HAPIN Trial
Study Team and Locations
Locations
HAPIN Trial centers were located in four countries:
In Guatemala, the research center was based at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in Guatemala City and led by Dr. John McCracken, Ms. Anaité Díaz Artiga and Dr. Lisa Thompson. The study site was in rural Jalapa, Santa Maria Xalapan.
In India, the research center was based at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and was led by Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan. The 2 study sites were in Nagapattinam and Villupuram.
In Peru, the research center was established by Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with AB PRISMA in Puno and the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, and was led by Dr. William Checkley and Dr. Marilu Chiang. Six study sites were located in the Department of Puno.
In Rwanda, the research center was established by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and was led by Dr. Ghislaine Rosa and Mr. Florien Ndagijimana. The study site was in Kayonza.
Principal Investigators
The trial was led by three Principal Investigators:
- Thomas Clasen, JD, PhD (Emory University)
- Jennifer Peel, PhD, MPH (Colorado State University)
- William Checkley, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)
Core Leads
Study Management
- Emory University (central study manager): Amy Lovvorn
- Guatemala: Keyla Castellanos, Anaite Diaz-Artiga
- Peru: Lindsay Underhill, Kendra Williams
- Rwanda: Florien Ndagijimana, Jean de Dieu Ntivuguruzwa
- India: Vigneswari Aravindalochanan
Data Management
- Shirin Jabbarzadeh (Emory University)
- Lance Waller (Emory University)
- Dana Barr (Emory University)
- Maggie Clark (Colorado State University)
- Steve Harvey (Johns Hopkins Univeristy)
- Kendra Williams (Johns Hopkins University)
- Aris Papageorghiou (University of Oxford)
- Victor Davila-Roman (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Lisa de las Fuentes (Washington Univeristy in St. Louis)
- William Checkley (Johns Hopkins University)
- Michael Johnson (Berkeley Air Monitoring Group)
- Luke Naeher (University of Georgia)
- Sheela Sinharoy (Emory University)
- Lisa Thompson (Emory University)
- Eric McCollum (Johns Hopkins University)
- Howard Chang (Emory University)
- Larry Moulton (Johns Hopkins University)
Research Team
The research team included collaborators from multiple institutions:
- Berkeley Air Monitoring Group
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Colorado State University
- Eagle Research Center
- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
- Global LPG Partnership
- Harvard University
- Johns Hopkins University
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- National Institutes of Health
- AB PRISMA
- Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
- Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- University of Georgia
- University of Oxford
- University of Rwanda
- Washington University in St. Louis