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ISAAC Phase Three Time Trends Study Group

Principal Investigators and Study Centres

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Albania: Tiranë - Prof Alfred Priftanji - Head, Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, UHC "Mother Theresa" Tiranë
Algérie: Wilaya of Algiers - Prof Badia Benhabylès - Professeur en Epidémiologie, CHU Mustapha
Argentina: Córdoba - Dr Carlos E Baena-Cagnani - Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Córdoba
Australia: Melbourne - Prof Colin Robertson - Director, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital
Austria: Kärnten - Assoc Prof Gerald Haidinger - Abteilung Fur Epidemiologie, Zentrum fur Public health, Medizinische Universitat Wien; Urfahr-Umgebung - Assoc Prof Gerald Haidinger - Abteilung Fur Epidemiologie, Zentrum fur Public health, Medizinische Universitat Wien
Barbados: Barbados - Dr Malcolm E Howitt - Carlton Clinic
Belgium: Antwerp - Prof Joost Weyler - Epidemiology & Social Medicine, University of Antwerp CDE
Brazil: Curitiba - Prof Nelson Rosário - Professor of Pediatrics, University of Parana; Porto Alegre - Dr Gilberto B Fischer - Fundaçao Faculdade, Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre; Recife - Dr Murilo de Britto - Coordinator, IMIP; Salvador - Assoc Prof Leda de Freitas Souza - Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal da Bahia; São Paulo - Prof Dirceu Solé - Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Division of Allergy
Canada: Saskatoon - Dr Donna Rennie - c/- Centre for Agricultural Medicine
Channel Islands: Guernsey - Dr Peter Standring - Princess Elizabeth Hospital; Jersey - Ms Rosie Goulding - Policy Principal,Social Security Department
Chile: Punta Arenas - Dr Lidia Amarales - Children Respiratory Service, Regional Hospital "Lautaro Navarro"; South Santiago - Dr Pedro Aguilar - Broncopulmonar Infantil, Hospital CRS El Pino; Valdivia - Dr Mario A Calvo - Instituto de Pediatria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile
China: Beijing - Prof Yu-Zhi Chen - Capital Institute of Pediatrics; Guangzhou - Prof Nan-Shan Zhong - Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College
Costa Rica: Costa Rica - Dr Manuel E Soto-Quirós - Unidad de Enseñanza, Hospital Nacional de Niños
Estonia: Tallinn - Dr Mall-Anne Riikjärv - Tallinn Children's Hospital
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa - Assoc Prof Kibrebeal Melaku - Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University
Finland: Kuopio County - Dr Juha Pekkanen - Head, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute
Georgia: Kutaisi - Dr Maia Gotua - Center of Allergy & Immunology
Germany: Münster - Prof Dr Ulrich Keil - Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität
Hong Kong: Hong Kong 13-14 - Prof Gary Wong - Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital
India: Borivali - Dr Vasant A Khatav - Dr Khatav's Mother and Child Hospital; Chandigarh - Prof Lata Kumar - Professor & Former Head, Department of Pediatrics; Jodhpur - Dr K C Jain - Pioneer Medical Centre, Subhash Chowk; Kottayam - Dr T U Sukumaran - Institute of Child Health, Medical College Kottayam; Mumbai - 18 - Dr Asha Vijaykumar Pherwani - P.D. Hinduja National Hospital; Mumbai - 16 - Dr Mohan Keshav Joshi - Panjat Hospital; New Delhi - 7 - Prof S K Sharma - Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences; Pune - Dr Neeta Milind Hanumante - Ruby Hall Clinic
Indonesia: Bandung - Prof Dr Cissy B Kartasasmita - Department of Child Health, School of Medicine - Padjajaran University, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital
Iran: Rasht - Dr Mohammed-Reza Masjedi - Masih Daneshvary Hospital; Tehran - Dr Mohammed-Reza Masjedi - Masih Daneshvary Hospital
Isle of Man: Isle of Man - Dr Andreea Steriu - Public Health Specialist, Information and Research, Joint Information Unit, Dept of Home Affairs
Italy: Cosenza - Dr Enea Bonci - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica; Emilia-Romagna - Dr Claudia Galassi - Servizio di Epidemiologia dei tumori; Empoli - Dr M G Petronio - Responsabile Struttura Operativa Salute/Ambiente; Firenze - Dr Elisabetta Chellini - ISPO - Istituto per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, U.O.de Epidemiologia Ambientale Occupazionale; Milano - Dr Luigi Bisanti - ASL Città di Milano, Servizio di Epidemiologia; Roma - Dr Francesco Forastiere - Department of Epidemiology, Rome E Health Authority; Siena - Dr Piersante Sestini - Institute of Respiratory Diseases, University of Siena; Torino - Dr Giovannino Ciccone - Epidemiologia dei Tumori, S. Giovanni Battista Hospital; Trento - Dr Silvano Piffer - Azienda Provinciale per I Servizi Sanitari, Osservatorio Epidemiologico
Japan: Fukuoka - Dr Hiroshi Odajima - Department of Pediatrics, The National Minami Fukuoka Chest Hospital
Kenya: Eldoret - Dr Fabian O Esamai - Department of Child Health and Paediatrics, Moi University; Nairobi - Dr Lucy Ng’ang’a - Centres for Disease Control & Prevention - CDC
Kuwait: Kuwait - Dr Jawad A al-Momen - Al-Amiri Hospital
Latvia: Riga - Dr Vija Svabe - Riga Strading University
Lithuania: Kaunas - Assoc Prof Jolanta Kudzyte - Clinic of Children's Diseases, Kaunas Medical University
Malaysia: Alor Setar - Dr Keng Hwang Teh - Hospital Alor Setar, Kedah; Klang Valley - Assoc Prof Jessie de Bruyne - Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya; Kota Bharu - Assoc Prof Ban Seng Quah - Department of Paediatrics, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malta: Malta - Prof Stephen Montefort - Department of Medicine, University of Malta
Mexico: Cuernavaca - Prof Isabelle Romieu - PAHO, Universidad · 655
Morocco: Casablanca - Prof Zoubida Bouayad - Service des maladies respiratoires; Marrakech - Prof Zoubida Bouayad - Service des maladies respiratoires
New Zealand: Auckland - Prof Innes Asher - Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland; Bay of Plenty - Dr Chris Moyes - Director of Paediatrics, Pacific Health, Whakatane Hospital; Christchurch - Assoc Prof Philip Pattemore - Department of Paediatrics, Christchurch School of Medicine; Nelson - Dr Richard MacKay - Canterbury Health Laboratories; Wellington - Prof Neil Pearce - Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University - Wellington Campus
Nigeria: Ibadan - Prof Babatunde O Onadeko - Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Nigeria
Pakistan: Karachi - Dr Naseeruddin Mahmood - Department of Paediatrics, The Aga Khan University
Panama: David-Panamá - Dr Gherson Cukier - Pulmonary and Bronchoscopy Pediatrics Section, Hospital Materno Infantil Jose Domingo de Obaldia
Paraguay: Asunción - Dr Jaime A Guggiari-Chase - Jefe del Servicio de Alergia e Immunologia, Centro Médico Bautista
Peru: Lima - Dr Pascual Chiarella - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Departamento de Pediatria
Philippines: Metro Manila - Prof Felicidad Cua-Lim - University of Santo Tomas
Poland: Kraków - Assoc Prof Grzegorz Lis - Department of Pediatrics, Polish-American Children's Hospital; Poznan - Dr Anna Brêborowicz - Institute of Pediatrics, University of Medical Sciences
Portugal: Funchal - Dra Rita Câmara - Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitilar do Funchal; Lisbon - Prof José E Rosado Pinto - Servico de Immunoalergologia, Departamento de Medicina, Hospital Dona Estefânia; Portimao - Dr Carlos Nunes - Center of Allergy and Immunology of Algarve; Porto - Dr José M Lopes dos Santos - Departameto de Pediatria, Hospital Pedro Hispano
Rep Ireland: Republic of Ireland - Prof Luke Clancy - Director General, TobaccoFree Research Institute,
Romania: Cluj - Prof Diana Dumitrascu - President of Romanian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - SRAIC, University of Medicine & Pharmacy IULIU HATIEGANU
Russia: Novosibirsk - Prof Dr Elena G Kondiourina - Pediatric Department, Novosibirsk State Medical Academy
Singapore: Singapore - Assoc Prof Daniel Yam Thiam Goh - The Children's Medical Institute, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital
South Africa: Cape Town - Prof Heather J Zar - Red Cross Childrens Hospital
South Korea: Provincial Korea - Prof Ha-baik Lee - Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine; Seoul - Prof Ha-baik Lee - Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine
Spain: Barcelona - Dr Rosa M Busquets - Metge Adjunt, Unitat de Pneumologia Pediatica, Hospital del Mar; Bilbao - Dr Carlos González Díaz - Urgencias de Pediatria. Pabellon Makua, Hospital de Basurto; Cartagena - Prof Luis García-Marcos - Paediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Units, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia; Castellón - Dr Alberto Arnedo-Pena - Sección de Epidemiología, Centro Salud Pública; Madrid - Dr Gloria Garcia-Hernández - Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre; Pamplona - Prof Francisco Guillén-Grima - Dept Ciencias de la Slaud; Valencia - Prof Maria M Morales Suárez-Varela - Unitat de Salut Pública, Higiene y Sanitat Ambiental, Departamento Medicina Preventiva, Universitat de València; Valladolid - Prof Alfredo Blanco Quirós - Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina
Sultanate of Oman: Al-Khod - Assoc Prof Omar Al-Rawas - Head, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University
Sweden: Linköping - Dr Hartmut Vogt - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University
Taiwan: Taipei - Dr Jing-Long Huang - Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital
Thailand: Bangkok - Dr Pakit Vichyanond - Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University; Chiang Mai - Assoc Prof Muthita Trakultivakorn - Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
Tunisia: Sousse - Prof Mohamed Jerray - Service de Pneumo-Allergologie,Hopital Universitaire F. Hached
Ukraine: Kharkiv - Assoc Prof Viktor Ognev - Head, Department of Social Medicine, Organization and Economics of Public Health, Kharkov State Medical University
Ukraine: Kharkiv - Assoc Prof Viktor Ognev - Head, Department of Social Medicine, Organization and Economics of Public Health, Kharkov State Medical University
United Kingdom: North Thames - Prof H Ross Anderson - Division of Community Health Sciences, St Georges, University of London and MRC Centre for Environment and Health, London, UK; Scotland - Dr Jane B Austin - Highland Primary Care Trust, Department of Child Health; South Thames - Prof H Ross Anderson - Division of Community Health Sciences, St Georges, University of London and MRC Centre for Environment and Health, London, UK; Sunderland - Dr Mohammad H Shamssain - Dept of Pharmacy, Health and Wellbeing, University of Sunderland; Surrey/Sussex - Prof David Strachan - Professor of Epidemiology, Division of Community Health Sciences, St Georges, University of London, London, UK; Wales - Dr Michael Burr - Department of Primary Care & Public Health, Cardiff Univeristy Neuadd Meirionnydd
Uruguay: Montevideo - Dra Dolores Holgado - Paediatric Pneumologist, Hospital Pereira Bossell
USA: Seattle - Prof Gregory J Redding - Seattle Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Additional National Coordinators: V Aguirre - Chile; C Lai - SAR China; J Shah - India; K Baratawidjaja - Indonesia; S Nishima - Japan; M Baeza-Bacab - Mexico; P Manning - Republic of Ireland; B Lee - Singapore; L Nilsson - Sweden; M Sears - Canada
The ISAAC Steering Committee: N Aït-Khaled* - Union Internationale Contre la Tuberculose et les Maladies Respiratoires, Paris, France; H R Anderson - Division of Community Health Sciences, St Georges, University of London, London, UK; M I Asher - Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand; R Beasley*, - Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand; B Björkstén* - Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; B Brunekreef - Institute of Risk Assessment Science, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands; W Cookson - Asthma Genetics Group, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK; J Crane - Wellington Asthma Research Group, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand; P Ellwood - Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand; S Foliaki* - Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand; U Keil* - Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, der Universität Münster, Germany; C K W Lai* - Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR China; J Mallol* - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital CRS El Pino, University of Santiago de Chile, Chile; C Robertson - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia; E A Mitchell - Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand; S Montefort* - Department of Medicine, University of Malta, Malta; J Odhiambo*† - Centre Respiratory Diseases Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya; N Pearce - Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand; J Shah* - Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, India; A W Stewart - School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand; D P Strachan - Division of Community Health Sciences, St Georges, University of London, London, UK; E von Mutius - Dr von Haunerschen Kinderklinik de Universität München, Germany; S K Weiland† - Department of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Germany; H Williams - Centre for Evidence Based Dermatology, Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK; *Regional Coordinators †deceased.
ISAAC International Data Centre: M I Asher, T O Clayton, P Ellwood, T Milne, E A Mitchell - Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.; A W Stewart - School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.