Study Sites & Team Members

Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Shehu Umar Abdullahi

Shehu Umar Abdullahi, MD, FWACPaed
Consultant Pediatrician
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-802-326-8363
Email: dr_suak@yahoo.com

Umma Abdulsalam

Umma Abdulsalam Ibrahim,MBBS, FMCPead
Study Pediatrician
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-805-438-1482
Email: amustabari@yahoo.com

Abdulkadir Musa Tabari

Abdulkadir Musa Tabari, MBBS, FMCR, FICS
Consultant Radiologist
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-805-438-1482
Email: amustabari@yahoo.com

Abba Mohammed Sani

Abba Mohammed Sani , B.Pharm, MSc
Study Pharmacist
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-809-288-6655
Email: msa34369@gmail.com

Shehi Ali

Shehi Ali, MBBS, FWACS
Consultant
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-803-080-5419
Email: shehiali@yahoo.com

Khadija Alkali Bulama

Khadija Alkali Bulama, BNSc
Clinical Assistant
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-703-395-9587
Email: Khadijahbulama11@yahoo.com

Bilya Sani Musa

Bilya Sani Musa
Research Coordinator
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-803-600-5052
Email: bilyasani@yahoo.com

Fahd Mahmoud Usman

Fahd Mahmoud Usman,BSc
Research Assistant
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-803-600-5052
Email: ufahd@yahoo.com

Habu Abdu

Habu Abdu
Lab Technician
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-818-238-0802
Email: habuabdu39@yahoo.com

Aisha Amal

Dr. Aisha Amal Galadanci, MBBS
Aminu kano teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-803-326-2272
Email: amalgala272@gmail.com

Murtala Isa Umar

Pharm Murtala Isa Umar, Pharm
Aminu kano teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-803-704-3441
Email: murtalaumar@yahoo.com

Sadiq Mukhtar

Sadiq Mukhtar,BA
Research Assistant
Aminu kano teaching Hospital

Phone: 234-809-930-9712
Email: sadiqmukhtar@gmail.com

Najibah Galadanci

Najibah Galadanci, MBBS, MPH
Multiple Principal Investigator
Friends in Global Health Initiative in Nigeria

Phone: 234-803-700-5452
Email: jibaliyu@yahoo.com

Murtala Mohammad Specialist Hospital

Binta Wudil Jibir

Binta Wudil Jibir, MBBS, MTroped, FWACP
Pediatrician, Site Investigator
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-803-700-2249
Email: bintajibir@gmail.com

Nura Idris

Nura Idris, MBBS,FWACS*
Study Radiology Clinical Assistant
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-803-365-3789
Email: ntiga2012.nt@gmail.com

Aliyu Tijjani Gaya

Aliyu Tijjani Gaya, MBBS
Medical Officer
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-815-507-9446
Email: gayaaliyu@gmail.com

Hauwau Inuwa

Hauwau Inuwa,MBBS
Medical Officer
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-803-865-2791
Email: sapheena2013@gmail.com

Rashida Umar

Rashida Umar
Research Assistant
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-806-766-6690
Email: lumarco15@yahoo.com

Abdulmalik Rabiu

Abdulmalik Rabiu
Research Assistant
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-806-325-2950
Email: rabiuabdulmalik14@gmail.com

Awwal Inuwa Gambo

Awwal Inuwa Gambo
Research Coordinator
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-805-288-6441
Email: awwalgambo@gmail.com

Charity Dooshima Agba

Charity Dooshima Agba
Study Pharmacist
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-803-966-8208
Email: dooshagba@gmail.com

Mohammed Ibrahim Gidado

Mohammed Ibrahim Gidado, BSc
Pediatrician, Site Investigator
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-803-067-2895
Email: muhdgidado25@yahoo.com

Mas’ud Muhammad Tajo Iyawa

Mas’ud Muhammad Tajo Iyawa
Research Assistant
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-813-510-7680
Email: mmuhammadtajo@gmail.com

Saudat Abdulmajid

Saudat Abdulmajid, BA
Research Assistant
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-805-570-0405
Email: abdulmajidsaudat@yahoo.com

Safiyanu Muhammad

Safiyanu Muhammad
Lab Attendant
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital

Phone: 234-806-952-0520
Email: safsano@yahoo.com

Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital/Kaduna State University

Halima Bello-Manga

Halima Bello-Manga,MBBS, MPH, FMCPath
Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion
Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital/Kaduna State University

Phone: 234-803-347-0592
Email: mamanzara@yahoo.co.uk

Lawal Haliru

Lawal Haliru, MBBS, FWACP, PGDPA
Consultant Pediatrician
Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital/ Kaduna State University

Phone: 234-803-689-6210
Email: drdaddy002@yahoo.com

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Michael DeBaun

Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Clinical Coordinating Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Phone: +1-615-875-3040
Email: m.debaun@vanderbilt.edu

Muktar Aliyu

Muktar Aliyu, MBBS, MPH, DrPH
Multi-Principal Investigator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Phone: +1-615-322-9374
Email: muktar.aliyu@vanderbilt.edu

Yu Shyr

Yu Shyr, PhD
Co-Investigator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Division of Cancer Biostatistics
Statistical Coordinating Center

Phone: +1-615-936-2572
Email: yu.shyr@vanderbilt.edu

Lori Jordan

Lori Jordan, MD, PhD
Multi-Principal Investigator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Phone: +1-615-936-5536
Email: lori.jordan@vanderbilt.edu

Sharon Phillips

Sharon Phillips, MSPH
Assistant in Biostatistics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Phone: 1-615-343-1153
Email: Sharon.Phillips@Vanderbilt.Edu

Brittany Covert

Brittany Covert, MPH, CCRP
Project Manager
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Phone: 1- 615-343-4855
Email: Brittany.Covert@Vanderbilt.Edu

Adetola Kassim

Adetola Kassim, MD, MS
Clinical Director
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Director, Adult Sickle Cell Disease Program
Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program

Phone: 615-936-8422
Email: adetola.kassim@Vanderbilt.Edu

Leah Vance

Leah Vance, BSPH
Medical School Student
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Phone: 615-343-4855
Email: leah.d.vance@Vanderbilt.Edu

Study Collaborators

Jeremie Estepp, MD
Hematology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Phone: (901) 595-5703
Email: jeremie.estepp@stjude.org

Jason Hooper

Jason Hooper, BS, RDMS, RVT
Sonographer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Phone: 615-936-7290
Email: jason.c.hooper@Vanderbilt.Edu

Fenella Kirkham

Fenella Kirkham, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH
Consultant
UCL Institute of Child Health
Department of Paediatrics/Neurosciences
University College London

Phone: +44-207-905-2968
Email: f.kirkham@ich.ucl.ac.uk

Kathleen Neville, M.D., M.S.
Director, Experimental Therapeutics Program
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences Chief, Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Arkansas Children's Hospital

Phone: 501-364-4405
Email: KANeville@uams.edu

N. Edwin Trevathan, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neurology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Phone: (615) 936-5536
Email: edwin.trevathan@vanderbilt.edu