ISID/ESCMID joint fellowships


ESCMID and ISID (International Society for Infectious Diseases) jointly sponsor two fellowships per year to perform multidisciplinary clinical and laboratory training abroad. This particular fellowship is intended for applicants residening in low and lower-middle income countries, as classified by the World Bank, from outside of Europe, who are less than forty years of age (including career breaks), wishing to come to Europe for their fellowship. Young colleagues are invited to learn from experienced specialists and to take home new ideas and processes that help them improve their clinical or laboratory practice. In the formative stages of their careers, successful applicants are given the opportunity to extend their research experience; learn from experienced infectious disease specialists; and return home with knowledge and processes that will help them improve clinical practice in regions where it most needs strengthening.

 

Two fellowships of up to US$7,500 and up to three months in duration are awarded annually.

 

The fellowship is organised through ISID and bound to their guidelines. Please refer to the ISID website for the full application procedure, requirements and deadlines.

 

The application process for the 2023 ISID/ESCMID Fellowships is now closed.

 

Awardees 2023

Sas Arnaud Sèsséya Soha (Bénin)

 

Project: Antimicrobial resistance and the issue of antibiotic residues in table eggs sold in markets in Southern Benin

 

Sas Arnaud Sèsséya Soha is a postdoctoral research fellow in animal health, physiology and pharmacology of natural substances at the university of Abomey-Calavi, Research Unit of Applied Microbiology and Pharmacology of natural substances, Abomey-Calav, Benin. He gives theoretical and practical courses in “Animal Experiments” to Master students as well as courses “Biosafety and One Health Approach” to undergraduate students in Animal Production and Health. He is currently working on two projects. The first project aims to reduce the import of antimicrobial resistance through day-old chicks and haching eggs imported into Benin and the second aims to develop a system of early warning and response to epidemics of climate-sensitive aquatic diseases in Benin.

 

Sosina Ayalew Tafese (Ethiopia)

 

Project:Identification and Validation of Proteomics Markers of Tuberculosis Diagnosis

 

Sosina Ayalew Tafese is an Associate Researcher and PhD student in medical biotechnology. She graduated with a master's degree in clinical laboratory science (diagnostic and public health microbiology) from Addis Ababa University in 2014 after getting her bachelor's degree in medical laboratory technology from the University of Gondar. She has several years of work experience in both a hospital laboratory setting and in a research institute. In particular, for the past 7 years, actively involved in different TB research projects at Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) including a project called ScreenTB set out to validate immunological biomarkers for TB diagnosis and The project ETHICOBOTS set out to investigate the impact of zoonotic bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia.  She is currently interested in gaining insights into non-sputum-based TB diagnosis approaches and her Ph.D. dissertation work focuses on the development and evaluation of Plasma and urine-based TB diagnosis approaches .