tanzania

  • Kissa Mwamwitwa, Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority
  • Staff at Kilimanjaro Christian Research Institute
  • Tooba Murshedkar, Sanaria, Inc.

Thailand

  • Orawan Kijkuarn, FHI 360
  • Suwan Sriviriakul, FHI 360

Uganda

  • Allan Tindikahwa, Makerere University Walter Reed Project
  • Maria Musisi, Makerere U. Johns Hopkins U. Research Collaboration (MU-JHU Care LTD)

United Kingdom

  • Birgit Whitman, University of Birmingham

Vietnam

  • Dao Duc Giang, VietStar Biomedical Research
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