{"id":2433,"date":"2025-11-07T10:02:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:29:00","slug":"announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2025-international-investigator-awards-iia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/2025\/11\/07\/announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2025-international-investigator-awards-iia\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Recipients of the 2025 International Investigator Awards (IIA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UW\/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is pleased to announce the 2025 International Infrastructure Award (IIA)<\/a> recipients. The purpose of this award program is to support the execution, efficiency and development of various HIV research projects, and to build capacity for collaborative and innovative international HIV research activities. Recipients are awarded up to $10,000 total (direct costs) to complete their projects.<\/p>\n

Please join us in congratulating our awardees, Dr. Mark Ayallo <\/strong>of the Impact Research and Development Organization (IRDO), Dr. Jerusha Mogaka<\/strong> of the University of Washington, Dr. Lilian Njagi<\/strong> of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and Dr. Adrienne Shapiro <\/strong>of the University of Washington!<\/p>\n

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Mark Ayallo, MBChB, MPH<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Acting Chief Executive Officer, IRDO<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Use of Funds:<\/strong> Purchase of a refrigerated centrifuge<\/span><\/p>\n

CFAR Faculty Partner:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Pamela Kohler, UW<\/p>\n

Site:\u00a0<\/strong>Impact Research & Development Organization (IRDO), Kisumu, Kenya<\/p>\n

IRDO Website<\/a>
\nLinkedIn: IRDO<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jerusha Mogaka, PhD, MPH<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Assistant Professor, UW<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Use of Funds:<\/strong> Purchase of Butterfly POCUS\u00a0<\/em>devices and software<\/p>\n

CFAR Faculty Partner:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Jillian Pintye, UW<\/p>\n

Site: <\/strong>Rachuonyo County Hospital, Homa Bay, Kenya<\/p>\n

LinkedIn: Dr. Jerusha Mogaka<\/a>
\nFaculty Profile: Dr. Jerusha Mogaka, University of Washington School of Nursing<\/a>
\nTwitter\/X: @jerusha_mogaka<\/p>\n

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Lilian Njagi, MBChB, MSc, DTM&H, PhD<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Clinical Research Scientist, KEMRI<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Use of Funds:<\/strong> Renovation and minor alterations of TB\/TB-HIV Clinical Research Rooms<\/span><\/p>\n

CFAR Faculty Partner: <\/strong>Dr. Thomas R. Hawn, UW<\/span><\/p>\n

Site:<\/strong> KEMRI Center for Respiratory Disease Research, Nairobi, Kenya<\/span><\/p>\n

LinkedIn: Dr. Lilian Njagi<\/a><\/p>\n

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Adrienne Shapiro, MD, PhD, MSc<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor, UW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Use of Funds:\u00a0<\/strong>Installation of a solar power system*<\/p>\n

*Note: Awarded utilizing non-federal, institutional commitment funding.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Faculty Profile: Dr. Adrienne Shapiro, University of Washington Department of Global Health\u00a0<\/a>
\nPartner Site: Synapse<\/a><\/p>\n

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To learn more, visit the CFAR International Infrastructure Awards page<\/a> or contact us at cfardev@uw.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please join us in congratulating our awardees, Dr. Mark Ayallo of the Impact Research and Development Organization (IRDO), Dr. Jerusha Mogaka of the University of Washington, Dr. Lilian Njagi of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and Dr. Adrienne Shapiro of the University of Washington!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2433"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2590,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}