ISAAC Phase Three Environmental Questionnaire Study Groups
Principal Investigators and Study Centres
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ISAAC Paracetamol 13-14 Study Group
- Barbados
- Barbados - Dr Malcolm E Howitt* - Carlton Clinic
- Belgium
- Antwerp - Prof Joost Weyler - Epidemiology & Social Medicine, University of Antwerp CDE
- Bolivia
- Santa Cruz - Dr Rosario Pinto Vargas* - Pediatric Pneumology, C.P.S Hospital
- Brazil
- Nova Iguaçu - Assoc Prof Antônio José Ledo Aves da Cunha - IPPMG-UFRJ
- Feira de Santana, Salvador, Vitória da Conquista - Assoc Prof Leda de Freitas Souza - Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal da Bahia
- Cameroon
- Yaounde - Prof Christopher Kuaban* - Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaounde
- Canada
- Vancouver - Prof Alex Ferguson - Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
- Channel Islands
- Guernsey - Dr Peter Standring - Princess Elizabeth Hospital
- Chile
- South Santiago - Dr Pedro Aguilar - Broncopulmonar Infantil, Hospital CRS El Pino
- Punta Arenas - Dr Lidia Amarales - Children Respiratory Service, Regional Hospital ""Lautaro Navarro""
- Calama - Dr Luis Alberto Vera Benavides -
- Chiloe - Dra Amanda Contreras - Head of Paediatrics Service, Hospital de Castro, National Health System, Ministry of Health
- China
- Beijing, Tong Zhou - Prof Yu-Zhi Chen* - Capital Institute of Pediatrics
- Tibet - Assis Prof Osamu Kunii - Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
- Wulumuqi - Dr Qiao Li Pan - Xinjiang Children's Hospital
- Guangzhou - Prof Nan-Shan Zhong - Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College
- Colombia
- Bogotá - Dr Gustavo Aristizábal - Instituto de Enfermedades Respiratorias del Niño S.A.
- Barranquilla - Dr Alfonso M Cepeda - Hospital Universitario Metropolitano, Universidad Metropolitana
- Cali - Dr Gustavo A Ordoñez - Pediatric Pulmonologist, FUN-AIRE
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Urban Cote d'Ivoire - Dr Bernard Ngoran Koffi* -
- Ecuador
- Guayaquil - Dr César Bustos - Jefe Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo (Seguridad Social)
- 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
- Fiji
- Suva - Dr Rosalina Sa'aga-Banuve - APO Health and Nutrition, UNICEF
- Finland
- Kuopio County - Dr Juha Pekkanen* - Head, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
- Skopje - Dr Emilija Vlaski* - Department of Pulmonology and Allergology, University Children's Hospital
- Gabon
- Port-Gentil - Dr Isabelle Ekoume Hypolite* -
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong 13-14 - Prof Gary Wong - Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital
- Hong Kong 6-7 - Prof Yu Lung Lau - Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Svábhegy - Dr Györgyi Zsigmond* - Department of Clinical Immunology, Pediatric Institute Svábhegy
- Szeged - Dr Zoltán Novák - Head of Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Szeged
- India
- Bangalore - Assist Prof Sylvan Rego - Department of Pediatrics, St John`s Medical College & Hospital
- Bikaner - Dr Mohammed Sabir - Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, S.P. Medical College
- Borivali - Dr Vasant A Khatav - Dr Khatav's Mother and Child Hospital
- Chennai (3) - Dr Gururaj Setty -
- Davangere - Dr P S Suresh Babu - Bapuji Child Health Institute and Research Centre, J.J.M. Medical College
- Jaipur - Prof Virendra Singh - Pulmonary Medicine Division, SMS Medical College
- Jodhpur - Dr K C Jain - Pioneer Medical Centre, Subhash Chowk
- Kottayam - Dr T U Sukumaran - Institute of Child Health, Medical College Kottayam
- Lucknow - Prof Shally Awasthi - Department of Pediatrics,King George's Medical College
- Mumbai (18) - Dr Asha Vijaykumar Pherwani - P.D. Hinduja National Hospital
- Mumbai (29) - Dr Sumant Narayan Mantri - Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre
- Nagpur, Pimpri - Dr Sundeep Salvi - Chest Research Foundation, Marigold Premises
- New Delhi (7) - Prof S K Sharma - Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Pune - Dr Neeta Milind Hanumante - Ruby Hall Clinic
- Rasta Peth - Assoc Prof Sheila Bhave - Department of Pediatrics, KEM Hospital Research Centre
- Indonesia
- Bali - Prof Putu Konthen - Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University
- Bandung - Prof Dr Cissy B Kartasasmita - Department of Child Health, School of Medicine - Padjajaran University, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital
- Semarang - Dr Winarto Suprihati - ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University
- Iran
- Rasht, Tehran - Dr Mohammed-Reza Masjedi* - Masih Daneshvary Hospital
- Japan
- Fukuoka - Dr Hiroshi Odajima - Department of Pediatrics, The National Minami Fukuoka Chest Hospital
- Kuwait
- Kuwait - Dr Jawad A al-Momen - Al-Amiri Hospital
- Kyrgyzstan
- Balykchi, Bishkek - Dr Cholpon Imanalieva* - Kyrgyz Scientific Research Institute of Obstetrics and Pediatrics
- 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
- Kota Bharu - Assoc Prof Ban Seng Quah - Department of Paediatrics, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Mexico
- Ciudad de México (1) - Dra Blanca E Del-Río-Navarro - Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez
- Ciudad de México (3) - Dra Mercedes Barragán-Meijueiro - Pediatric Allergist, CoMAAIPE
- Ciudad de México (4) - Dra Nelly Ramírez-Chanona - Pediatric Allergist,CoMAIPE
- Ciudad Victoria - Dr Roberto García-Almaraz - Hospital Infantil de Tamaulipas
- Mérida - Dr Manuel Baeza-Bacab* - Facultad de Medicina, University Autónoma de Yucatán
- Mexicali Valley - Dr J Valente Merida-Palacio - Isesalud
- Monterrey - Dr Sandra Nora González-Díaz - Centro Regiona para la Prevencion y el Tratamiento de las Enfermedades Alergica, Hospital Universitario, NL, Consulta #5, ""Allergias""
- Villahermosa - Dr Sergio Romero-Tapia - Hospital del Niño ""Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón""
- Morocco
- Boulmene, Casablanca, 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
- Panama
- David-Panamá - Dr Gherson Cukier* - Pulmonary and Bronchoscopy Pediatrics Section, Hospital Materno Infantil Jose Domingo de Obaldia
- 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
- Samoa
- Apia - Ms Peone Fuimaono -
- South Africa
- Cape Town - Prof Heather J Zar* - Red Cross Childrens Hospital
- South Korea
- Provincial Korea, Seoul - Prof Ha-baik Lee* - Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine
- Spain
- A Coruña - Dr Angel López-Silvarrey Varela - Polígono de A Grela, Edificio WorkCenter
- Asturias - Dr Ignacio Carvajal Urueña - Nacional Institute of Health, Centro de Salud de La Ería
- 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
- Madrid - Dr Gloria Garcia-Hernández - Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
- San Sebastián - Prof Eduardo G Pérez-Yarza - Unidad de Neumología Infantil, Servicio de Pediatria, Hospital Donostia
- 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
- Sudan
- Khartoum - Prof Omer Abdel Aziz Musa - Faculty of Medicine, National Ribat University
- Sultanate of Oman
- Al-Khod - Assoc Prof Omar Al-Rawas* - Head, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Aleppo - Dr Khaldoun Tabbah -
- Lattakia - Prof Yousser Mohammad - Head of Chest Diseases Division, Tishreen University
- Tartous - Dr Samira Mohammad* - Head of Paediatrics Department
- Taiwan
- Taipei - Dr Jing-Long Huang* - Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital
- Taoyuan - Dr Chun-Chieh Kao - Department of Pediatrics, Li-Shin Hospital
- Tokelau
- Tokelau - Dr Tekie Iosefa* - Director of Health, Ministry of Health, Tokelau
- USA
- Sarasota - Dr Hugh H Windom - Asthma and Allergy Research Center
- United Kingdom
- Wales - Dr Michael Burr - Department of Primary Care & Public Health, Cardiff Univeristy Neuadd Meirionnydd
- Uruguay
- Montevideo - Dra Dolores Holgado* - Paediatric Pneumologist, Hospital Pereira Bossell
- Paysandú - Dra María Cristina Lapides - Hospital Paysandú
- Venezuela
- Caracas - Dr Oscar Aldrey* - Jefe del Instituto, Instituto de Inmunología
- * National Coordinators
- ISAAC National Coordinators not identified above
- Brazil - Prof D Solé
- Canada - Prof M Sears
- Chile - Dra V Aguirre
- Colombia (interim) - Prof J Mallol
- Ecuador - Dr S Barba
- Hong Kong - Dr CKW Lai
- India - Dr J Shah
- Isle of Man - Prof R Anderson
- Japan - Prof S Nishima
- Malaysia - Assoc Prof J de Bruyne
- Samoa - Dr N Tuuau-Potai
- Sudan - Dr A El Sony
- Steering committee
- N Aït - Khaled* (Union Internationale Contre la Tuberculose et les Maladies Respiratoires, Paris, France)
- HR Anderson (Department of Public Health Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK)
- MI Asher (Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, 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)
- J Crane (Wellington Asthma Research Group, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand)
- P Ellwood (Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- C Flohr - Centre for Evidence - based Dermatology Nottingham University Hospital's Queen's Medical Centre Campus
- S Foliaki* - Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
- F Forastiere - Department of Epidemiology, Rome Environmental Health Authority
- L García - Marcos (Instituto de Salud Respiratoria, Universidad de Murcia, Spain)
- U Keil* (Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, Universität Münster, Germany)
- CKW Lai* (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR China)
- J Mallol* (Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Santiago de Chile, Chile)
- CF Robertson (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia)
- EA Mitchell (Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, 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)
- AW Stewart (Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- D Strachan (Department of Public Health Sciences, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK)
- E von Mutius (Dr von Haunerschen Kinderklinik de Universität München, Germany)
- SK Weiland† (Department of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Germany)
- G Weinmayr (Institute of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Germany)
- H Williams (Centre for Evidence Based Dermatology, Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK)
- G Wong (Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR China)
- (*Regional coordinators †deceased).
- ISAAC International Data Centre
- MI Asher, TO Clayton, P Ellwood, EA Mitchell (Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- and AW Stewart (School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand).