ACHIEVEMENTS

All students below have successfully passed the defense exam and received their diploma with 60 ETSC from the University of Lausanne.

ACHIEVEMENTS

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MASTER THESIS

CLASS 2022

Name Country Thesis title Publication
Daniel Sperling Czech Republic Maternal immunization in human and veterina ry medicine, with special focus on evaluation of impact of different time of booster vaccination on development of antibodies in colostrum after the sow vaccination against Neonatal Diarrhoea (ND) in piglets

CLASS 2021

Name Country Thesis title Publication
Deshnee Achary South Africa Investigating the Covid-19 vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in South Africa
Daimon Bolga-Mwasamila Tanzania COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Adults with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Kilimanjaro Region - Tanzania
Aimee L. Moore Switzerland Creating a Cross-Cultural, Validated Survey for Post-Graduate Nurses in the Canton of Vaud to Identify Any Gaps in Undergraduate Studies related to Content Taught Centered Around Vaccines and Vaccinations
Maryam Bellamine Morocco Analysis of the possible contribution of human challenge trials in accelerating SARS-COV-2 vaccine licensure
Adele Daleke Lisi Aluma Democratic Republic Congo How to reduce vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 vaccine in Kinshasa (DRC)?

CLASS 2020

Name Country Thesis title Publication
Benjamin Watyaba Uganda Knowledge and reporting of adverse events following childhood immunization among health workers and caregivers at Mengo Hospital, Kampala.
Nasimu Kyakuwa Uganda Determinants and level of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in Entebe municipality, Wakiso district.
One Bridget Dintwe South Africa Achieving Intracellular Cytokine staining assay concordance on two continents to assess HIV vaccine-induced T-cell responses. J. Leukocyte Biol.
Allan Baguma Uganda Effect of covid 19 pandemic and national lockdown on utilization of childhood immunization services at Kisenyi Health Centre IV health facility in Kampala
Asha Mary Thombrayil South Africa The Burden of Respiratory Disease Amongst Hospitalized Adults in Soweto, 2017-2019
Güliz Vanli Jaccard Switzerland The effects of COVID-19 vaccination and natural infection on preterm birth and spontaneous abortion – A systematic review and meta-analysis –
Lisa Jose South Africa Challenges associated with the enrolment into a paediatric vaccine trial in soweto, South Africa, during the COVID 19 pandemic
Violet Nakibuuka Uganda Prevalence and factors associated with human papillomavirus vaccination among adolescents girls aged 9 to 19 years living with HIVat Mulago ISS Clinic, Kampala, mUganda
Gerhardt Boukes South Africa Developing novel mucosal adjuvant formulations using chitosan as mucoadhesive for human and/or animal vaccines
Nivashnee Naicker South Africa Point-of-care evaluation of HPV vaccine types in women initiating antiretroviral treatment in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
Angelica Gende Kenya Human papillomavirus vaccine hesitancy among females (9-14 years) in informal settlements of mathare, Nairobi county
Sutika Bhikha South Africa A systematic review of an online COVID-19 vaccine trial Pre-Screening tool, for the NVX2019NCOV501 Clinical trial, utilized at recruiting clinical sites in South Africa.

CLASS 2019

Name Country Thesis title Publication
Vojislav Cvetkovic Austria A systematic review on adjuvants in inactivated swine, poultry, and fish vaccines
Duduzile Ndwandwe South Africa Using quality improvement approach to address Vaccine 2020, 8 705-713 missed opportunities for vaccination in OR Tambo district Eastern Cape
Nobubelo Ngandu South Africa A proof-of-concept for a bioinformatics platform to track genetic diversity of transmitted-founder viruses and coverage by vaccine immunogens, in search for HIV-1 subtype C correlates of protection in Southern Africa.
Christoph Waehner Germany Mucosal immunity in the pig respiratory tract by immunization using inactivated Influenza antigen in combination with adjuvants and/or carriers
Esther Mumbi Makanga Kenya Factors associated with incomplete or delayed and complete vaccination among Kenyan children 0-24 months: A systematic review
Mammekwa Mokgoro South Africa An assessment of the reporting quality of vaccine trials conducted in South Africa.

CLASS 2018

Three students of the class 2018 have the diploma with 60 ETSC from the University of Lausanne.

Name Country Thesis title Publication
Mihaela Buzduga Switzerland Private practice pediatricians’ approach and strategies when confronted with vaccine hesitancy: a French-speaking Switzerland survey.
Thandeka Khoza South Africa Preparation of a clinical batch of Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae bacterin.
Tladi Ledibane South Africa Cost analysis of the school-based HPV vaccination programme in Tshwane Health District.
Lungiswa Mtingi-Nkonzombi South Africa Hepatitis B vaccination response in patients with end stage kidney disease on renal replacement therapy (haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis) at a tertiary centre in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

CLASS 2016

All students of the class 2016 have successfully passed the defense exam and received their diploma with 60 ETSC from the University of Lausanne.

Name Country Thesis title Publication
Nicolas Peyraud Switzerland Potential use of microarray patches for vaccine delivery in low- and middle-incomes country Vaccine 2019, 37:4427-4434.
Luc Christian Gwom Cameroon Challenges and opportunities in introducing HPV vaccine in Cameroon and other African countries
Rodrigo Romero Feregrino Mexico Ten years of experience in Mexico in the acquisition of vaccinesProgram on Immunization (EPI) Vaccines 2023, 11(2), 337
Bontle Motloung South Africa A cross sectional study into the expanded program on immunization vaccine (EPI) cold chain management among health care workers in the Eastern Cape province, 2019.

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Mexico Austria Cameroon Germany Kenya South Africa Switzerland Tanzania Uganda Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Morocco

Mexico

Mexico

Class 2016
Rodrigo Romero Feregrino

Austria

Austria

Class 2019
Vojislav Cvjetkovi

Cameroon

Cameroun

Class 2016
Luc Christian Gwom

Germany

Germany

Class 2019
Christoph Waehner

Kenya

Kenya

Class 2019
Angelica Gende

South Africa

South Africa

Class 2020
One Bridget Dintwe
Asha Mary Thombrayil
Lisa Jose
Gerhardt Boukes
Nivashnee Naicker
Sutika Bhikha

Class 2019
Duduzile Ndwandwe
Nobubelo Ngandu
Mammekwa Mokgoro

Class 2018
Lungiswa Stella Mtingi-Nkonzombi
Thandeka Khoza
Tladi Daniel Ledibane

Class 2016
Bontle Motloung

Switzerland

Switzerland

Class 2021
Aimee L. Moore

Class 2020
Güliz Vanli Jaccard

Class 2018
Mihaela Buzduga

Class 2016
Nicolas Peyraud

Tanzania

Tanzania

Class 2019
Paul Mutani
Class 2021
Daimon Bolga Mwasamila

Uganda

Uganda

Class 2020
Allan Baguma
Benjamin Watyaba
Nasimu Kyakuwa
Violet Nakibuuka

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Class 2022
Daniel Sperling

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Class 2021
Adele Daleke Lisi Aluma 

Morocco

Morocco

Class 2021
Maryam Bellamine