NVP

PhD Theses 2025

Name

Title                    

Date

Institute

Promotor

Promotor

Copromotors

Copromotors

J. Kabalu Tshiongo

Malaria in pregnancy (Prevention, diagnosis, and adverse consequences of infection in early childhood)

28 March 2025

Faculty of Medicine of the University of Amsterdam

M.D. de Jong

H. Muhindo Mavoko

H.D.F.H. Schallig

P.F. Mens

Name

Title                    

Date

Institute

Promotor

Copromotor

Copromotor

M. Djimde

Neutrophil levels and artemisinin-based combination therapy efficacy in the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum infections in vulnerable populations in Mali

Faculty of Medicine of the University of Amsterdam

M.D. de Jong

M. Dicko

H.D.F.H. Schallig

P.F. Mens

Name

Title                    

Date

Promotor

Copromotor

Copromotor

Jacob Machiel Bezemer

Improved understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis in rural Ecuador

7 september 2023

prof. dr. H.J.C. de Vries (AMC-UvA)

dr. H.D.F.H. Schallig

dr. M. Calvopiña Hinojosa AMC-UvA Universidad de Las Américas

Name

Title                    

Date

Promotor

Copromotor

Copromotor

Massa dit Achille Bonko

Studies towards the improved diagnosis and management of febrile diseases in a rural area of Burkina Faso

25 januari 2023

prof. dr. M.D de Jong (AMC-UvA)

dr. H.D.F.H. Schallig (AMC-UvA)

prof. dr. H. Tinto (CRUN)

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor           

Koen Van de Vijver

 Functional analysis of immunogenic glycoconjugates in the pathogenesis of schistosomiasis

 2007-9-24

Promotores: Prof. dr. E. Van Marck; Prof. dr. A. Deelder

Co-promotores: Dr. C. Hokke; Prof. Dr. W. Jacobs

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Kim Retra

Schistosomal lysophosphatidylserine an immunomodulatory factor

2007-6-15

Promotores: Prof. dr. A.G.M. Tielens, Prof. dr. M. Yazdanbakhsh;

Co-promotoren: Dr. J.J. van Hellemond, Dr. D. van der Kleij

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Mike van der Kolk

Laboratory assays for the detection of malaria transmission reducing activity

 2007-03-30

Promotor: Prof. dr. R.W. Sauerwein;

copromotor Dr. S.J. de Vlas

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Hannah Coutinho

Schistosoma japonicum-associated morbidity and its mechanisms among children and young adults in the Philippines

2006-12-07 S

Promotor: Prof. dr. J.L.L. Kimpen;

co-promotoren Dr. J.F. Friedman en Dr. J.D. Kurtis

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Sitti Wahyuni

Helminth infections, allergic disorders and immune responses: studies in Indonesia

2006-11-22

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder, Prof. Dr. M. Yazdanbakhsh

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Koert Ritmeijer

Kala-Azar. Field studies on Visceral Leishmaniasis Control in East Africa.

2006-10-11

Promotor: Prof. dr. P.A. Kager

co-promotor; Dr. R.N. Davidson

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Juventus Benogle Ziem

 Controlling Human Oesophagostomiasis in Northern Ghana

 2006-10-04

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.M. Deelder,

co-promotores Dr. A.M. Polderman and Dr. P. Magnussen

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Tarekegn Abose Abeku

Malaria Epidemics in Africa: Prediction, Detection and Response

2006-09-20

Promotor: Prof. dr. J.D.F. Habbema;

Co-promotor: Dr. S.J. de Vlas

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Maaike Joerink

Macrophage polarisation: immune responses of carp against parasites

2006-09-12

Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Huub F.J. Savelkoul;

Co-promotor: Dr. ir. Geert F. Wiegertjes

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Jacqueline Poot

Experimental challenge models for canine leishmaniasis in hamsters and dogs, optimization and application in vaccine research

2006-06-23

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.W.C.A. Cornelissen,

Copromotor Prof.dr. J.P.M. van Putten

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Petra Schneider

Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum gametocytaemia and the contribution to malaria transmission

2006-03-27

Promotor: Prof. dr. R.W. Sauerwein,

co-promotor Dr. H.D.F.H. Schallig

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor         

Taco W.A. Kooij

Rodent Malaria Parasites: Genome Organization & Comparative Genomics

2006-03-09

Promotor: Prof. dr. A. Waters

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor                   

Yu Tong Qiu

Sensory and behavioural responses of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae to human odours

2005-12-02

Promotor: Prof. Dr. J.C. van Lenteren;

copromotors: Dr. Ir. J.J.A. van Loon and Dr. Ir. W. Takken

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Wilma Stolk

Lymphatic filariasis: transmission, treatment and elimination

2005-11-25

Promotor: Prof. dr. J.D.F. Habbema

Co-promotor: Dr. S.J. de Vlas

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Nicole van Poppel

Transcriptional regulation of ribosomal protein genes in Toxoplasma gondii, a way towards conditionally attenuated parasites

2005-06-09

Promotor:  Prof. dr. A.W.C.A. Cornelissen,

co-promotors: Dr. D. Schaap, Dr. E. de Vries

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Hanneke de Gruijter

the zoonotic potential of Oesophagostomum bifurcum in Ghana

2005-06-01

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder,

co-promotor Dr. A.M. Polderman

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Luis Cardoso

Studies of canine Leishmania infection in the Alto Douro (northern Portugal) 

2005-03-22 

Promotor: Prof dr. M.M. Vara de Campos,

co-promotor: Dr. H.D.F.H. Schallig

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Marike van Roon

Schistosoma mansoni: Structural and Biophysical Aspects of Lewis X-antibody interactions

2005-01-25

Promotor: Prof. Dr. J.P. Abrahams en Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder.

co-promotor: Dr. C.H. Hokke

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Hastings Ozwara Suba

Development and application of a Plasmodium knowlesi transfection system

2005-01-13

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder,

co-promotor Dr. A.W. Thomas

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor       

Susanne van Weelden

Bioenergetics of parasitic protozoa

2005-01-12

Promotor:  Prof. dr. A.G.M. Tielens,

co-promotor: Dr. J.J. van Hellemond

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor 

Subramanian Swaminathan

Modelling lymphatic filariasis transmission and control

2004-10-13 

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.D.F. Habbema

Co-promotor: Dr. G.J. van Oortmarssen

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Ernst-Jan Scholte

The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae for mosquito control

2004-11-30 

Promotor: Dr. J.C. van Lenteren;

co-promotoren: Dr. Ir. W. Takken en Dr. Ir. B.G.J. Knols

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Jaco J. Verweij

 Molecular tools in the diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections

2004-04-22

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder,

co-promotor: Dr. A.M. Polderman

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Fasila Razzia Gaffar

Invasion of erythrocytes by Babesia bovis

2004-01-29

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.W.C.A. Cornelissen,

co-promotor: Dr. E. de Vries

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor                       

Sander Koenraadt

Mosquitoes, men and malaria in Kenya

2003-11-14

Promotor: Prof. dr. J.C. van Lenteren,

co-promotor: Dr. ir. W. Takken

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Margreet van der Veer

Studies on the genetic population structure of Cooperia oncophora

2003-11-06

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.W.C.A. Cornelissen,

co-promotores: Dr. E. de Vries, Dr. Ir. H.W. Ploeger

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Desiree van der Kleij

Schistosomal lipids and the human immune system: a novel host-parasite interplay

2003-11-05

Promotores: Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder en Prof. dr. A.G.M. Tielens

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Stephen Abanega Kaba

Development of a novel subunit vaccine against East Coast fever based on the Theileria parva sporozite protein p67

2003-10-17

Promotores: Prof.dr. J.M. Vlak en Prof.dr. R.W. Goldbach

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Anja Terlouw

Community-based studies on the epidemiology, treatment and prevention of malaria in an area of intense malaria transmission in western Kenya

2003-10-16

Promotor: Prof. dr. P.A. Kager,

co-promotor Dr. F.O. ter Kuile,

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

 Marieke J. van der Werf

Schistosomiasis morbidity and management of cases in Africa

2003-05-21

Promotor: Prof. dr. J.D.F. Habbema;

co-promotor: Dr. S.J. de Vlas,

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Meghna Desai

The epidemiology and treatment of childhood anemia in western Kenya

2003-10-16

Promotor: Prof. dr. P.A. Kager,

co-promotor Dr. F.O. ter Kuile,

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Tjalling Leenstra

Anemia in adolescent Schoolgirls in western Kenya; epidemiology and prevention

2003-10-16

Promotor: Prof. dr. P.A. Kager,

co-promotor Dr. F.O. ter Kuile,

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Name K. Kanobana

Experimental Cooperia oncophora infection in calves: An insite in host parasite interactions 

2003-09-18

Promotor:  Prof. dr. A.W.C.A. Cornelissen,

co-promotores: Dr. Ir. H.W. Ploeger, Dr. Ir. L. Vervelde en Dr. M. Eysker

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Wicher Holland

The diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi and its immunosuppressive effect in water buffaloes and pigs

2003-06-06

Promotores: Prof. J. Vercruysse en Prof. B. Goddeeris

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Alexandra van Remoortere

Antigenicity of schistosome glycans

2003-04-23

Promotores:  Prof. dr. D.H. van den Eijnden, Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder;

co-promotor: Dr. I.M. van Die,

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Edwin Chukwura Agbo

Genome analysis and DNA marker-based characterisation of pathogenic trypanosomes

2003-03-27

Promotores: Prof. dr. Eric Claassen, Prof. dr. Jos P. M. van Putten, Prof. Philippe Buscher;

co-promotor: Dr. Marinus F.W. te Pas,

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor                      

Wolfgang Richard Mukabana

Differential attractiveness of humans to the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Giles.

2002-12-02

Promotor: Prof. dr. J.C. van Lenteren

co-promotor: Dr. ir. Willem Takken

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Anita v.d. Biggelaar

Th2-responses and immunomodulation in helminth infections and allergy

2002-11-28 

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder

 co-promotor Dr. M. Yazdanbakhsh

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Jeroen P.J. Saeij

The immune response of carp to blood flagellates

 2002-09-04

Promotor: Prof. dr. Willem B. van Muiswinkel,

co-promotor Dr.Ir. Geert F. Wiegertjes

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Resie van Spaendonk

Further characterisation of the ribosomal RNA genes of a rodent malaria parasite

2002-09-04

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder

co-promotor Dr. A. Waters,

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Annemarie Terhell

Epidemiological facets of lymphatic filariasis as revealed by the use of anti-filarial IgG4

2002-03-14

Promotor:  Prof. dr. A.M. Deelder,

co-promotor Dr. M. Yazdanbakhsh,

Name

Title

Date

Supervisor

Fayez M. Shaldoum T

A subtegumental cell factor of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae. Its role in initiating a cutaneous immune response and in parasite-host compatibility.

2002-02-07

Promotores:  Prof. dr. M. Gahr en Prof. dr. G. Kraal