prof. Y. (Ymkje) Stienstra

Vakgebied

• Geneeskunde, Zuiver Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
• Infectieziekten
• Tropische Geneeskunde

Expertise

Overige functies

• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Clinical Sciences & Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions. Director of the African Snakebite Alliance.
• research funding from: LRI/ResilieNTD: codeveloping an intervention on skin NTDs in Ghanaian prisons. EDCTP/EU: telacebec as treatment of Buruli ulcer and leprosy (phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trial in Ghana, Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia). Open philantrophy (coapplicant), phase 2 oral treatment (unithiol/marimastat) trial for snakebite envenoming in Brazil and Ghana. Wellcome Trust, African Snakebite Alliance. MRC Applied Global Health, Designing an intervention for snakebite prevention; a community-based participatory research approach. EIT – European Institute for Innovation & Technology – collaboration with Uppsala University, joint PhD programme. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund,  Coordinator and main applicant of Pronkjewail, H2020 16 international   PhD students on infectious diseases to be trained in UMCG. Others: FP7, Gratama foundation, NWO (Netherlands organisation for scientific research), ALM (American Leprosy foundation)