Guido Ferrari

I have been involved in teaching and training new researchers in several capacities. Since 2001, as part of consulting work for the World Health Organization and United Nation AIDS program (WHO/UNAIDS), I have organized and taught in 8 international ELISpot and Flow Cytometry workshops in South America (1), Asia (1), and Africa (6) to developing international sites that can perform vaccine clinical trials. In this capacity, I have taught more than 150 young investigators around the world. In 2002 and 2003, I taught the HIV-1 Vaccine development lecture for the IMM291 Comprehensive Immunology Course in the Duke Department of Immunology. Starting in 2007, I have also been awarded two R13 grants from the NIH to organize a series of International Symposia in South Africa that fosters interactions between young African scientists selected among those working in the HIV, TB, and malaria fields and senior international faculty. We have currently provided career development opportunity to more than 52 young investigators and facilitated the forum for a network of young investigators within the African continents.
Moreover, I was one of the Co-Investigators for the MEPI project directed by Dr. J. Bartlett that collaborates with the Faculty at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College to develop a new curriculum of study for the students and to improve the teaching curriculum for the faculty members within the Basic Science fields. I consider this teaching as an integral part of my mandate as a scientist interested in Global Health to promote the education and interaction of the generation of young investigators, with particular focus on the African community.Mentoring has also been an important aspect of my career. Since joining the faculty in 2001, I have mentored 6 undergraduate students during their junior and senior year to perform independent research projects in my laboratory. Of them, 2 have already achieved their medical degree (Dr. Kolappa from John Hopkins University in 2009, Dr. Chaudhry from Brown University in 2009). Ms Hofmair is completing her medical degree at Duke University while achieving a MBA in medical science and a MPH in women health. Mr. Laithi graduated in 2010 and applying to Medical School for 2012. Ms. DiMarco who has recently graduated in May 2012 and has been accepted in Medical School at he University of Virginia. Mr. Hickey has completed his junior year project and we rejoin the lab after a summer internship at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa). 

In 2006, Marc Frahm joined my laboratory as graduate students for the Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Department. He has currently achieved the necessary requirements to defend his thesis and will graduate in August 2012.

I have been a faculty mentor for the AIDS Training Grant starting in 2005 (Department of Medicine, T32). I have directly mentored two post-doctoral fellows Dr. Jie Yu (2007-2010) and Dr, Justin Pollara (2010-currently). Dr Yu is currently a Research Associate at Duke University with Dr. Chen after completing 3 years of training in my laboratory. Dr. Pollara is still in my laboratory and has already published 19 manuscripts, of which four as first author, and has five more manuscripts in preparation, two of those as first author. Dr. Pollara has been awarded a CHAVI Young Investigator for his work on fundamental insights into the HIV-1 ADCC antibody response. My career goals since joining the Duke faculty in September 2001 have been to make an impact on young investigators through basic research and teaching and mentoring undergraduate, graduate and medical students, and postdoctoral fellows at Duke University.