Eijkman Oxford Clinical Research Unit (EOCRU)
The Eijkman‐Oxford Clinical Research Unit (EOCRU) opened in 2007 by formal agreement between the Eijkman Institute of Molecular Biology (EIMB) and the University of Oxford. These institutions now collaborate in clinical, laboratory, and field research on infectious diseases of public health importance in Indonesia.
EOCRU scientists and technologists engage principally in a wide array of endeavors involving various problems with Plasmodium vivax malaria. While we utilize a variety of sophisticated laboratory techniques, the emphasis of the vitally important capacity‐building aspect of our work focuses on people in defined roles as members of a clinical research team. The biotechnological capacity of EIMB exceeds that of EOCRU and we rely on that partner in that arena. In response to growing commitments to the conduct of clinical trials, EOCRU has also partners with the University of Indonesia (FKUI). This tri-partite partnership means that EOCRU is ideally positioned for realization of its “bench to bedside” research vision.
The vision of EOCRU is to facilitate the creation of a clinical research capacity within the EIMB and on the campus of FKUI leveraging state-of-the-art clinical/medical facilities at FKUI in managing patients in research and trials, and capitalizing the state-of-the-art biotechnological/scientific facilities at EIMB for maximum impact on human health, particularly the health of Indonesians.
Unit structure
Head Unit : Prof. J. Kevin Baird
Secretary to Head Unit: I.D.A.Y.R. Chrisverani
Research and Grand Administrator : Fitria Wulandari
Administrative Support
- Finance Manager : Agus
- Finance Staff : Sisca Karo Karo
Laboratory Scientist
- Decy Subekti, PhD.
- Mewahyu Dewi, M.Biomed
- Ungke Anton Jaya, MBiomed
- Saraswati Soebianto, BSc.
- Lia Waslia, BSc.
- Jeny, BSc.
Health System and Data Management
Bio-statistics and Spatial Mapping
- Iqbal RF Elyazar, MPH, DPhil
- Rosa Nora Lina, BSc.
- Bimandra Adiputra Djaafara, BSc.
- Karina Dian Lestari, BSc.
Clinical Research Scientist
People
- Agus, (Finance Manager)
- Baird, John Kevin (Head of Eijkman Oxford Clinical Research Unit)
- Basri, Hasan (Senior Clinical Research Associate)
- Chand, Krisin (Field-site Clinical and Microscopic Manager )
- Chrisverani, I.D.A.Y.R. (Administrative Assistant to EOCRU Head of Unit)
- Dewi, Mewahyu (Senior Research Assistant)
- Djaafara, Bimandra Adiputra (Statistician)
- Ekawati, Lenny L. (Public Health System Analyst)
- Elyazar, Iqbal RF (Deputy Head Unit and Biostatistician)
- Jaya, Ungke Anton (Senior Virology Laboratory Analyst)
- Jeny, (Research Assistant)
- Karo Karo, Sisca (Admin & Finance Assistant)
- Lestari, Karina Dian (Data Analyst)
- Lina, Rosa Nora (Data Manager)
- Machpud, Nunung Nuraini (Epidemiologist)
- Nursatya, Mugi (ACT-HIV Study Coordinator)
- Soebianto, Saraswati (Molecular Laboratory Diagnostic Scientist)
- Subekti, Decy (Research scientist/manager of clinical microbiology laboratory)
- Sudiana, Dedi (Clinical Research Support Specialist)
- Sunardi, (Microscopist)
- Sutisna, Asep (Specimen Archivist and Data Entry)
- Waslia, Lia (Senior Research Assistant)
- Wulandari, Fitria (Research and Grant Administrator)
Activities/Topics/Projects
- Epidemiology of G6PDd and evaluation of diagnostic technologies
- Impact of cytochrome-P450 polymorphisms on the metabolism and efficacy of primaquine and tafenoquine in anti-relapse therapy
- Improving the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria
- Mapping burdens of malaria in Indonesia
- Study of emerging viruses in archived samples from fever surveillance studies in Bandung, Indonesia