Paediatric Infectious Diseases Web

PID Web - based in London, United Kingdom - was initiated by Dr. Marc O. Tebrügge (Editor-in-Chief) and is developed and maintained by the core development group. The website was created to provide a gateway and to act as a source of information related to the fields of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Paediatric Immunology and Tropical Medicine. The contents is aimed at doctors and other health professionals - particularly Paediatricians, Infectious Diseases Specialists, Immunologists and Tropical Medicine Specialists and trainees in these fields.

The website went live on the 2nd of February 2004. The contents is reviewed and updated on a weekly basis by the PID Team.

The internet can be a useful tool to find information, but its use is hampered by the general, often commercially biased approach that many search engines are using. By providing brief reviews and links to relevant websites in each specialty we are hoping to help other colleagues to find the specific information they are looking for.

Finally, we are always grateful to hear from our users - whether short remarks, suggestions or recommendations of other websites - all comments are more than welcome.

Important Notice:

The information provided on this website is not intended to replace the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician. Confidentiality of data relating to individuals/visitors to this site, including their identity, is respected by PID Web. The site owner undertakes to honour the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the United Kingdom. The owner is funding this site personally and does not receive external funding or sponsorship from any company or organisation. The site does not receive funding from advertising and we do not intend to include advertisements in the future. However, the PID Web Team does support the concept of Open Access Publishing, particularly in the Bio-Medical sector, based on the fact that it allows fair and equal access to medical information for all Health Professionals across the world.

Paediatric Infectious Diseases Web has been positively acknowledged and supported by a number of professional organisations, including the Health On The Net Foundation, the Open Directory Project, Thompson ISI (The Web of Knowledge), the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), the British Society for Immunology (BSI), Harvard University (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology) and the National Electronic Library of Infection (NeLI) which is run by the National Health Service (NHS) United Kingdom (click the respective logo to verify). Additionally, we are holding top-ranking positions in the two major internet search engines Google and Yahoo, as well as MedHunt and Healthlinks. We are grateful for all the support we have received from these parties since the beginning of this project. We would also like to thank the members of the Google-Team who helped us with useful advice when Version II of PID Web went live in July 2004.

Dr Marc Tebrügge, DTM&H (Hons), DLSHTM, MRCPCH, MSc, MD

Marc Tebrügge is a Paediatric trainee based in the United Kingdom aiming to specialise in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology.

Born in Germany he began his medical studies at the University of Frankfurt Medical School. During the 6 year period of Medical School training he spent the second clinical year at the University College London (UCL) and his final year at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) and Cape Town University (South-Africa). He then qualified with a First from the University of Frankfurt Medical School in 1997.

Following this he worked in a number of Paediatric subspecialty departments at the Paediatric University Hospital of Frankfurt until 1999, when he moved to the United Kingdom. Since then he has worked in the Paediatric Units of several London teaching hospitals including King's College Hospital (Hepatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit), St. Mary's Hospital (Infectious Diseases) and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Bone Marrow Transplant). He then attended a MSc degree program in Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2003/2004 and was awarded the Ralph Neal Memorial Prize for most outstanding student. In September 2004 he started his first clinical placement as Paediatric Registrar within the North London Paediatric Specialist Registrar training program (SpR NTN). In September 2006 he is moving on to his next position as Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at St. Mary's Hospital in London.

Relevant qualifications: Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Hons, Liverpool), M.D. in Medical Virology, Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH), MSc in Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases (MBID), Diploma of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (DLSHTM)

Editorial work: Since January 2003 Image Editor-in-Chief for ISABEL, a web-based clinical decision support system based at St. Mary's Hospital London / The Imperial College (see main page). Since September 2002 Peer Reviewer of the Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology (IJPN); since February 2003 Editorial Board Member of IJPN (see main page). Since October 2004 Editorial Board Member of Globalization and Health published by BioMed Central.

The Core Development Team consists of four members - Charles Ebikeme, Nicholas Leakey, Edwin Lim and Marc Tebrügge who met during their MSc programme at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They are a group of young, enthusiastic scientists who believe in the benefit of sharing knowledge and information amongst specialists from all biomedical fields to further the common goal.

Charles Ebikeme, BSc DLSHTM MSc (MBID)

Charles studied Biochemistry at University College London (UCL), one of the most highly regarded Universities in the United Kingdom. Since the early stages of his studies he developed a growing interest in the life sciences which is reflected in the courses he attended at undergraduate level: Microbiology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Human Physiology, Immunity to Infection, Advanced Molecular Biology, Biochemistry of Health and Disease amongst others.

He then qualified from UCL with a BSc in Biochemistry (Hons) in 2003 before joining the MSc programme in Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). His study units at LSHTM included: Parasitology and Entomology, Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA Techniques, Analysis and Design of Research Studies, Genetics of Pathogens and Vectors and Advanced Practical Training in Gene Cloning. Charles is determined to pursue a scientific career and is currently undertaking a PhD program on Trypanosomiasis at the University of Glasgow.

Edwin Lim, BSc DLSHTM MSc (IID)

Edwin studied Biological Sciences at the University of Warwick, graduating in 2003. He then joined the MSc programme in Immunology of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in September 2003. During the MSc course Edwin developed a particular interest in Health Sciences and a growing enthusiasm for Medicine. Edwin is currently studying Medicine at the University of Nottingham Medical School.

Nicholas Leakey, MChem (hons) DLSHTM MSc (MBID)

Nick nurtured a keen in interest in the world around him, displaying from an early age the fundamental trait common to all Scientists - an insatiable curiosity - variously, including regularly exhuming dearly departed pets (mice, stick insects etc) to observe their state of decay.
By the onset of University, his interests lay in the small scale, the behaviour of atoms and molecules; in 2002 he obtained a MChem (hons) in Chemical Physics from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).

Nick returned to learning in 2003, reading for an MSc in Molecular Biology of Infectious Disease at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Nick retains a strong interest in all areas of science and is currently applying for a place at Medical School.

Candy Ho, BSc

Born and raised in Canada Candy studied for a Bachelor of Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC (Major Integrated Life Sciences - including Physiology, Human Pathology, Virology and Molecular Genetics). She held a number of scholarships for outstanding academic achievements including the provincial scholarships for Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics as well as an OSI scholarship (Outstanding Student Initiative). In 2002 she went to London for her Health and Human Services Internship at St. Mary's Hospital where she met Marc.

Since then she has shown an admirable dedication to Life Sciences and Medicine in particular - which included numerous volunteer jobs for health organisations, hospitals and the St. John ambulance service (Vancouver). In August 2003 she took up a position as study coordinator for a large study on patients in chronic renal failure conducted at UBC.

Anastasia Pantazidou, MD

Anastasia was born in Greece and studied Medicine at the Medical School of Larissa / University of Thessaly. She graduated with a First in 2003 and became a Research Fellow in the Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at the University Hospital of Larissa.

In 2004 Anastasia moved to the United Kingdom and started her first job as House Officer in Medicine at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent. She was then appointed as a Senior House Officer in General Paediatrics and later in Neonatal Intensive Care at Southend University Hospital. She joined the PID Web team in 2005 and is currently the Editor of the Immunology section.

Graduation of PID Web Team Members

On the 12th of February 2005 the PID Web Team members Charles Ebikeme, Nicholas Leakey, Edwin Lim and Marc Tebrügge received their Master of Science degrees during a diploma ceremony at the University of London hosted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). During the ceremony Marc Tebrügge also received the Ralph Neal Memorial Prize (top right hand image). The event was followed by a reception in the School's library (right image - from left to tight: Nick, Marc and Charles).

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